History 20W Essay and ticket in assignment

I. Workshop 2 Ticket In Assignment: History 20W Spring 2020: Instructions The assignment below is the prewriting assignment required for credit in the second writing workshop. It is due by Wednesday, May 13th by 11am. Fill out the form and submit it when complete. You can edit it after you have submitted it, and you should receive a copy of your responses for your own use.

This assignment is meant to prepare you for the second, required paper in History 20W. It covers breaking down the prompt and sources, crafting a thesis, using evidence, and structuring paragraphs, all of which will be developed in the writing workshop.

II. Breaking Down the Prompt: Finding the Subject and Context Answer the following questions in complete sentences. 1. There are two main questions at the beginning of the prompt that are the main focus of the paper. What are they? *

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2. Restate these questions in your own words *

3. Using information from the first paragraph in the prompt: what do you think the goal of this paper is? * Your answer

4. List the possible subjects that you have to analyze for this paper. Remember - your subject will always be a who (as in a person or institution) or a what (as in an thing or idea). *

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5. Define the terms, "Assumptions" and "Priorities," and explain why they are important to this paper. *

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6. List the possible context of your subjects. Remember - context is the parameters that define when/how you analyze your subjects. Often historians will base the context around the "when" and "where" of their primary sources. *

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III. Crafting a Claim: Drafting a preliminary thesis statement Consider the questions of the prompt from above and think about how you might answer them. Remember a good thesis answers a why or how question. 1. List three other global issues the U.S. was involved in around the same time as the Chilean task force. *

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2. How was Chile connected to the other global forces at this time? What did the U.S. "assume" about Chile's impact on the global stage? *

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3. What was the result of the Chilean task force? *

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4. In one to two sentences: Why do you think the CIA created a task force focused on Chile and how does that connect to their assumptions and conceptions? *

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IV. Breaking Down the Sources: Close Reading Analysis Consider the close reading process you used to break down Freud and use the same close reading techniques as you read the CIA's report. Sourcing the Text: Think about the author, artist, or writer and the creation of the primary source. Who created it? When? Why was it created? For what purpose? Who is the audience? What information is provided by the source? Summarize it. How trustworthy is this source? * Your answer

Close Reading: Carefully consider what the document says and the language used to say it. Note interesting words or phrases and why you think they are important. How do the authors organize their ideas? Think about major points made in the beginning, middle, and end . What consistent ideas, themes, or motifs does the author use? Consider contextual clues about time, place, or people; identify and explain any questions, facts, assumptions/arguments, and priorities/purposes of the text. *

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Contextualizing: Situate the source in time and place. What major events, themes, or peoples distinguish the era or period in which the source was created? What does the source reveal about the period or its audience? * Your answer

Corroborating: What other sources are there that shed light on this subject? What do they say? Do the documents agree? Are they reliable? What other evidence supports or disputes the conclusions/interpretations you have made about the main source? (Hint: Your only corroborating evidence comes from lecture and the extra background essay. You cannot and should not use other outside sources.) * Your answer

V. Using and Incorporating Evidence Use the information from above to think about what you need to prove and the type of evidence you need to support your argument. 1. Think about the prompt's subquestions and how you might answer them. Pick one subquestion and find a quote in the CIA Report that responds to it. State which question you picked, and copy the quote - make sure to cite! *

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2. Explain how your quote responds to the subquestion. * Your answer

3. How does the quote you picked above support your answer for question #4 in Section III? What CIA assumptions and conceptions does it reveal? What priorities does it reveal? * Your answer

4. Describe the context of this quote. Where/when does it come from in the text? Restate the quote in your own words. *

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5. Describe the subject of the quote. What is the quote about? What is the main idea? What are some interesting words or phrases that you note? *

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VI. Paragraph Construction: Complete in Workshop This section will be done during the writing workshop. If you are doing the Asynchronous Workshop there will be instructions posted on how to complete this section. This section needs to be written following the workshop guidelines.