Description
This is an OUTLINE assignment will help you prepare for your exam (due Saturday by 9:00 PM). You will need to use the terms from the textbook, lecture/lecture presentation, and term list for this assignment.
Your exams for this class will be essays requiring a specific structure; One sentence thesis including three specific topics to be discussed, three corresponding topic sentences which will later be the first lines of your body paragraphs, and lastly a restatement of the original thesis.
Here are some general guidelines for essays you will write based on these outlines:
Essays in this class will be answered using a standard five-paragraph format. (Your eventual exam essay must be 1200 words when submitted)
Each MUST include the following:
A clear, one sentence thesis restating the question including the three specific elements to be discussed in your body paragraphs
Three body paragraphs, each beginning with a topic sentence reiterating one of the thesis elements.
At least four specific examples in each body paragraph defining and explaining other related ideas, terms, and/or facts supporting your thesis.
A conclusion restating your thesis.
Essay Question for the first exam due Sunday: (Use this question to complete this outline/prep assignment)
The period of American History from the Pre-Columbian era to the end of the American War for Independence brought many important changes. Please discuss this period in your essay, organizing your thoughts into a three pronged thesis, using the following three time periods as your thesis elements/topic sentences:
The Pre-Columbian era though Early Colonial Period 1400-1720 (Unit-Modules 1)
Crises, Change, Expansion and Early Rebellion from 1600-1763 (Unit-Modules 2 and 3)
The period leading to and including the War for Independence 1720-1783 (Unit-Modules 3 and 4)
For this assignment you must:
1. Use three categories for thesis elements from the above essay question. Write a simple, one sentence thesis statement including the three categories you will discuss in your body paragraphs.
(Ex. The period from before contact to the American War for Independence was a crucial time in early American history; My essay will discuss the changes, ideas and events in the period from before contact through early colonization, the period of change and expansion starting in the 1600s, and lastly the period leading to and culminating with the American War for Independence.)
2. Write a practice topic sentence for each of your thesis topics.
3. Choose and then list the four terms you would like to discuss as examples in each of your body paragraphs. (Terms that can be found in textbook and lecture presentation, and term list)
4. Rewrite, restate your original thesis.
The following is an example/template for what this outline assignment should look like. Replace the content below with the real essay question, and topic sentences of your own making etc.
For Example-
Your exam preparation assignment should look something like this: (except using real essay question found above)
Thesis
The period from 1914 to 1989 is marked by several important phases: WWI and Aftermath1914-1929, Depression through the WWII 1929-1945, and lastly, The Cold War to the Fall of the Berlin Wall, which completes the transition to our own Post-Modern age.
Topic Sentence # 1
The period from WWI to 1929 serves as an important step towards post-modernity.
WORLD WAR I
TOTAL WAR
ALLIES
CENTRAL POWERS
Topic Sentence # 2
The period from the Depression to the end of WWII continue to add to the societal loss of innocence leading to post-modernism
Joseph Stalin
Five Year Plans
Stalin’s Purges
Gulag
Topic Sentence # 3
The period from the Cold War ending with the fall of the Berlin wall completes the transition to post-modernity.
LIMITED TEST BAN TREATY
NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV
THE BERLIN WALL
DECOLONIZATION
Restatement of Thesis
In conclusion, the period from 1914 to 1989 is marked by several important phases: WWI and Aftermath1914-1929, Depression through the WWII 1929-1945,and lastly,The Cold War to the Fall of the Berlin Wall, which completed the transition to our own Post-Modern age.
