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WHAT?YOU?WILL?WRITE?ABOUT?..
If?Ishmael?had?written?the?textbook?for?this?class,?how?specifically?would?it?be?different?from?the?Sherman
textbook??List?4?specific?and?significant?ways?that?he?would?add?to?the?text?and?discuss?why?each?way?would?be
(for?Ishmael)?necessary.?Just?as?important,?list?4?key?themes?or?events?that?he?would?omit.?For?each?of?your?eight
choices\/claims,?discuss?why?he?would?leave?the?choice?in?or?out.?That?is,?explain?for?the?choices?you?make.?In?all
your?speculations,?back?what?you?say?with?evidence?drawn?from?Ishmael.?Each?unsupported?assertion?or?claim
will?lost?you?points.
CAN?ONLY?DRAW?FROM?THESE?TWO?SOURCES?BELOW?
SOURCE?1.?The?book?Ishmael?An?Adventure?of?the?Mind?and?Spirt.?A?novel?by?Daniel?Quinn?
SOURCE?2.?The?West?In?The?World?By?Dennis?Sherman,?and?Joyce?Salisbury.CHAPTERS?1?10
FURTHER?INSTRUCTIONS?..
Demonstrated?a?deep?knowledge?of?the?textbook,?documents,?and?discussion?assignments??That?is,?of?the
material?we?ve?covered?in?this?course.
Applied?this?knowledge?skillfully?and?persuasively?throughout?their?essay?
Inferred?from?known?facts?to?arguable?or??educated??guesses?
Cited?(given?proper?credit?to)?the?sources?they?have?used?
Written?a?clear,?grammatically?correct,?well?organized?essay,?free?of?misspellings
Your?first?requirement?for?this?Assignment?is?the?most?important:?it?is?essential?that?you?draw?upon?as?many?of
the?required?texts?and?sources?assigned?in?this?class?in?crafting?your?essay.?Show?me?that?you?have?not?only?read
these?works,?but?are?also?capable?of?using?their?insights?and?information?to?draw?your?own?conclusions?about?the
history?of?the?West?that?we?ve?examined?in?this?course.?Those?papers?that?marshal?more?of?the?evidence?from?the
readings?we?ve?tackled?in?this?course?and?marshal?this?evidence?skillfully?will?earn?the?highest?grades.?Draw?on
your?earlier?assignments,?websites,?and?previous?documents?in?marshaling?your?evidence.
The?minimum?word?count?for?each?of?your?essays?is?1600?words.?If?you?wish?to?exceed?the?minimum?word
requirement,?please?do.?In?calculating?your?word?total,?I?will?not?count?your?bibliography?or?title?page,?only?the
main?body?of?the?essay?itself.?Also?know?that?the?essays?must?be?double?spaced?throughout,?typed,?and?that?you
must?use?Times?New?Roman.?Be?sure?the?file?is?uploaded?in?rich?text?format?(.rtf).?No?exceptions.
Citing?Your?Sources:?Be?sure?to?correctly?cite?the?words?you?borrow.?When?you?borrow?another?author?s?words,
data,?or?ideas,?use?quotation?marks?to?make?clear?what?you?ve?specifically?borrowed,?then?immediately?give?a
parenthetical?citation?telling?me?the?work?you?ve?used,?the?author,?and?the?page?number.?Using?another?person?s
words?without?citing?their?work?or?without?using?quotation?marks?to?identify?precisely?what?you?ve?borrowed?is
plagiarism.?Ignorance?of?the?term?is?no?excuse?and?it?will?earn?you?an??F??for?the?paper?and?a?black?mark?on?your
academic?transcript???the?one?that?is?sent?to?the?college?you?hope?to?transfer?to.?
If?you?are?not?quoting?brief?passages?from?our?sources?(Sherman,?the?videos,?forum?documents,?and?so?on),?you
are?not?supporting?your?claims?in?the?essays?and?will?lose?critical?points.?Just?so?you?know.<\/p>\n