Writing Assignment Instructions:
This is a two part assignment. Part 1 you are to create a thesis and outline and Part 2 you are to write 4 page paper with the thesis and outline from part 1. Please see attached for course lessons and further instructions. Part 1 should be on its on document and the actual paper on a different document.
Part 1 ***(this is due on the 18th)***
- Write a thesis statement and create an outline for your essay on : Which factor or factors were most responsible for bringing the end of Reconstruction?
- For this paper, you will be required to use evidence from course lessons as well as a minimum of four primary sources.
- This assignment is cumulative. You can use evidence from any of the readings and lessons that you have read so far this semester.
You will be graded according to the following rubric:
· Content (10 points): Thesis statement clearly answers the question and introduces the content of the essay. Outlined sections connect to the lesson content and readings, with appropriate citations.
· Organization and completeness (5 points): Clear and understandable arrangement of ideas. Outline covers the entire paper, “Introduction” through “Conclusion,” with sufficient detail to convey the basic ideas of the proposed paper.
· Proper Outline Formatting (2.5 points): Uses outline hierarchy (major to minor subheadings within each section).
· Grammar and Mechanics (2.5 points): Free of spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.
Part 2 (continuation of part 1) (this is due on the 24th)
Description
Reconstruction ended in early 1877 when President Rutherford B. Hayes recalled federal troops who defended Reconstruction governments in Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina. In many respects, Hayes’s order was the endpoint of a trend that had been developing since the beginning of the decade.
Guidelines
- 4 pages in length, papers should be typed, double-spaced with 1” margins. Use Times New Roman 12 point font (or equivalent) and include an introduction with a thesis statement and a conclusion.
- Make a clear argument, beginning with a thesis statement in the first paragraph of the paper. Underline your thesis statement.
- Each body paragraph should present a coherent idea that develops your argument. Paragraphs should begin with topic sentences that clearly establish the main idea of the paragraph.
- Use evidence from at least three of the assigned primary sources, as well as from course lessons. No outside research is necessary.
- Write in the past tense: “Edmund Ruffin argued…”; not “Edmund Ruffin argues…”
- Use Chicago style citations (see, The Chicago Manual of Style Online: Notes and Bibliography: Sample Citations)
- Use footnotes for direct quotes, paraphrases, and specific information. Footnotes go after the period at the end of a sentence. For example.[1] For subsequent citations to the same document or the same book, use a shorter form. Like this.[2] Or, this.[3] Citations to information from a lesson can be formatted like this [4]. Footnotes should be single-spaced and use 10-point font. Papers without citations or with grossly inaccurate footnotes will receive an automatic deduction of 5 points. (For help, see Microsoft Office Support: Insert Footnotes and Endnotes)
Footnote Examples
[1] “Benjamin Butler Encounters the Contrabands (1892),” in William E. Gienapp, ed., The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Documentary Collection (New York: Norton, 2001), 115.
[2] “Benjamin Butler Encounters the Contrabands,” 116.
[3] Frederick Douglass, “Cast Off the Mill-Stone (1861),” in Gienapp, ed., The Civil War and Reconstruction, 119.
[4] “Pressure from Below,” Lesson 6: The Road to Emancipation, HIST 130.
