HISTORIC SITE PAPER

The purpose of this assignment is to teach you how to prepare to visit an historic site and to acquaint you with a Tennessee historic site. Remember, an historic site is a place where history was made and not recorded, such as a museum.

Paper requirements: 3-5 pages in length, meaning full text and not including title page, headers, and reference page. You must have at least onescholarly journal orbook that is properly used in the text as a citation and listed on the reference page in proper APA or MLA format.Websites are not accepted for citations!

• Your assignment is to visit one of the following historical sites in Middle Tennessee and to write a paper on your visit experience, answering the questions listed on this page but not limited to those questions.. Choose ONE site from the following list. You may propose alternatives to the Professor, but you must have approval.

• Your paper must also includes documentation of your visit, such as a picture that you took during your visit or a scanned admission ticket.

• Be sure to read the Grading Rubric before writing the paper, and note that you lose major points if your paper does not meet minimum length.

Historic sites (suggested possibilities, sites not on this list must be approved by the Instructor):

• Stones River National Battlefield

• The Hermitage-home of President Andrew Jackson

• The Carter House, Franklin, TN

• Carnton Mansion, Franklin, TN

• Fort Negley, Nashville, TN

• Sam Davis Home, Smyrna, TN

• Shiloh National Military Park

• Old Stone Fort State Park, Manchester

• James K. Polk House, Columbia

• Rhea County Courthouse, Dayton

• Belle Meade Plantation, Nashville

• Rippavilla Plantation, Spring Hill

Questions to address:

1. How you prepared for the visit (readings, etc.)

2. A description of the historic site

3. What makes this site so historic and what are the most important aspects of the site?

4. Your impressions of the site: what were you most impressed by, were you surprised by what you learned, etc.

5. Would you recommend visiting this site to a friend-why or why not?

6. Why should this site continue to be preserved for future generations?