1. Is this archive an ethical representation of its material? If so, how? If not, in what ways could it be improved? 2. What values does this archive privilege or forward? How does it do this, and is this approach fair and reasonable? 3. The materials of the archive offer a snapshot of a particular person, event, time, or place. Each of the items in the archive offer a story or narrative. Which stories/which items are the most significant and why? 4. Considering the voices present in the archive, how are they a fair and equitable representation of the larger social/cultural context? In what ways might there be avenues for improvement? You will build and customize a blog to share your writing with the class. This can serve as a portfolio for your future work. Please note that while your citations should be written in standard MLA, your format for this essay can be more creative (befitting a blog post). Key Terms: Criteria, Bibliography, Ethics, Blog Assignment Components/Steps: 1. Choose the inquiry question you’d like to explore for this project. 2. Establish criteria for evaluating an archive. (For example, if you’ve chosen Question #1—what is fair criteria for saying that something is an “ethical representation”? What will you compare this archive to?) 3. Begin gathering secondary sources (we’ll be making use of both the library search engines and the citation program, Zotero). Apply your criteria as practice for evaluating your archive.