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IB History of the Americas 2 – Seniors

HOA II Summer Assignment 2018

Locate a minimum of 5 sources.
A minimum of 3 should be books.
There may be more than 2 internet sources, but there must be 3 books.

Wikipedia, Encyclopedia Britannic, and World Book are not considered academic sources at this level
PBS is an excellent website.
Most websites that end in . gov are academic sources
Google Scholar is an academic search engine.

Create a page for each source. Place the correct MLA works cited information at the top of each page.
Locate appropriate research from that source.

There may be SHORT quotes.
Facts should be shortened and paraphrased in your own words.
Each fact should have a parenthetical reference at the end of the statement. (See example)

There should be a minimum of 75 facts.
Assignment due on Tuesday, August 28, 2018.

Summer Contact Information
grishaml@cfbisd.edu

I will be out of town from June 10- 20, June 28- July 2, July 24- August 4 and August 8-12

I may not be able to check my email during those dates.

Source 1

Keely, Roger and Jo Thomas. The Move to Global War.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Print.

1932- Fighting in Shanghai between the Japanese and
Chinese (Keely 37)

Put on a separate piece of paper

Source 2

Young, Louise. Japan’s Total Empire: Manchuria and the
Culture of Wartime Imperialism. Berkley:
University of California Press. 1999. Web. May 13,
2016.

Roots of Manchukuo went back to 1905 (Young 3)

Put on a separate piece of paper

Source 3

Pi, Ben, Tony Fu, Amere Huang, Edwin Li, and Irena Liu.
“Inter War Period; Causes of WWII.” Inter Wars.
2009 Web. May 13, 2016.

After the Russo-Japanese War Japan gained control of a section of the South Manchuria Railway Branch. (Pi)

Put on a separate piece of paper

Source 4

“Describe Japan’s Invasion of Manchuria (1931-3)
and What the League of Nations did about It.” John D
Clare. Web. May 13, 2016.

Even though the League of Nations recommended that Manchuria be turned to China, Japan did not. Instead it withdrew from the League. (”Describe Japan’s Invasion of
Manchuria (1931-3) and What the League of Nations did about It.”)