GOALS:
1. Write an essay of more than 1100 words
2. In your own words – if you must quote, count the cut-n-pasted word count of the quote and add it to the 1100 word minimum requirement. 350 words in quotes means the essay should total more than 1450 words.
3. Adhere to rules of English grammar, spelling, and punctuation
4. Keep the phrasing in the THIRD PERSON and the tense in the past.
(“One may conclude” not “I believe”, and “They were” not “They are”
Approach: This approach would see you using the supplied documents but answering these questions in the form of an essay. These document-based essays should provide a clearly articulated thesis, supported by relevant detail (names, dates, places, examples, etc.)
*You dont have to use all documents or answer all questions necessarily as long as the goals are met. Thanks!
This checklist is a series of questions that can be used to analyze most of the documents and items in this course.
1. What type of document or object is this evidence?
2. Why does the document or object exist? What motives prompted the author to create the material in this form?
3. Who created this work?
4. Who or what is left out – women, children, minorities, members of the majority?
5. In addition to the main subject, what other kinds of information can be obtained?
6. How do the subjects of the document or object relate to what we know about broader society?
7. What was the meaning of the document or object in its own time? What is the meaning for its audience?
8. What does the document or object tell us about change or stability in society?
