HISTORY FAIR TOUCH UPS

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HISTORY FAIR TOUCH UPS
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Thesis

• The focus of your project
• Statement which can be argued / debated
• What you intend to prove with your project
  research (from your research Q)
• Within Intro Paragraph

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When you write

• Write as if the reader knows nothing about the
  subject
• Dont leave your writing open to questions
• When, why, how are the big ones!!!

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Paragraphs

• Dont be afraid to start new paragraphs
• More than 5 sentences and you should look for a
  break.

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Names

• Always introduce with FULL name the first time.
• Then after, use LAST NAME ONLY!!!
• Thomas Jefferson was elected President in 1800.
  Jefferson also was re-elected in 1804.
• NEVER use first name!!!
• (unless two people with same last name)

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Abbreviations

• The first time you have a group / organization or
  whatever, the first time write out the full
  name, then in parenthesis give its abbv. Then the
  Abbv. can then be used for the rest of the essay.
• He worked at the Central Intelligence Agency
  (CIA) for nine years. Then the CIA fired him.

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Numbers

• Within the text of an essay, always write out the
  number.
• He bought four candy bars for lunch.
• Dates are OK to do in numbers (2008), and if its
  part of a title
• Playstation 2
• The 1860s were full of turmoil.
• He spent 4.50 on candy. is OK
• He traveled one million miles.

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Date your events!

• Whenever you introduce a significant event,
  always give the date with it the first time.
• When Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory, in
  1803, he doubled the size of the USA.
• (then you probably need to give a little
  description of the event and why its important)

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Commas in lists

• If 3 things, use a comma before the and
• He was funny, charming, and loud.

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Punctuate in quotes

• Place your punctuation marks within the quotes!
• Ill be home right away, he said.
• He said, Ill be right there.
• Jack said, What are you doing?
• NEVER What are you doing?

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Cite

• For parenthetical citations, its
• (author, page) (Lane, 46).
• And the citation always goes at the end of the
  sentence, not in the middle!!!!

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BIB FORMAT

• Lane, Steven. The Great American Novel.
  Milwaukee, WI Marquette University Press, 2008.
• Describes the life and times of Lane. Contains
  excellent early life primary documents.
• _____. How to Write. Lincoln Park Magazine
  17 (2008) 76-77.
• Lane offers advice on how to construct a
  proper essay.
• -NO NUMBERS!!! KEEP MARGINS!!!
• -DIVIDE BIB into PRIMARY and SECONDARY
  sources!!!!
• -Annotations explain value of the source how
  you used it! One or two sentences.
• Capitalize the titles, and use periods at the
  ends.

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• BIBLIOGRAPHY (WORKS CITED)
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• PRIMARY SOURCES 
• Cook County Insane Asylum. Annual Reports,
  1889-1914. Springfield, IL Chicago
• Legislative Reference Bureau, 1940. 
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• SECONDARY SOURCES
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• Asbury, Herbert. The Gangs of Chicago An
  Informal History of the Chicago Underworld.
• New York, NY Thunders Mouth Press, 1986.
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• Kilnenberg, Eric. Heat Wave A Social Autopsy of
  Disaster in Chicago. Chicago, IL
• University of Chicago Press, 2002.
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• Larson, Erik. The Devil in the White City
  Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that
• Changed America. New York, NY Crown
  Publishers, 2003.

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• BIBLIOGRAPHY (WORKS CITED) (With Annotations!!!)
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• PRIMARY SOURCES
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• Cook County Insane Asylum. Annual Reports,
  1889-1914. Springfield, IL Chicago
• Legislative Reference Bureau, 1940.
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• Contains vital information on the asylum,
  ranging from numbers of inmates, to amounts of
  supplies, ordered to wages for the staff.
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• SECONDARY SOURCES
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• Asbury, Herbert. The Gangs of Chicago An
  Informal History of the Chicago Underworld. New
  York, NY Thunders Mouth Press, 1986.
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• Examines the history of Chicago ganglords, their
  rises to power and their eventual falls.
  Excellent section on Al Capone and his trial
  for income tax evasion.
• Kilnenberg, Eric. Heat Wave A Social Autopsy of
  Disaster in Chicago. Chicago, IL
• University of Chicago Press, 2002.

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Common Spelling MistakesAND ALWAYS RUN SPELL
CHECK!!

• There Over there.
• Their Their ball.
• Here Over here.
• Hear I hear you.
• Right the correct answer.
• Write write it down.

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Proofread

• You MUST proofread everything you do!!!
• Even better is to have someone else proofread
  it!!!!
• Fresh eyes find mistakes!!!