Download Eastern Washington University Department of History Scholarships

Eastern Washington University Department
of History Scholarships for Spokane Area
High Schools
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the civil war
Source: The Library of Congress, Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865
(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html). This photograph taken in
August 1864 at Petersburg, Virginia, is Company F of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry, who
are Zouaves (Algerian Muslim volunteers that originally served in the French Army).
1st Prize $400; 2nd $300; 3rd $200; 4th $100
DEADLINE: October 31st, 2011
Research Paper Guidelines:
*All papers must be 7 pages of narrative in length including footnotes
(APA format) plus a cover page containing the paper title, author, and
high school.
* Paragraphs must be double-spaced using 12-pt. New Times Roman font,
with one-inch margins all around.
* The paper must contain at least three (3) primary sources, such as
diaries, newspapers, autobiographies, government documents, etc.
from that era.
* Photographs or illustrations can be included as additional pages to
the end of your paper in an appendix. Do not insert them into your
narrative. Be sure to cite your sources!
Possible Paper Topics:
New technologies used in the war; the importance of railroads; naval
warfare; forts and their designs; foreign soldiers serving in Union or
Confederate armies; the treatment of POWs; African Americans as
slaves or freemen during the conflict; how the lives of women and
children were affected; Native Americans and their perspectives on
the war; medical care and treatment of wounded soldiers; the foreign
policy of the Union or Confederacy; propaganda versus freedom of
the press; wartime finance and economics; impact on the
environment/ecosystem; music and dance during the war.
Send all papers to: Civil War Committee, Dept. of History,
Eastern Washington University, 107 B Robert Reid Lab, Cheney,
WA 99004-2429