IMPORTANT HANDOUTS FOR UNIT 1
BASELINE DBQ
Course Overview and Expectations
Social Studies / School Wide Writing Rubric
This rubric will be used to grade the quality of the writing assignments we produce in class. Please be sure that you look over the descriptions in order to gain a better idea of what should be included in your writing.
History Writing
This will help with basic rules as to how one should go about writing for Social Studies as well as how one should organize writing when writing persuasive essays.
Writing a Thesis
Instructs students how to write a thesis statement. Also helps students to identify strong and weak examples of thesis statements to help support understanding.
GHS Research Stylebook
A standardized model that student can follow to help gain information on how the Social Studies Department at GHS expects students to conduct research papers (and project when applicable). The stylebook was designed by the Social Studies Department at GHS to help provide clarity for students regarding a complex process.
Windows Movie Maker Guide
The sights, sounds, and action of a movie help bring a subject to life. Create polished movies in about a minute using the AutoMovie feature. Windows Live Movie Maker has prompts to help you upload and share your movies on YouTube or to burn a DVD for your class.
Audacity - User Manual
This page contains links to Manuals (with Tutorials) for the free Audacity audio editor. For additional help, see the Frequently Asked Questions and additional Tutorials and Tips on the Audacity Wiki.
A Pocket Guide to Writing in History
A Pocket Guide to Writing in History Paperback Book Guide For History Undergrad & Graduate Students. Designed as a valuable reference for students in any undergraduate history course, this guide offers all the advice students need to write effective history papers. This fourth edition introduces students to working with historical sources, conducting research, following the conventions of writing in history, avoiding plagiarism, quoting and documenting sources, and consolidating ideas and facts into clear, coherent papers.
Mecra Nai
Students will analyze the strange practices of this civilization to gain a better understanding of the role that perspective plays and it's importance in understanding history.