Caution: You
are required to do all of
the Requirements for all Formal Work. A copy is at the bottom of this page.
Your title should reveal your “argument”—your “coherent series of statements leading from a premise to a conclusion.” This general title may work for you: Teach the essentials of representation and taxation using the 3 primaries
Tip: The person you are trying to teach is someone who is a 1st year student. In trying to teach another, you will teach yourself. You are not teaching yourself everything but the essentials. Think about what is very important to teach and you have the big part done.
Caution: To use another title, you must propose the title by email. Unless I am concerned you cannot prove that title, I will be approve it.
You do not have to cite each page listed from the American Pageant, but you should read them all.
Primary You Are Using |
Page Numbers from the Textbook |
a.
Stamp Act (Primary 1) |
90, 91-92 |
b.
Declaration of Independence.(Primary 2) |
105-106 |
c.
Constitution (Primary 3) |
128-130 |
You replace # with the exact page number that you used. Your reader should be able to tell instantly what source and what page to go to for the meaning or the exact words that you wrote. Tip: Your boss and an upper level professor who can write a reference for you will not tolerate your faking evidence or misunderstanding evidence. Cite accurately not just for your prof, but also so you know that your brain is correct. Click here for how footnotes look in this paper. Link Address: http://www.cjbibus.com/How_the_Paper_Could_Look.pdf
Caution: If you are using 2 or more different page numbers from the source, you must have a footnote for each page. Example: You have a sentence from the Constitution that has content from page 16 and page 17 and page 19. You need 3 footnotes in that sentence.
What You Want to Cite |
Required Citations for Your Footnotes
|
a.
If the fact is from the
textbook The Brief American Pageant, the required textbook. |
Kennedy, Cohen, and Piehl, American
Pageant, #. |
b.
If the fact is the Stamp Act (Primary
1) |
Stamp Act, #. |
c.
If the fact is from the Declaration
of Independence as a transcript. (Primary 2) |
Declaration of
Independence,
#. |
d.
If the fact is from the Declaration of
Independence with aids. (Primary 2) |
Declaration of
Independence with aids, #. |
e.
If the fact is from the Constitution
(Primary 3) |
Constitution, #. |
Reminder: If you use the words of the source, you must use quotation marks (“”) correctly. For tips, see Habits 4 and 5 in the 5 Good Habits for Evidence. Link Address: http://www.cjbibus.com/Evidence_Quiz_4-The_5_Good_Habits_for_Evidence_and_Its_Rubric_and_How_Both_Can_Help_You.htm
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In 1 row across the top line, your first and last name –
Your Title (Details are in the Specific Instructions for a writing.)
You are expected to create “an argument”--“a coherent series of statements leading
from a premise to a conclusion.” Trying
to teach something clearly and accurately honorably to another 1st
student can help you do that. You are also expected to use primaries and
“historical evidence” and to analyze (not just repeat). Click here for details about those terms.
Link Address: http://www.cjbibus.com/GS_HistDept_Student_Learner_Outcomes.htm
You have two resources so you can be successful:
·
The link below is from Microsoft and it shows
how to enter footnotes, the method used with History.
·
In the folder for the Writing, the link at the
top provides the exact text for Tthe footnotes.
Refresh your memory on the the
5 Good Habits for Evidence. Link Address:
http://www.cjbibus.com/Evidence_Quiz_4-The_5_Good_Habits_for_Evidence_and_Its_Rubric_and_How_Both_Can_Help_You.htm
Caution: Probably
unlike every class where you have written before, I can tell—and prove—easily if you misread, assumed, plagiarized, half-copy
plagiarized, embellished, cherry-picked and every other word in the rubric.
How is that so? Because I have the sources that you were supposed to use
sitting right in front of me.
If you do not follow one of the Good Habits for Evidence, I
will write its number in the left margin and sometimes a brief phrase. Tip: never try to be exciting. Be useful and true.
Save yourself from misery and lost points. Do these things:
a.
Save your file in case. It is safer.
b.
Microsoft Word automatically does footnotes with the correct number and the correct location at the bottom
of the page. It is not hard. Ask if you need help! Microsoft Word can also run
spell and grammar checking.
c.
Print the paper. Proof it. To proof = to compare
side by side paper and source to
be sure page numbers, facts, names, quotations, and everything is correct. Tip: Develop habits of work to match the way you want to be paid.
d.
Also proof the appearance of words. If you copy
information from a different file into your Writing, you may mess up the format
you had set up. Example: If
you copy words from a primary into your Writing, your computer may change font
and spacing. To avoid problems, when you copy text for a quotation, place it in
a separate file and change it to the settings in Required Format. Then copy the
quotation into your paper.
e.
Be brief and most certainly keep any quotation
very brief.
Do each of these things.
a.
Font |
11 point Calibri font |
b.
Length |
Never more than
1 page, including its footnotes. (If it is too long, delete your own words.) |
c.
Margins |
1” on the left and .5” on the right (FYI: I need those margins when I grade.) |
d.
Spacing |
Double-spaced |
e.
Turnitin File Types |
Turnitin accepts these types of files: ·
A Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx) ·
An Adobe file (.pdf) ·
An Open Office document (.odt) |