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Welcome to the American Civil War site!

On this site:

• At the top of this site, you will be able to navigate to the Assignment Expectations page and the Resources page along with this Home page.

• Under Assignment Expectations, you will see a copy of the assignment handout given to you by your teacher.

  • Additionally, you will see thesis statement resources. There is a slideshow to help you create a thesis statement, and a sheet that models how you can develop your thesis statement. Your teacher will also grade you against a thesis statement rubric which is embedded into the assignment handout.

  • Next, you will see outline resources. There is an outline worksheet which you are to complete along with a model example of a filled out worksheet. Your teacher will also grade you against an outline rubric which is embedded into the assignment handout.

  • Afterwards, you will see citations resources. There is a slideshow that helps you to understand how to parenthetically cite within your paper, links to NoodleTools and Purdue OWL. You will also be graded against a citations rubric (embedded within the assignment handout).

  • You will also see a link to NoodleTools and Purdue OWL, which will help you to properly cite your sources and organize your research into an outline and note cards.

  • Next you will see an embedded handout on presentations which may help you while creating your presentation. The presentation rubric is also embedded into the assignment handout.

  • Finally, you will see example student projects of various quality.

  • Note: For this project you will be graded against five rubrics: The informative essay rubric (100 points total), the thesis statement rubric (10 points total), the outline rubric (10 points total), the citations rubric (10 points total), and finally a presentation rubric (40 points total). All of these rubrics are embedded into the assignment handout

• Under Resources, you will be able to link to articles and eBooks, etc. to gather expert information for your research.

  • Following, there are links to resources that you may use to help you write a better paper.