Modern Civilizations (Mod Civ)

Syllabus

Thirteen Days Alternative Assignment: Cuban Missile Crisis Web Quest

In-Text Citation and Works Cited Guide

 

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?