Notice
the Words in Each Question
Requirements
for Following the 5 Good Habits for Evidence
Requirements
for Length and Language in Your Written Answer
Requirements
for Citation for Your Written Answer to the Question
Brain
Trick for Quoting and Avoiding Quotation Humiliation
I am trying to give each of
you a very fair chance to be able to prepare ahead and to prepare for only 5
possible questions.
1.
You are to answer the question that Blackboard displays when you click
on the Unit 1 Written Exam. It will be 1 of those listed below.
Tip: This means you need to prepare to answer each of the questions, but you only
have to prepare to answer 1 of the
OR possibilities.
Example: With question 1, you could decide to prepare to answer the question
about Hawaii and, if Blackboard displayed that question, you’d answer it.
2.
You are to look at the items connected by OR and you are to answer only
1 of those listed.
Caution: if you answer more than 1 of the
OR items, I will grade only the first 1.
3.
Notice the words in the question. Example: Some of the questions use the
phrase “as it reveals the Gilded
Age.” You are not just summarizing some stuff from the book, but trying to show
what this time period is like.
Notice
words in the question such as:
·
in the Gilded Age
Caution:
That
means you are to talk about the whole period from about 1877 to about 1900.
Blackboard
will display 1 of these questions. You must
answer the question Blackboard displayed. You must answer only 1 of the 2 or 3 or 4 OR possibilities
with each question.
1. Examine 1 (ONE) of these examples of American imperialism in the
Gilded Age: Cuba OR Hawaii OR the Philippines.
2. Examine 1 (ONE) of these attempts to solve problems in the Gilded
Age: the Pendleton Act OR the Populist Party OR the Knights of Labor
3. Examine 1 (ONE) of these industrial topics as it reveals the
Gilded Age: horizontal integration OR vertical integration OR trusts
4. Discuss 1 (ONE) of these labor events as it reveals the Gilded
Age: Pullman Strike OR Homestead Strike OR the Haymarket Riot (also called the Haymarket
Affair and the Haymarket Massacre)
5. Discuss major issues in the Gilded Age that reveal what happens to
1 (ONE) of these groups: black voters in the South OR homesteaders on the Great
Plains OR Native Americans OR farmers in the crop-lien system in the South
You must follow all of the
5 Good Habits for Evidence in Evidence Matters. One half of your grade is for
that. See the Rubric in Evidence Requirements.
Length |
330 words maximum – Much less is much better. This is not like buying meat at the store: I don’t grade by the pound but for your reading and planning. |
Format |
Please if you write something in Word to copy and paste in, do not use italic or fancy fonts or anything but plain text. You radically increase my work and I have yet to see any of that fancy stuff make a better grade. |
Punctuation if you quote |
I don’t recommend quoting, but, if you do, make sure it is accurate. If you quote, keep it simple by using this Brain Trick (goes to the bottom of this webpage). |
General clarity –what you do before you click on the test |
Before the test, read and plan carefully, being sure to record the exact page numbers as you work. Click here for a cheap method to read and plan carefully so you can write usefully. Don’t write your answers ahead. Instead use your time to get good plans for the question Blackboard display for you. |
General clarity –what you do before you click Submit |
Check you page numbers against your 5Ws chart (the method in the link above). Read aloud the words in your submission so you can correct |
Given the questions you will probably only be using the textbook.
What You Want to
Cite |
Example of How You
Would Cite |
If the fact is from the textbook, the Essentials edition |
If your fact is from page 30 of the textbook, then immediately after your fact you’d write: (Essentials, p. 30) |
If you want to know why we use a shortened citation form, see Discussion Topic 1-2.
Click here for additional tips.
This brain trick lets you be accurate but
avoid learning those rules:
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