# Draft Outline Element

## Example

1. Compare and Contrast a significant myth from this period of California History.
	- Claim 1: The Gold Rush Myth is a significant myth of this period.
		- Evidence: Gold Rush as Masculine (Class Lecture)
		- Explanation: The myth states that the CA Gold Rush was a overall male activity, and that any women were prostitutes
		- Evidence: Gold Rush as primarily WASP activity (Class Lecture)
		- Explanation: The myth states that the CA Gold Rush was primarily a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant event
	-  Claim 2: The Gold Rush Myth does not really match with the historical reality
		-  Evidence: Women in the mines, like Dame Shirley (EE, 151-163)
		-  Explanation: The letters of Dame Shirley demonstrates a Gold Rush world that is majority male, but the feminine presence is clear and very successful. While many women did turn to sex work for money, domestic service (laundry, cooking, cleaning) was highly desirable service and was highly paid.
		-  Evidence: Despite the myth, the CA Gold Rush was a world activity - where numerous ethnic and national groups were represented. (Elusive Eden, 174-180)
		-  Explanation: Numerous groups lived in the mines and were subject to the costs and benefits of the Gold Rush, including Chinese, French, Spanish, Mexican, Chilean, German, Australian, and Japanese.

### Instructor Commentary
This example demonstrates how the template could be filled out, but not in a formulaic way - just what is necessary.