Ancient Rome          Fall 2012

Incremental Essay Assignments

Here you will find instructions to the various assignments that will build up to your Essay which is DUE Dec. 5

Thesis:   DUE Oct. 31

This assignment is short is functions ionly to get you to start thinking about the upcoming Essay. A thesis is a declarative statement that tells the reader where the paper is going and how it will get there. This intial idea will "change" over time, especially as you start writing. So be prepared for the final product to be different than that which is first spelled out here.

This is an attachment to help explain better what a thesis is and what a thesis is not:

thesis

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Annotated Outline:     DUE Nov. 5

The word “annotation” refers to adding information, usually comments, explanations, or references. This assignment is designed to help you incorporate evidence (primary and secondary) into your paper's argument. This assignment is essentially one page and breaks down the ideas of the paper and where you want the paper to go. Not all annotated outlines are alike The preparation of the annotated outline is governed by the nature of a larger course project and the role that the annotated outline plays in the context of the course as a whole.  In some cases, the annotations consist of :

  • comments or explanations
  • citations of sources appropriate to each outline entry 
  • information about each of the cited sources
  • topic sentences 

Here is an example of an Annotated Outline from my Greek History Class:

Annotated%20Outline%20demo

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Rough Draft:      DUE Nov. 14

Here I would like you to have finished at least five pages of your paper for me to review. I ask this of students so that they do not wait until the night before to write and edit their papers. REMEMBER all writing is re-writing and History is a discipline that can teach you this skill.

Here are two links that will be helpful:

 

 

 

What Makes a Good History Paper: goodhist

Evidence: evidence

Please see the link labled ESSAY to gain a sense of the format required.