Making an argument about the historical i mportance of McCarthyism and the treatment of the Hollywood Ten.

General Paper Description
:
Using the
secondary and primary
sources
list
below,
and any other sources I may give you,
write a short paper (four to six pages, properly formatted
according to the guidelines below) making an argu
ment about the historical i
mportance of McCarthyism
and the treatment of the Hollywood Ten.
Your assignment is to make a historical
argument
that addresses
the following questions: Was McCarthyism an aberration or part of a larger and ongoing force in U.S.
society? Why did so few people challenge McCarthy, HUAC, and other organizations involved in the
anti
-
Communist investigations? Why were the film and other entertainment industries investigated so
intensively?
Remember, your assignment is not to answer th
ese questions in order, but to craft a thesis
and build a paper around that thesis.
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This is not an independent research paper. You are not to use any s
ources other than the
secondary and
primary sources listed below
unless I give them to you, or you bring
them to me for my approval.
If you use sources other than these without my approval, you will earn a zero
on the paper.
*Your paper must be no fewer than
four
pages and no more than
six
pages, not including endnotes,
or the
title page (which should include your name, the date, and your seat number)
,
when properly formatted. To
be properly formatted, papers must be double
-
s
paced, 12
-
point Times New Roman font, with page
numbers and one
-
inch margins (note that Microsoft Word sets a 1.25” margin by default, so you will need
to change that).
You should have a title.
Do not add space between paragraphs or add length to the paper
by increasing the size of the margins, etc. You will be graded down for failing to use the correct format.
You must also include citations that match the format prescribed by
The Chicago Manual of Style
. This
means you will have to use endnotes correctly
. If you do not know how to do this, o
r for any other
assistance, get assistance
in person. You may also use the Turabian Quick Guide for help:
http://issuu.com/txstwritingcenter/docs/turabi
an/1
Please take advantage of my office hours, the IAs, the SIs, and the resources available at SLAC
(
http://www.txstate.edu/slac/
) and at the Writing Center (
http://www.writingcenter.txstate.edu/
)
at every
stage of the writing process. You will find it very helpful to talk abou
t how you a
re conceiving the paper,
the outline, the writing, and revisions.
Included below is
a
list
of the sources and a
copy of
the grading checklist we will use to evaluate your
papers. Familiarize yourself with
them
.
List of Sources
•
Ellen S
c
hrecker, “McCarthyism: Political Repression and the Fear of Communism,”
Social
Research
71, no. 4 (Winter 2004): 1041
-
1086.
o
This is availa
ble on TRACS under “Resources for Essay”
•
Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney
, Testimony Before the House Un
-
American Activit
ies
Committee
,
1947,
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6458
(accessed October 21, 2013)
.
•
John Howard Lawson,
Testimony Before the House Un
-
American Activities Committee, 1947
,
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6441
(accessed October 21, 2013)
See video at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7W3XbDZqO4
(accessed October 21, 2013).
Helgeson
History 1320
Paper Assignment,
Fall
2013
2
•
“Fire!” Section of “Herblock’s History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium,”
Library of Congress Exhibition,
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/fire.html
(accessed
October 21, 2013)
•
Lillian Hellman, Letter to HUAC, 1952,
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6454/
(accessed
October
21, 2013).
•
John Berry, “The Hollywood Ten,” Film Division of the Southern California National Council of
Arts, Sciences, and Professions, 1950,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taancRcLQ8o
(
accessed October 21, 2013).
•
Arthur Miller, “Are You Now Or Were You Ever...?”
The Guardian
, June 16, 2000,
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jun/17/history.politics
(accesse
d October 21, 2013).
Optional Sources:
•
“Salt of the Earth,”
Independent Productions,
1954
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9oY4rmDaWw
(accessed October 22, 2013).
o
See also, James J. Lorence, “Min
ing Salt of the Earth,”
Wisconsin Magazine of History
85, no. 2 (Winter 2001
-
2002): 28
-
43.

This is available on TRACS under “Resources for Essay”
•
“Point of Order,”
Point Films,
1964
,
http://www.yo
utube.com/watch?v=2EhOdSSI8n4
(accessed
October 23, 2013).
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