Description
PART ONE
American Yawp chapter:
1. Indigenous AmericaLinks to an external site.
Each week, students will practice using the 5 C’s of History to create an analysis of the two assigned chapters in The American Yawp. Each analysis will be written in essay form: 500 to 750 words long, written in complete sentences, and using paragraphs. When addressing the material from the chapters, students should quote from the text to support their claims.
Each analysis will take the following form:
Introductory paragraph concluding with an argumentative thesis
Five body paragraphs, one for each of the Five C’s
Conclusion
Five C’s and definitions:
Causality – The clear, direct cause and effect relationship between two historical people, places, things, or ideas.
Contingency – Outcomes that are possible but are dependent upon other historical factors.
Complexity – Scrutinizing, considering, and identifying possible relationships between historical people, places, things, or ideas.
Change over time – The difference in a single historical variable going forward in time.
Context – The circumstances and facts required to understand and assess a specific event, person, or concept.
PART TWO
American Yawp chapters:
2. Colliding CulturesLinks to an external site.
3. British North AmericaLinks to an external site.
Links to an external site.
Each week, students will practice using the 5 C’s of History to create an analysis of the two assigned chapters in The American Yawp. Each analysis will be written in essay form: 500 to 750 words long, written in complete sentences, and using paragraphs. When addressing the material from the chapters, students should quote from the text to support their claims.
Each analysis will take the following form:
Introductory paragraph concluding with an argumentative thesis
Five body paragraphs, one for each of the Five C’s
Conclusion
Five C’s and definitions:
Causality – The clear, direct cause and effect relationship between two historical people, places, things, or ideas.
Contingency – Outcomes that are possible but are dependent upon other historical factors.
Complexity – Scrutinizing, considering, and identifying possible relationships between historical people, places, things, or ideas.
Change over time – The difference in a single historical variable going forward in time.
Context – The circumstances and facts required to understand and assess a specific event, person, or concept.
