Using your time line, your analysis of images from the library of congress’s website, and your textbook, write a letter of 3-5 paragraphs for a time capsule to be opened in 200 years that describes the characteristics of texas from the time of the civil war to the late 1800s. be sure to include information on texas’s government, economy, and people. be sure to use specific evidence to support your writing. cite your textbook using specific page numbers, as well as any images you describe. edit your work for proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling before submitting. hurry im short on time

The truth is that any source can be the best source for some kind of research. as an example, if you were to write an essay about the credibility of wikipedia, would you avoid citing wikipedia? clearly not. as we know, the president of the united states jumps on twitter all the time. if you’re writing about trump, what better source can there be? it is, quite literally, an original historical document. the same would be true if you were writing about the events of the moderately recent revolutions in egypt and syria. what better source than someone who is right there in the thick of things? clearly you would have to contextualize the source as at least moderately unverified in most such cases.