History Cultural Event Essay

The midterm research essay is an individual extension of the podcast episode. This is a traditional research essay on one region of the world and the U.S.’s infiltration, imperial or otherwise, of its political, economic, and/or cultural affairs. You may choose one country or one region, and it is highly recommended that you choose the same region or country that you chose for the podcast episode. Any information that you discover and contribute to the script of the podcast episode is information that you are encouraged to use in this research paper.This is an expository research essay, which means that you are explaining a historical, political, economic, or cultural event or group of events to the reader. The research you do will be to find sources that discuss specific elements about the imperial projects in the region you are choosing. The implied argument that you are making in the essay is that the U.S. has participated in imperialism in the region you are discussing. You may choose to give a bird’s-eye-view of the events, which means that you are writing a chronology, or you might take a journalistic standpoint and zoom-in to specific communities, families, or individuals and their experiences with the imperialism about which you are writing.