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Competency
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:
Scenario
You work for Quantigration, Inc., a semiconductor manufacturing plant headquartered in the United States. Capitalizing on advancements in its product, Quantigration has aggressively expanded and acquired fabrication plants and workers around the world.
In an effort to be more of a thought leader (an organization that is viewed as authoritative and influential in its industry), the company is starting a new public blog, and the organizers are currently taking proposals for regular columns.
Your manager, Gregory Russo, wants to propose a regular history column that focuses specifically on manufacturing. As a bit of a history buff, he wants to share his passion with others and thinks it could distinguish the company’s voice from that of its peers.
Gregory has already started a proposal and gathered lots of research on some potential topics for an accompanying sample article. Unfortunately, he just got assigned to an important project with a tight deadline and doesn’t have time to put it all together. He’s given you access to his notes and asked you to finish his proposal and write a sample article to be submitted to the organizers.
Directions
Part 1: Column Proposal
Gregory has already started a proposal but has asked you to finish it because he doesn’t have enough time. Using the partially completed draft in the Deliverables section, fill out the areas that he has marked. He’s specifically asked you to:
Part 2: Sample Article
In addition to the proposal, Gregory wants to submit a sample article to the company blog to be used as the first in a series. He’s already gathered some research on two topics and would like you to write a sample article on one of the topics he’s chosen.
Start by looking over Gregory’s research and choosing the topic that interests you most. You can review the primary and secondary sources he has gathered in the Gregory’s Research document in the Deliverables section. He has gathered information on: The Triangle Shirtwaist CompanyThe Ford Assembly LineRead through all of the sources on your chosen topic and start to consider information or ideas that stand out to you so that you can develop a research question. Gregory has asked you to develop a research question that is “appropriately sized,” meaning:It is more complex than a yes-or-no question, or something that can be answered with a fact (For example, “Who founded the Ford Motor Company” would be too small. “What was the impact of [factor] on [outcome]” would require further interpretation of the evidence.)It provokes discussion and leads to more questionsIt can be explored using the sources he’s providedChoose at least four sources from your chosen topic to support your article. Gregory has asked you to include authoritative sources of information, and to use a balance of primary and secondary sources.Write a 4- to 6-page (1,000- to 1,500-word) article on your chosen topic. Your article should synthesize perspectives from your sources, both primary and secondary, to form a cohesive historical narrative. It should also effectively communicate this narrative in a way that is supported by evidence from your research. Gregory recommended using the following outline to structure your article:State your research question.Write a brief description of each source and its author, identifying it as primary or secondary.Write a narrative description of the events supported by evidence from your research. (This will be the largest part of your article.)Finish with a conclusion in which you restate your research question and offer a tentative answer.
Supporting Materials
The following resource(s) may help support your work on the project:
Citation Help
Need help citing your sources? Use the CfA Citation Guide and Citation Maker. Gregory’s Research Notes
Gregory has already gathered some research on two topics and would like you to write a sample article
on one of the topics he’s chosen. The sources below are formatted according to MLA style.
Gregory strongly recommended using the resources below, since he has already validated that they are
authoritative and identified them as either primary or secondary. You may search for additional sources
related to these topics, but they must be primary or secondary sources.
Option One: The Triangle Shirtwaist Company
Secondary Sources
“If Union Families Don’t Look for the Union Label, Who Will?” Family in Society: Essential Primary
Sources, edited by K. Lee Lerner, et al., 2006, pp. 267-270,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX2688300108/BIC?u=nhc_main&sid=BIC&xid=e85f0689.
Accessed 8 June 2018. (From the Shapiro Library)
Margolis, Tina. “Constructed Memory and the Paradox of Empathy: Reconsidering an Image of the
Triangle Fire.” Afterimage, vol. 39 ½, July-Oct. 2011, pp. 25-28,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A266457042/BIC?u=nhc_main&sid=BIC&xid=ba13717a. Accessed
8 June 2018. (From the Shapiro Library)
“New York Worker’s Compensation Act.” American Decades Primary Sources, edited by Cynthia
Rose, vol. 2: 1910-1919, 2004, pp. 281-283,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3490200306/BIC?u=nhc_main&sid=BIC&xid=52419ac8.
Accessed 8 June 2018. (From the Shapiro Library)
“Rose Freedman.” Gale Biography in Context, 2018,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K1650001964/BIC?u=nhc_main&sid=BIC&xid=6181b236.
Accessed 8 June 2018. (From the Shapiro Library)
“Rose Schneiderman.” Historic World Leaders, edited by Anne Commire, 1994,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K1616000523/BIC?u=nhc_main&sid=BIC&xid=77ff536e. Accessed
8 June 2018. (From the Shapiro Library)
Stein, Leon. The Triangle Fire. Cornell University Press, 2011. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost).
http://ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nl
ebk&AN=671612&site=eds-live&scope=site Accessed 8 June 2018. (From the Shapiro Library)
Primary Sources
“Firefighters Work to Extinguish the Fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City.”
American Decades Primary Sources, edited by Cynthia Rose, vol. 2: 1910-1919, 2004,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/PC3490287300/BIC?u=nhc_main&sid=BIC&xid=488b810b.
Accessed 8 June 2018. (From the Shapiro Library)
“National Labor Relations Act.” Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources, edited by
Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner, et al., 2006, pp. 260-263,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX2560000101/BIC?u=nhc_main&sid=BIC&xid=6593e33d.
Accessed 8 June 2018. (From the Shapiro Library)
New York (State). Preliminary Report of the Factory Investigating Commission. Factory Investigating
Commission, 1912. Hathitrust Digital Library, catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000962976.
Accessed 16 July 2018.
“Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.” UPI Photo Collection, 2011,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CT4099940105/BIC?u=nhc_main&sid=BIC&xid=3e7f2d78.
Accessed 8 June 2018. (From the Shapiro Library)
Underwood & Underwood. “In a New York Tenement House – The Whole family at Work Taking Out
the Pecan Kernels,” 1911, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/96509935/. Accessed 18 July
2018.
“Why We Lack Servants.” 1911. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times,
ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://search-proquestcom.ezproxy.snhu.edu/docview/97207818?accountid=3783. Accessed 18 July 2018. (From the
Shapiro Library)
An accessible version of this resource is available: Why We Lack Servants.
Option 2: The Ford Assembly Line
Secondary Sources:
Beetz, Kirk H. “Assembly Line.” Dictionary of American History, edited by Stanley I. Kutler, 3rd ed.,
vol. 1, 2003, pp. 334-336. U.S. History In Context,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3401800294/UHIC?u=nhc_main&sid=UHIC&xid=b3148fd8.
Accessed 12 July 2018. (From the Shapiro Library)
“Henry Ford’s Quest for Americanized Workers, and the Creation of the Ford English School.” Henry
Ford’s Quest for Americanized Workers, and the Creation of the Ford English School, 23 Aug.
2016. U.S. History In Context,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/NBCBIU887229418/UHIC?u=nhc_main&sid=UHIC&xid=4c6bd35e.
Accessed 12 July 2018. (From the Shapiro Library)
“Model T: The Car for the Masses.” Science and Its Times, edited by Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer,
vol. 6, 2001. U.S. History In Context,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CV2643450688/UHIC?u=nhc_main&sid=UHIC&xid=8bdee597.
Accessed 12 July 2018. (From the Shapiro Library)
“The Development of Mass Production Has a Dramatic Impact on Industry and Society.” Science and
Its Times, edited by Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer, vol. 6, Gale, 2001. U.S. History In Context,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CV2643450624/UHIC?u=nhc_main&sid=UHIC&xid=ce16a1b6.
Accessed 13 July 2018.
“The Middle Class Took Off 100 Years Ago . . . Thanks To Henry Ford?” All Things Considered, 27 Jan.
2014. U.S. History In Context,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A356967065/UHIC?u=nhc_main&sid=UHIC&xid=1374110c.
Accessed 12 July 2018. (From the Shapiro Library)
“Workers in the Industrial Age.” Development of the Industrial U.S. Reference Library, edited by
Sonia G. Benson, et al., vol. 1: Almanac, UXL, 2006, pp. 117-132. U.S. History In Context,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3442000019/UHIC?u=nhc_main&sid=UHIC&xid=da3d2f21.
Accessed 12 July 2018.
Primary Sources:
Detroit Publishing Co. Photo of Assembly. “Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online
Catalog”, by Detroit Publishing Co, 1923. Library of Congress,
www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016797152/. Accessed 18 July 2018.
Ford, Henry. “Henry Ford Comments on the Assembly Line.” Gale U.S. History in Context, 2015,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/DHFOSM987208216/UHIC?u=nhc_main&sid=UHIC&xid=e35ecd10
. Accessed 12 July 2018. (From the Shapiro Library)
—. “Interview by Fay Leone Faurote.” My philosophy of industry, New York: Coward-McCann, 1929,
catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001429895. Accessed 18 July 2018.
Ford Motor Company. “Ford Model T Assembly Line (1919).” YouTube, uploaded by TheHenryFord,
26 May 2009, youtu.be/Pf8d4NE8XPw. Accessed 18 July 2018.
—. MODEL T ASSEMBLY AND LAUNCHING OF THE HENRY FORD II. 1924, National Archives.
catalog.archives.gov/id/91105. Accessed 18 July 2018.
“GIVES $10,000,000 To 26,000 EMPLOYEES: Ford to Run Automobile Plant 24 Hours Daily on ProfitSharing Plan.” The New York Times, 5 Jan. 1914, Special Edition, p. 1, ProQuest Historical
Newspapers: The New York Times,
ezproxy.snhu.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/97572504?accountid=3783.
Accessed 18 July 2018. (From the Shapiro Library)
Stokes, Rose Pastor. “Excerpt from I Belong to the Working Class.” World War I and the Jazz Age,
Primary Source Media, 1999. American Journey. U.S. History In Context,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ2164000039/UHIC?u=nhc_main&sid=UHIC&xid=48f02d0b.
Accessed 12 July 2018. (From the Shapiro Library)
Column Proposal
Enter Your Name Here:
To: Marie Walsh
From: Gregory Russo
Subject: Blog Proposal [DRAFT]
Marie,
Congratulations on the upcoming Quantigration blog! I can’t tell you how excited I was to see the
announcement, as I know this has been a goal of yours for some time now.
I saw the open request for content suggestions, and I wanted to propose a regular column on the topic
of manufacturing throughout history. (Please see the attached sample article.) Adding our perspective
to the historical literature will help distinguish the company’s voice from that of our peers.
Note from Gregory: Can you add an explanation of how our company’s perspective can affect the
study of this historical topic? In other words, how might historians examine these blog posts in 20
years? 30 years?
This might seem like a difficult task, but given some guidelines I think it will be easy to keep up with
regular content.
Note from Gregory: Please outline a research process for future bloggers to follow. This should cover
how they will gather their sources and develop a research question. I want to make sure the blog
continues to use historical methods and sources so that Quantigration can be considered credible by
historians.
Thank you for considering this proposal and the sample article written by one of my employees. And
again, congratulations on the blog!
Respectfully,
Gregory Russo
