Historical And Cultural Context Analysis

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Some of you really struggled with the Historical and Cultural Context part of Milestone II. You might want to review some of the Webinars I have posted. Also, here is a good review of Historical and Cultural Context for Humanities from another college I work for: http://valenciacollege.edu/west/arts-and-humanities/writing/historical-cultural.cfm

Also, some of you did not really get deep into themes. Here is a resource that gives some examples of themes but also other categories that might be helpful in an analysis paper. http://instructional1.calstatela.edu/laa/vocabulary_2.html

Please make sure you thoroughly read over Milestone III's instructions and the Rubric. I can ONLY assign the rubric grades based on the categories already established.

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