Midterm Question Guidance

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1 Srole – Spring 2016

History 357 Midterm(Due- Tuesday May 3rd!

6 or longer (dense) pages (no page limit, but don’t get carried away, New Times Roman)

Bring one copy to class and upload one to turninit

Don"t miss #lass or you $ill %e lost during t&e se#ond &al' o' t&e #lass

)' you &a*e +uestions %e sure to email, #arolesrolegmail#om

QUET!"N# !n a discussion o$ t%e se&en %ouse%olds ('rt%ur and Emily

%elby, %loe and Tom, Rac%el and imeon alliday, enator and *rs+ Bird,

*arie and 'ugustine t lare, Elia and -eorge arris, and assy and

imon .egree), ran/ t%e %ouse%olds $rom most to least success$ul according to

arriet Beec%er towe’s &iews on middle0class notions o$ gender+

1%at is your criteria $or t%e ran/ing+ Use man%ood and woman%ood 2ualities

t%at we’&e studied to e3plain your ran/ing o$ t%e success and4or $ailures o$ a

%ouse%old, according to towe+ (ee 5ossible "rganiation $or $orm+)

.d*i#e,

• our e&idence must center on t%e gender &alues t%at we’&e studied in class# t%e

**, sentimental man%ood, t%e brute and t%e T1 etc+ Use t%ose terms+ 7on’t

ma/e up terms+

• !$ you 8ust ran/ 1!T"UT e3plaining your criteria $or E' position in your

ran/ing, you %a&en’t answered t%e 2uestion+

• /ou $ill &a*e to de#ide $&o Sto$e %lames 'or t&e pro%lemati# &ouse&olds, 'ailed SMM %rutes 'la$ed T $i*esmot&ers

• )t"s easy to dis#uss t&e %est and $orst &ouse&olds ) $ill espe#ially loo 'or your raning

and reasons 'or t&e middle ones as $ell our topic sentences s%ould e3plain your

ran/ings and w%y you located t%em as you did )"m looing to see your reasoning and

e*iden#e 'or t&at espe#ially on t&ose middle &ouse&olds T&is means t&at you &a*e to

e3plain w%y a %ouse%old was good enoug% to belong in second place, but not $irst9

t%en w%y t%e ne3t %ouse%old was good enoug% to belong in t%ird place, but w%y not

earlier etc )t mig&t tae 2 senten#es to mae t&is point 'or ea#& o' your 7 se#tions

• e #are'ul to #onsider more t&an one e4ample %ut #&oose *aried ones se %ot& positi*e

and negati*e e4amples .#tually dis#uss t&e e*iden#e not ust its page num%er .ll

+uotes need a page num%er a'ter$ards (52!

• .n .8 paper presents a $ell-reasoned and organi9ed dis#ussion o' Sto$e"s *ie$s a%out

t&e relations %et$een men and $omen t&at demonstrates an understanding o' t&e#omple4ity and nuan#es o' &er t&ining pro*ides lots o' good and *aried e4amples and

demonstrates an understanding o' t&e reading and le#tures . 8 papers miss one or

more o' t&e items listed a%o*e . :8 paper maes mistaes and misunderstands t&e

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aut&or or #ourse #ontent or pro*ides 'e$ andor $ea or simpy e4amples in a less

organi9ed paper . D8 paper su''ers 'rom a num%er o' t&e pro%lems listed under a :8

paper

• ;ut your name only on a co&er s%eet, so ! can grade your papers anonymously+

• .lso %e sure to num%er e*ery page

ow to 'nswer t%e Question on towe’s &iews#

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-at%er e&idence (lots o' e*iden#e on gender lie you"*e pra#ti#ed!

• Ho$ does ea#& &ouse&old operate< &o maes t&e de#isions $&i#& de#isions<

• &at are t&e relations&ips %et$een spouses< &o is responsi%le 'or a good &ouse&old -

SMM sentimental men or T< &o is to %lame 'or a 'la$ed &ouse&old< =ailed SMM

%rutes 'ailed T< Do mot&ers matter or ust $i*es<

•

"rganie your e&idence, )' you organi9e e*iden#e into a 'e$ topi#s per &ouse&old t&ey$ill 'all ni#ely into a 'e$ paragrap&s per se#tion or one paragrap& $&en appropriate

7e&elop your t%esis in relations%ip to your e&idence# )t>s important to gat&er e*iden#e t&at

&elps you %uild to a t&esis not ust 'ind e*iden#e t&at 'its $it& a pre#on#ei*ed t&esis )' you do

t&e 'irst you #an miss a lot %ut o' #ourse ultimately you &a*e to $rite a paper t&at maes sense

• Start 'iguring out your raning t&ining a%out $&ose 'irst and last et# .s you get to t&e

middling ones you $ill start maing more de#isions a%out your #riteria ltimately you

need to de*elop a t&esis t&at supports your raning So go %a# and 'ort& %et$een t&e

raning and de*eloping a t&esis /ou &a*e to %e ready to e4periment $it& your order untilyour e4planation (t&esis! and your ranings mat#&

• )' you pani# and #an"t 'igure out your t&esis start $it& t&e easiest ones (?uaers and

@egree! T&en t&in a%out $&at"s di''erent and $&at"s similar a%out t&em and t&e ot&ers&o"s responsi%le 'or t&e &ouse&olds $it& greater su##ess a##ording to Sto$e and

$&o"s responsi%le 'or t&e one $it& less su##ess %ut remem%er e*eryt&ing must tie to T

SMM sentimental man&ood or %rute

5ossible "rganiation)ntro A your t&esis and raning (1B-13 page! – /our t&esis e4plains t&e reason 'or t&e raning

:st section, Ca#&el and Simeon Halliday"s &ouse&old (23-B5 page!

• rie' introdu#tion (1-2 senten#es! t&at e4plains &o$ you see gender relations in t&is

&ouse&old t&at ties to your t&esis (i.e. Stowe views the Quaker household as the best

because...) *UT ';E TE BE'UE < your criteria.

•Des#ri%e and s&o$ e*iden#e a%out t&e &ouse&old t&at illustrates male and 'emale relationst&roug& t&e *alues o' t&e T SMM and sentimental man

=nd section, . se#ond &ouse&old (23 page!

• rie' introdu#tion (1-2 senten#es! t&at e4plains &o$ you see gender relations in t&is

&ouse&old t&at ties to your t&esis (ie )n #omparison to t&e ?uaer &ouse&old Sto$e

presents t&e &ouse&old as se#ond %est %e#auseE )t is not as good as t&e Halliday

&ouse&old %e#auseE (=or later ones e4plain $&y not as good as pre*ious %ut %etter t&an

'ollo$ing one!

• Des#ri%e and s&o$ e*iden#e a%out t&e &ouse&old t&at illustrates notions a%out gender Sin#e

t&is is a #ompare and #ontrast essay mae sure you #ompare along t&e $ay to t&e ?uaers

$it& $ords lie nlie8 Similar to8

:on#lusion - restate your t&esis (1B-13 page!

1rite your essay

• State your t%esis in t%e introductory and concluding paragrap%s, somet&ing lie t&is#

In Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe e!ects a household to .. T&en %e sure totie to t&e *alues o' T SMM et# T&en list t&e raning and e4plain t&e raning %rie'ly

.n introdu#tion 'or a #lass essay s&ould al$ays use t&e $ords in t&e +uestion in your

ans$er

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• se good transitions t&at tie ea#& o' t&e 7 or so se#tions to your t&esis

• se $ords #omparati*e $ords – %etter t&an8 $orse t&an8 similar to8 unlie8 in

#omparison to8 in #ontrast to8 di''erent 'rom8 instead8

• ) suspe#t t&at you $ill only $rite F o' a page ea#& on Gli9aeorge Harris &ouse &old and Tom

and :&loe (12 page! %ut B5 o' t&e page on t&e St :lare and @egree &ouse&olds sin#e you &a*e

so mu#& more in'ormation on t&em• Don"t $rite longer t&an one-page paragrap&s &en you des#ri%e a &ouse&old it mig&t 'it

in one or more paragrap&s

• e %ot& spe#i'i# and general (traits o' T SMM et#!

a. "iscuss characters and their traits and ver# short $% sentence summaries

o& behavior'relevant !arts o& !lot)b. Use !artial (uotes $a &ew words, not lon sentences)

c. Be sure to make it clear what the s!eci&ic evidence shows.

• Sto$e is t&e su%e#t o' t&e essay so mae &er t&e su%e#t o' your introdu#tion and t&e

introdu#tion to t&e maor se#tions (ie. Stowe !ortra#ed....* Stowe re!resented* Stowede!icted...* Stowe described !

Edit your essay

• Gliminate unne#essary $ords

+ord# Harriet Beecher Stowe is an author who wrote that...

Concise Stowe wrote that...

+ord# -n !ae /, Harriet Beecher Stowe said Concise Stowe shows......$/!

• T&e 'irst time state aut&or"s 'ull name and itali#i9e or under t&e title o' t&e %oo a'ter

t&at ust re'er to t&e aut&or"s last name.

• Gliminate t&e passi*e *oi#e

0assive Tom’s li&e was chaned b# mone#.

1ctive and better 2one# chaned Tom’s li&e.• Cepla#e many to %e8 *er%s ($ere is $as %eing are %e %een! $it& a#ti*e *er%s

To %e, 2arie was dissatis&ied with her slaves..#ti*e *er%s, 2arie com!lained about her slaves.

• o o*er t&e #&e#list 'rom t&e pre*ious paper to see i' you did all o' t&ings t&at t&e

pro'essor ad*ised you to do

• Don"t sip an e4tra line %et$een paragrap&s ust indent

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