First Project Period: Final Outlines

Purpose: The Project Period Outlines are a brief, structured presentation of your argument. This assignment is designed so that students can demonstrate their competency in the historical content, in their historical skills, and their analytical thinking. For each Project Period, you are expected to outline your answer to EACH Project Question demonstrating your argument through a presentation of your evidence. Students will use concepts, evidence and examples from class dialogue and source texts to support their argument. Remember you are telling a story and therefore your outline should present the story in a way that the reader can follow all of. Students must ensure that all evidence is clearly cited using parenthetical citations which include the source author’s last name AND source page number(s) where the evidence can be found. For the conclusion, students must also include a narrative interpretation of potential implications of the question to the modern world. To do this, students must present a current news article related to some aspect of the question and demonstrate how it helps you better understand the news article. IMPORTANT: The use of sources/evidence outside of the course readings is strongly discouraged. If you decide to use outside resources, they must be approved by me in writing prior to submission. Use of all unapproved resources will be ignored in evaluating your work, and will result in a piece of un-cited evidence. You are free to format your Argument Outlines how you wish. However, the requirements below must be clear. Template & Example: Outline Example (Upload file). Outline Template (Upload file). Requirements: 1. Argument Title 2. Thesis of Argument (Underlined) 3. A Structured Argument using bullet points 4. Evidence and Examples that demonstrate your main points 5. All Evidence Must be Cited 6. Conclusion with the implications of the question/argument in the 21st Century. Grading Criteria (each criteria weighted equally): All your outlines will be evaluated individually, however you will submit them as a collection. You will receive a single score that will reflect the accumulated average of the criteria below in that collection. However, you will receive feedback on individual outlines. Content: Did you answer the question, all of the question, and all that was implied by the question? Argument: Did you present a solid thesis and a reasonable progression of ideas? Examples: Did you include the best examples and illustrations to demonstrate the validity of you ideas and concepts (including relevant graphic presentations from the text, class dialogue and other sources)? Citations: Did you mention and cite specific evidence from the appropriate reading material, class dialogue, and provide your own original ideas (each should comprise approximately 1/3 of the essay’s content)? Conclusion: Did you discuss the implications of the question and have an appropriate conclusion?