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ASSIGNMENT FOUR: Oct. 23 Go to the following links and read the materials. The Response Questions for these topics are below. These materials will be on the second exam Oct. 27-Nov.2 The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture Guidelines for reading/note taking: After reading the materials on the topic pages answer the Response Questions. FORMAT OF THE RESPONSE QUESTION : 1.The response
will be a minimum of 200 words. 7. Send your work as a single document in the WebCT Assignment link. 8. Use WebCT to send your responses EVALUATION OF THE RESPONSE QUESTIONS: 1. It will be graded upon the
content ( your understanding of the question, your analysis and synthesis of the
materials and discussion ) Select two of the following Response Questions: Due Oct. 23 (Thurs.12:00 noon) 1. Describe life in Arkansas during the Civil War. 2. Living in East Arkansas I think of Arkansas as a Southern state yet from its beginning it was a Western territory. Describe those things which made Arkansas a Southern state. 3. Describe the major battles (Pea Ridge, Helena, Little Rock and one or two others) the commanders, the results of the battles and the result of the battles on the cause of the Union or the cause of the Confederacy. 4. Describe the role of the Freedmen's Bureau: be sure to incorporate W.E.B. DuBois's essay in your discussion. 5. What was Reconstruction? (both Presidential and Congressional), how did? or did it change the South and Arkansas? 6. Summarize the article on Jeff Davis of Arkansas. "A Study in Southern Demagoguery: Jeff Davis of Arkansas." ( the one in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly Grading Standard Edited American English is the form of English which is used in newspapers and magazines, in textbooks and fiction works, and in memos and letters. Type I: Gross Errors (-10 pts. each) A. fragment (ex. Because I had a flat tire.) B. lack of subject/verb agreement (ex. The man were having a nervous breakdown.) C. fused/run-on sentence (ex. I had no choice I had to take the test.) D. incorrect tense or verb form (ex. The boy gone to the store for his father.) Type II: Major Errors (-5 pts. each) A. comma between subject and verb(comma fault) (ex. The mother,gave her son the apple.) B. comma splice (ex. We went to the store,we got some bread and milk.) C. failure to show possession (ex. My husband pants are dirty.) D. no indentation at beginning of paragraph and incorrect paragraph form. Type III: Minor Errors ( -2 pts. each) A. misspelled words or incorrect capitalization B. misused homonyms or words used incorrectly C. commas added unnecessarily or commas lacking D. punctuation missing or incorrect E. incorrect pronoun agreement F. misleading pronoun reference G. unnecessary shift of tense or person H. words left out/dangling or misplaced modifiers.
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