Title of Project
Introduce the reader to the key events, issues, and actors (WHEN WHERE WHO WHAT) that inform your research project. Try to use accessible language that a high schooler would understand. STATE YOUR ARGUMENT ABOUT THIS EVENT/PERSON/ISSUE being significant for AAPI and New Mexico History. Remember that you will connect all the remaining web page content to this argument.
100-150 words
Subheader 1
150-200 words: Explain why this event was newsworthy, drawing upon specific language or descriptions in the primary sources as citing any secondary sources to support your interpretation about why this event was newsworthy at the time it took place.1
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The Silver City Enterprise editor questioned why some Raton residents would protect the Chinese.Source: Sierra County Advocate
You may divide your text by inserting a pull from a primary or secondary source here that highlights why this event is newsworthy, as noted with the highlighted quote from the newspaper image. If you do not wish to break up your text with a direct quote you can delete the pull quote.2
Subheader 2
Here’s why this event relates to Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) history: Insert your text that explains how this specific event relates to to the history of the ethnic group AND AAPI history. 100-150 words
![Insert your caption for Image B here. [Source: Insert brief source here, e.g. Las Vegas Gazette] (Month day, year, page number.)](/HIST-1105/essays/The%20Filipino-New%20Mexican%20Connection/images/Concerns_Raton.jpg)
Insert your caption for Image B here. [Source: Insert brief source here, e.g. Las Vegas Gazette] (Month day, year, page number.)
The coding for this section positions this text in relation to the image. The Las Vegas Gazette expressed confidence that the town of Raton succesfully would remove Chinese settlers without the Knights of Labor committing acts of violence.
Subheader 3
Use this section to explain how this event relates to New Mexico history. What does this event tell us about New Mexico (or the specific city) in relation to other territories, states, or local communities?
![Insert your caption for Image C here. At least a few Chinese settlers left not only Raton but the state of New Mexico in response to pressure from the Knights of Labor. [Source: Las Vegas Gazette] (December 13, 1882, 4.)](/HIST-1105/essays/The%20Filipino-New%20Mexican%20Connection/images/Chinese_leave_Raton.jpg)
Insert your caption for Image C here. At least a few Chinese settlers left not only Raton but the state of New Mexico in response to pressure from the Knights of Labor. [Source: Las Vegas Gazette] (December 13, 1882, 4.)
If you inserted a direct quote, you may complete the rest of your text for section 3 here.
Concluding Subheader 4:
Insert your text here. Why is this event historically signficant? What does it teach us? What further research questions does it raise?
Further information: You may highlight key sources that provide more information for readers. This is where you also may provide links to other websites that relate to the topic. Be sure to explain why these links might be of interest to the reader in relation to your topic.