Instruction
Discuss the impact the institution of slavery had on the United States from the time of the Revolution through Reconstruction. You may include such topics as division between the North and South, the lives of slaves, sense of identity, desire for freedom, slave family life, folklore, and religious life, slavery and the law, labor organization, relationship between masters and slaves, paternalism , forms of slave resistance, Slave rebellions, etc.
Thesis: Easily identifiable, plausible, novel, sophisticated, insightful, crystal clear. Connects well with paper title.
Structure: Evident, understandable, appropriate thesis. Excellent transitions from point to point. Solid topic sentences.
Use of evidence: Primary source information used to buttress every point.
Analysis: Author clearly relates evidence to "mini-thesis" (topic sentence); analysis is fresh and exciting, posing new ways to think of the material. Work displays critical thinking and avoids simplistic description or summary of information.
Logic and argumentation: All ideas in the paper flow logically; the argument is identifiable, reasonable, and sound. Mechanics: Sentence structure, grammar, and diction excellent; correct use of punctuation; minimal to no spelling errors; absolutely no run-on sentences or comma splices. Conforms in every way to format requirements.
Minimum three pages
12 font, (Times New Roman, Arial are usually best)
Inch-wide margins
double-spaced
1) Have a solid introductory paragraph with a thesis sentence
2) The Body (first, second, and at least, third paragraphs). Each argument contains specific details from the textbook and the crash course for your paragraphs (other than these particular websites, NO web-pages
3) And a good conclusion.