HIST202 WEEK 2

DISCUSSION BOARD REQUIREMENTS You are expected to pull evidence from multiple documents to support your argument. No outside sources are allowed. You may draw from the lectures and the textbook reading to help provide context but your post should draw evidence primarily from the historical readings for evidence. In your post, be sure to:

1. State a clear thesis 2. Use evidence from the historical documents to support your

claims Your initial post of 300-400 words and response of 100 words are due as noted on the syllabus. Each response post should be a critique, pointing out to a fellow student ways he or she could improve, clarify, expand, etc. While we, of course, want to be cordial and fair to one another, college education is a time and place to hone our critical thinking skills and learn to receive constructive criticism. We do want to avoid “ganging up” on anyone in particular. So, if a person already has two critiques, move on to someone else until everyone has two critiques. Some helpful questions to ask when formulating a critique:

• Is the thesis missing something? What? • Does the thesis miss a key piece of evidence? • Is there evidence that should have been used but is not? • Is there better evidence to use than what the student is currently

using? • Is the student’s post ignoring important counter-evidence to his

argument? • Does the essay seem to misunderstand the evidence? • Is there an alternative interpretation of the Scripture passage or

historical document?

DISCUSSION BOARD REQUIREMENTS You are expected to pull evidence from multiple documents to support your argument. No outside sources are allowed. You may draw from the lectures and the textbook reading to help provide context but your post should draw evidence primarily from the historical readings for evidence. In your post, be sure to:

1. State a clear thesis 2. Use evidence from the historical documents to support your

claims Your initial post of 300-400 words and response of 100 words are due as noted on the syllabus. Each response post should be a critique, pointing out to a fellow student ways he or she could improve, clarify, expand, etc. While we, of course, want to be cordial and fair to one another, college education is a time and place to hone our critical thinking skills and learn to receive constructive criticism. We do want to avoid “ganging up” on anyone in particular. So, if a person already has two critiques, move on to someone else until everyone has two critiques. Some helpful questions to ask when formulating a critique:

• Is the thesis missing something? What? • Does the thesis miss a key piece of evidence? • Is there evidence that should have been used but is not? • Is there better evidence to use than what the student is currently

using? • Is the student’s post ignoring important counter-evidence to his

argument? • Does the essay seem to misunderstand the evidence? • Is there an alternative interpretation of the Scripture passage or

historical document?