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Thesis HelpThesis Help

Objectives• Students will practice creating

thesis statements from Mr. Borgmann’s thesis help sheet

• Students will complete their paper proposal sheet to submit on Monday

Game Plan• 1. Notes• 2. Practice time• 3. Check for accuracy• 4. Look at how thesis becomes

chronological analytical questions that can feed an outline

• 5. Paper Proposal due Monday• 6. Test Takers and test scores

Notes• Select a topic & an audience• Create a working thesis / may change• Asserts one main idea• Proper length for 1000 word paper• Is often located in first paragraph• Do not use “I” or “In my opinion” but

the thesis should have one direction

Research Proposal• Name / Period• Specific Topic: The entire topic

you picked in the draft (modified)• Research Question: What are you

trying to prove

Practice #1

• What is it about ? Or Research Question?

• Suffrage Women• State Organizations• Federal• Battle

• Women’s suffrage which could have happened at the state and federal level was a long hard fought battle by many women, organizations and strategies.

State & federal level

Women

Organizations

strategies

Analytical Questions #1

• A. Intro: How could women’s suffrage happen at the state and federal level?

• B. What women helped in the suffrage battle?

• C. What organizations felped in the suffrage battle

• D. What strategies were used in suffrage battle?

Practice 2

• What is it about ? Or Research Question?

• World War II loans• United States Pearl harbor• Fascism entrance

• The United States entered World War II because of the threat of fascism, possible loss of loans, and because of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

fascism

Loss of loans

surprise attack

• A. Intro: Why did US wait to enter WWII?

• B. How did threat of fascism cause US to enter WWII?

• C. How did possible loss of loans cause US to enter WWII?

• D. How did Pearl Harbor…?

Analytical Questions #2

Practice # 3

• What is it about ? Or Research Question?

• Options experts• Atom Bomb swift end• President Trumancorrect

• . President Harry Truman had other options instead of dropping the atom bomb but experts agree that Truman made the correct decision by dropping the bomb and bringing the war with the Japanese to a swift end.

other options experts agree

•swift end.

Practice # 4

• What is it about ? Or Research Question?

• 1945 before• 1991 after• Cold War during• Conflicts

• . The Cold War which took place from 1945 until 1991 started because of conflicts before, during and after World War II.

before, during after

Practice # 5• What is it about ? Or Research

Question?

• United States organizations• Activists strategies• Civil Rights possible• Battle

• Civil Rights in the United States would not have been possible without the long fought battle by key activists, organizations and strategies.

key activists

organizations

strategies

Practice # 6

• What is it about ? Or Research Question?

• Accomplice United States• Holocaust little• Deceitfulindifferent• Late

• The United States may be accused as being an accomplice to the Holocaust because they were deceitful, indifferent and acted too little, too late.

deceitful

indifferent

•acted too little, too late.