December 8 - 12 Warm Ups
Map Monday - December 8
1. What information is this map giving you?
2. What areas were affected the most?
3. Where did people migrate to during this period?
4. How do you think this impacted Americans during the Great Depression?
2. What areas were affected the most?
3. Where did people migrate to during this period?
4. How do you think this impacted Americans during the Great Depression?
Toon Tuesday - December 9
1.Make a list of what you see in this artifact.
2.What is the visual irony displayed in this photo?
3.How does this artifact compare the decades of the 20s and 30s?
4. What numbers on your study guide does this artifact analysis represent?
2.What is the visual irony displayed in this photo?
3.How does this artifact compare the decades of the 20s and 30s?
4. What numbers on your study guide does this artifact analysis represent?
Who Dunnit? Wednesday - December 10
Who Dunnit in the following situations?
–Created a dam in Nevada and Mount Rushmore to provide jobs?
–Suffered throughout the 1920s and continued to suffer most through the Great Depression?
–The presidents (3) who created economic policies that led to the Depression?
–The name of the economic policy followed during the 1920s?
–Created a dam in Nevada and Mount Rushmore to provide jobs?
–Suffered throughout the 1920s and continued to suffer most through the Great Depression?
–The presidents (3) who created economic policies that led to the Depression?
–The name of the economic policy followed during the 1920s?
Thesis Thursday - December 11
Understanding the Thesis Statement
Almost every assignment you complete for a history course will ask you to make an argument. Your instructors will often call this your "thesis" -- your position on a subject.
What is an Argument?An argument takes a stand on an issue. It seeks to persuade an audience of a point of view in much the same way that a lawyer argues a case in a court of law. It is NOT a description or a summary.
Every paper must argue an idea and every paper must clearly state that idea in a thesis statement.
A thesis statement is different from a topic statement. A topic statement merely states what the paper is about. A thesis statement states the argument of that paper.
Be sure that you can easily identify your thesis and that the key points of your argument relate directly back to your thesis.
Your Goal Today is to identify which statement is a topic sentence and which is a thesis statement. Copy these into your warm up document and write topic or thesis next to the statement.
EXAMPLES
"Writing a Thesis and Making an Argument." The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts &
Sciences. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2014. <http://clas.uiowa.edu/history/
teaching-and-writing-center/guides/argumentation>.
"Thesis Statements." University of Mary Washington History and American Studies. N.p., n.d. Web. 10
Dec. 2014. <http://cas.umw.edu/historyamericanstudies/history-department-resources/
final-papers/thesis-statements/>.
Almost every assignment you complete for a history course will ask you to make an argument. Your instructors will often call this your "thesis" -- your position on a subject.
What is an Argument?An argument takes a stand on an issue. It seeks to persuade an audience of a point of view in much the same way that a lawyer argues a case in a court of law. It is NOT a description or a summary.
- This is an argument: "This paper argues that the movie JFK is inaccurate in its portrayal of President Kennedy."
- This is not an argument: "In this paper, I will describe the portrayal of President Kennedy that is shown in the movie JFK."
- This is an argument, but not yet a thesis: "The movie ‘JFK’ inaccurately portrays President Kennedy."
- This is a thesis: "The movie ‘JFK’ inaccurately portrays President Kennedy because of the way it ignores Kennedy’s youth, his relationship with his father, and the findings of the Warren Commission."
Every paper must argue an idea and every paper must clearly state that idea in a thesis statement.
A thesis statement is different from a topic statement. A topic statement merely states what the paper is about. A thesis statement states the argument of that paper.
Be sure that you can easily identify your thesis and that the key points of your argument relate directly back to your thesis.
Your Goal Today is to identify which statement is a topic sentence and which is a thesis statement. Copy these into your warm up document and write topic or thesis next to the statement.
EXAMPLES
- This paper will discuss Harry Truman’s decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.
- This paper will demonstrate that in his decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima, Truman was unduly influenced by hawks in his cabinet.
- Harry Truman’s decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima was motivated by racism.
- The purpose of this paper is to delve into the mindset behind Truman’s decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.
- This paper will explore how Harry Truman came to the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.
- The US confrontation with the Soviets was the key factor in Truman’s decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.
"Writing a Thesis and Making an Argument." The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts &
Sciences. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2014. <http://clas.uiowa.edu/history/
teaching-and-writing-center/guides/argumentation>.
"Thesis Statements." University of Mary Washington History and American Studies. N.p., n.d. Web. 10
Dec. 2014. <http://cas.umw.edu/historyamericanstudies/history-department-resources/
final-papers/thesis-statements/>.