Hello to our History Honors cohort! So far Tiffany, Griffin, Annaise, and Terrin are on board, and we look forward to your posts. Everyone, please log in with the invite sent to you (contact me if you didn’t get one!) and…

Welcome to the information and journaling site for the History Honors Contract Community, meeting this semester at San Elijo campus with Professors Chris Sleeper, Lisa M. Lane, and Robert Bond. Each professor has developed an individual syllabus for the class…

Below are hyperlinks to all of my blog posts for the semester: Jack the Ripper’s Canonical Murders 19th Century Enclosure Movement  Congruity in Iron Age Art Queen Boudica’s Sack of Londinium Tudor Enclosure Movement Open-Field System and Nuclear Villages Whitechapel,…

Below is the second draft of my research paper (hopefully last!). A summary of changes is also included: -strengthen topic sentences in second half of paper -clarify Booth’s methodology -further discuss relationship between prostitution and temporary housing -reorganize thoughts on…

Below is a first draft of my final research paper:   In the fall of 1888, five prostitutes were found brutally murdered—some disemboweled—in the East End of London. The discovery of each new murder throughout a three-month time period eventually…

Begg, Paul. Jack the Ripper: The Definitive History. Rev. pbk. ed., Harlow, Pearson Longman, 2004. Booth, Charles. Life and Labour of the People in London. London, Macmillan, 1902. Internet Archive, archive.org/details/lifelabourofpeop07bootiala. —. “Poverty Map.” www.umich.edu/~risotto/maxzooms/ne/nej56.html. Map. “Boundary of Old Nichol’s…

Below is a second outline of my proposed research paper. After taking Professor Lane’s suggestions into consideration, I tried to consolidate the content of the paper into four main points. This draft reflects such, and also includes the support theses…