Ms.+Farrington

=Civics Research Project - Fall 2017=

Generating a Thesis
= = =Ms. Farrington Timeline Project - Fall 2012= = =

‍‍‍Databases:
Search - **Supreme Court Cases** The best results will yield when you put the titles of the Supreme Court Cases in- such as **Stenberg v. Carhart**
 * Use **Abc-Clio MultiProduct Page**-
 * President Names such as** **Bill Clinton, George W. Bush or Barack Obama**
 * Use **Student Resources in Context**
 * President Names such as** **Bill Clinton, George W. Bush or Barack Obama**
 * Use **Student Resources in Context -****Advanced Search** - Supreme Court Cases and then choose **Publication Date** January 1, 1996 and January 31, 1996 (or today's date)
 * Use **US History in Context** - Search President names or Supreme Court Cases 1990s
 * Advanced Search** - Supreme Court Cases and then choose **Publication Date** January 1, 1996 to today's date)


 * Use **Big Chalk -Proquest Historical Newspapers Graphical -**Search **Bill Clinton**, choose Decade (1990s), **date range** January 1, 1992 January 31, 1999or click on **Topics** tab

The best results will yield when you put the titles of the Supreme Court Cases in- such as **Stenberg v. Carhart, United States v. Dixon, Virginia v. Black, Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District,**
 * Gonzales v. Carhart, Lopez v. Gonzalez, Ornoski v. Belmontes, Board of Education v. Earis, Gutter v. Bollinger, Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association,** **United States v. Virginia, Sante Fe Independent School District v. Jane Doe, Salford Unified School District v. April Redding**
 * Web Sites**

1990 Timeline- SEARCH - **Supreme Court cases 1990s or S****upreme Court cases 1996 (by year)** []


 * America's Best History -Search **Supreme Court cases 2000s
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@http://www.infoplease.com/
 * InformationPlease - ** Search **Supreme Court cases**

ACLU --- Landmark Supreme Court Cases
 * [|Landmark Decisions in the US]- ****(Wikipedia)**

[]George W. Bush
 * History.com**

http://www.ipl.org
 * Internet Public Library- Search for Presidents**

‍Potus -S**earch for Presidents**
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 * MillerCenter- Bush also look on RIGHT side at Key Events, Domestic Affairs, Foreign Affairs**

= = =2010-2011 World Civ Research Paper=


 * Ms. Farrington's Honors World Civ Research Paper Assignment**
 * Thesis Statement - PPT**



[|Generating a Thesis Statement - Purdue University]
 * Sample Types of Thesis Statements**

[|OWL Purdue Univeristy Online Writing Lab]

**Creating a Thesis Statement**
ü **A thesis statement is an assertion, not just a statement of fact or an observation**. v **Fact or observation**: People use many lawn chemicals. v **Thesis**: People are poisoning the environment with chemicals merely to keep their lawns clean.

ü **A thesis takes a stand rather than just announcing the subject.** v **Announcement**: The thesis of this paper is the difficulty of solving our environmental problems. v **Thesis**: Solving our environmental problems is more difficult than many environmentalists believe.

ü **A thesis is the main idea, not the title. It must be a complete sentence that explains in some detail what you will write about.** v **Title**: Social Security and Old Age. v **Thesis**: Continuing changes in the Social Security System makes it almost impossible to plan for one’s retirement.

ü **A thesis statement is narrow, rather than broad. If the thesis statement is sufficiently narrow, it can be fully supported.** v **Broad**: The American steel industry has many problems. v **Narrow**: The primary problem of the American steel industry is the lack of funds to renovate outdated plants and equipment.

ü **A thesis statement is specific rather then vague or general.** v **Vague**: Hemingway’s war stories are very good. v **Specific**: Hemingway’s stories helped create a new prose style by employing extensive dialogue, shorter sentences, and strong, Anglo-Saxon words.

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