Outlining Your Argument

By this point in the research process you should have a working thesis and a clear sense of what you want to prove in your paper. Today you are going to work on organizing your research to determine the ways in which your information will help you prove your thesis.  Here is where your notecards are going to come into play.
There are two ways to think about using your notecards:

1) Look at your working thesis and then the body sections that come out of that thesis. Then determine which cards apply to which elements of your thesis.
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2) Spread out all of your cards and see which cards connect.  Begin to group them together in categories and then see how those categories apply to your thesis.

You must complete one of the above tasks before moving into your outline.

Once you have your notecards reorganized, then you can begin to insert your information into the outline.  Your completed outline is due to be submitted to turnitin.com anytime before 8:00 AM on Tuesday morning, 2/17.

Research Paper

The next phase of the process is listed in the assignment sheet that is also posted in the Unit 5 tab above. There are links to all of the documents, worksheets, and information you'll need in that assignment sheet.

Today in Class

We followed the activities listed on the assignment sheet.
We then received our research assignment.  Assigned topics are listed on the assignment.
HW for Thursday is the following:

1. Get yourself  colored notecards: Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, and White

2. Read about your topic in your online text (chapter is listed on the research assignment).  In this Google Doc, do a brief summary of the information.

3. Go back into the group Google Doc of initial research.  Skim through the terms, notes and questions listed for the section most closely aligned with your topic.

4. Begin to develop research questions using the Bowdoin method discussed in class. Come to class with those questions written out.

Industrialization-Westward Expansion

On Tuesday in class we looked at the Crash Course on Industrialization and compared Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth with George's Progress and Poverty.  Today in class, we will explore what Samuel Gompers' What Does the Working Man Want adds to the ideas suggested by Carnegie and George. We will then look at the Crash Course on Westward Expansion, using the provided notetaking sheet. We'll finish by reading and analyzing Helen Hunt Jackson's A Century of Dishonor (AR 290).  All of the necessary links are posted in the assignment sheet.

2nd Semester

Greetings all and welcome back!
Hope your finals were successful. Our new unit calendar is posted in the Unit 5: Promises and Problems tab above. You should know that the majority of the unit will be spent preparing a research paper, the instructions for which will be posted in the same tab as necessary.

Final Exam Rubric

See it HERE

Your Final

Here is the link to the FINAL EXAM ASSIGNMENT. Please note that your completed final must be one document that is submitted to turnitin.com by the beginning of your finals period (1:10 PM) on Wed. 1/21.  The last page of the assignment is the Table of Contents that should be the first page of your submitted final.

Here is the link to the BRAINSTORMING SHEET which is a required portion of your final. It is worth 10% of the final exam grade so make sure that it is thorough and complete.  It needs to be submitted to turnitin.com by 11:59 PM on Friday, 1/16.

Below is a schedule for the week. Stay on track and trust the process.

Date	In-class	Homework
Tue. 1/13	Meet in E108 Go over course options Intro Brainstorming sheet	Homework Due:Reread Doc. 1, come to class with all materials Homework to do tonight: Finish Brainstorming sheet for Doc. 1, Reread and annotate Doc. 2.
Wed. 1/14	xxxxx	Homework to do tonight:Finish Brainstorm Sheet Doc. 2 Begin Drafting Sec. 1
Thu. 1/15	Meet in E108 Intro Sec. 2 Brainstorm Sec. 2	Homework Due: Brainstorm Sheet Docs. 1 and 2 Homework to do tonight: Brainstorm Sec. 2 Continue Drafting
Fri. 1/16	Meet in E108 Discuss Section Three Brainstorm Sec. Three Begin Drafting	Homework Due:Brainstorm Sec. 2 Homework to do tonight: Brainstorming packet due to turnitin by 11:59 PM Continue Drafting
Sat 1/17-Sun. 1/18	xxxxxxxxx	Full Draft of Sec. 1, Docs 1 and 2 complete
Mon. 1/19	xxxxxxxxxx	Full Draft of Sec. 2 and 3 complete
Tue. 1/20	xxxxxxxxx	Final Edits of Sec. 1, 2, and 3
Wed. 1/21	xxxxxxxxx	FINAL DUE to TURNITIN.COM at 1:10 P.M.  No late papers!