“The Communist Manifesto” DUE 3/20

Assignment Instructions

Pick a character: either a worker, like Johnny from “The Apostate”, OR the unknown owner of the factory that he works in.  How would the character you have reacted to the Communist Manifesto?  In particular, how would they react to the list of measures to improve the lot of the working class that Marx enumerates on page 141?

Technical details:

Papers should be 2-4 pages, double-spaced, written in a normal (Times New Roman or similar– no Arial or Lucida, I know the tricks), 12 point font.  Normal 1-inch margins all around.  There is no need for a title page, or extensive headings; just your name, your section, and a brief title is all you need.

The only sources you may use are “The Manifesto of the Communist Party”, our textbook (Forging the Modern World), and class notes.  No internet sources are needed to complete this paper assignment.  All direct quotations from any of these sources must be cited properly.  Parenthetical citation (author, page number), or footnotes (in Chicago style, see link below) are acceptable citations.

Papers should also include a bibliography/works-cited page (which is not part of the 2-4 pages of the assignment).  History uses the Chicago Style, and so shall we in this class.  A link to the Chicago style guide is provided below.  We will address the specifics of citations and formatting next week in class.