Modern Civilizations (Mod Civ)
Thirteen Days Alternative Assignment: Cuban Missile Crisis Web Quest
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Modern Civilizations is a year-long survey of modern world history, with a distinct focus on the emergence and development of democracy in the modern world. We will focus on a variety of historical topics this year, but we will also strive to develop skills in primary document analysis, geography identification, critical thinking, and research/writing for historical academia.
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Checklist for your thesis statement: Does my thesis:
Provide a "road map" for my essay?
Introduce 3 topics for my body paragraphs?
Answer a good thesis question?
Present an argument to be defended by research?
Consist of a single sentence?
Make sense to other people?