Sunday, December 29, 2019
This Has Been the Best Year Ever
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/opinion/sunday/2019-best-year-poverty.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Friday, December 27, 2019
Sunday, December 22, 2019
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
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Sunday, December 15, 2019
Friday, December 13, 2019
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
THE AFGHANISTAN PAPERS
Dear reader,
The project we are publishing this week on Afghanistan demonstrates the indispensable role that journalism plays in a democracy. We seek to uncover the truth about difficult subjects of national import. We are undeterred by obstacles erected by government or other powerful interests. And when we obtain revelatory original documents, we make them available and easily accessible so that Americans can see for themselves what has been done in their name.
The Afghanistan Papers make clear that presidents, generals and diplomats systematically failed to tell the truth about the longest war in U.S. history. The Post sued twice for release of confidential documents during a three-year legal battle, obtaining 2,000 pages of unpublished transcripts and summaries from 428 interviews conducted during a federal project on lessons from the war effort. The government identified 62 interviewees. We are still in court seeking 366 names that remain blacked out.
Please read The Afghanistan Papers. We hope you will support our work by becoming a subscriber.
THE AFGHANISTAN PAPERS
Dear reader,
The project we are publishing this week on Afghanistan demonstrates the indispensable role that journalism plays in a democracy. We seek to uncover the truth about difficult subjects of national import. We are undeterred by obstacles erected by government or other powerful interests. And when we obtain revelatory original documents, we make them available and easily accessible so that Americans can see for themselves what has been done in their name.
The Afghanistan Papers make clear that presidents, generals and diplomats systematically failed to tell the truth about the longest war in U.S. history. The Post sued twice for release of confidential documents during a three-year legal battle, obtaining 2,000 pages of unpublished transcripts and summaries from 428 interviews conducted during a federal project on lessons from the war effort. The government identified 62 interviewees. We are still in court seeking 366 names that remain blacked out.
Please read The Afghanistan Papers. We hope you will support our work by becoming a subscriber.
Monday, December 9, 2019
Monday, December 2, 2019
Writing & Formatting Papers
- Need my RESEARCH PAPER WRITING TIPS?
- Need reminders of our discussion of effective INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPHS?
- Need more examples from Early World History? Make sure to use the WRITING GUIDELINES used in Early World. It has helpful examples.
- History papers use Chicago Style footnote citation and bibliography, not MLA parenthetical citation and work cited pages. Use http://www.citationmachine.net/turabian/cite-a-book to assist you in creating the proper citation. There is a 7 minute YouTube video that shows you how to create a "hanging indent" and insert a "footnote on the Citation Guide for this blog. Make sure you include the page number to which you are referring, regardless of whether you are quoting, paraphrasing, or summarizing.
- Here are some examples of what it should look like, along with a research paper sample from Rampolla (note it uses endnotes - you should format as footnotes).
Footnotes:
Bibliography:
- Want to grade your own paper? Try grading based on Rampolla's FREQUENT PROBLEMS guide that I developed after reading the book.
FORMATTING
- Your final paper should be about 7-10 pages (not including cover page and bibliography). I will not take deductions for lengthier papers unless the paper reads more like a description or summary, rather than the required analysis and argumentation.
- Your paper must use a mix of primary and secondary sources. In AT Modern Euro, you are required to use 8 sources (at least two scholarly sources like books and database articles and two primary sources).
- Weave your sources together. Try not to rely on just one source in each of your body paragraphs.
- Use Times New Roman, 12 point font, double-spacing and 1 inch margins.
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS??
- Need additional help on typical expectations for introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions? Review pages 55-69 of your A Pocket Guide to Writing In History (attached as well here).
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