Pericles+&+Lincoln+Comparison+Paper


 * Project Overview:**

Over the past couple of days, you and your group members have been reading and discussing Thucydides account of Pericles' Funeral Oration in great detail. Yesterday, we briefly discussed Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. In this paper, you and your group members will write a paper that efficiently and accurately compares these two speeches.


 * Expectations**
 * Pay close attention to due dates
 * Comparison Paper
 * 4 Page minimum
 * MLA Format
 * Works Cited


 * Group Paper Format**
 * 1) Introduction
 * 2) The historical context of speeches
 * 3) The Wars
 * 4) Pericles & Lincoln (i.e., their leadership, character, etc...)
 * 5) Structure and purpose of the two speeches
 * 6) Conclusion



//** Note: In the steps below, pay close attention to which files need to be COPIED (by using the File > Make a copy command). Do NOT edit any of the original files in the folder Mr. Wiggs has shared with you -- this will affect ALL World Dynamics students. **//


 * Step 1-A: Locating important files (Due: Thursday 10/18)**
 * Log into your Google Drive and locate "WD Documents & Files" -- I have shared this folder with everyone.
 * Drag this folder into your "World Dynamics Folder"
 * Locate and open the file "Collaborative Writing Groups" to see who your group members are


 * Step 1-B: Sharing important documents (Group Leaders ONLY)**
 * Locate the file titled, "WD student email list" and note the email addresses of your group members
 * Locate and copy the file titled, "Project Management Plan" to your "Unit 2: Conflict" folder
 * Share the "Project Management Plan" with your group members


 * Step 2: Project Management Plan (Due: Friday 10/19)**
 * Once the copied document is shared, each group member must have it in their "Unit 2: Conflict" folder
 * Before typing anything in the document, first use the chat feature in this document to practice communicating, brainstorming, and simply getting used to collaborating via Google docs. Using the chat feature, find out the following about each member of your project team:
 * Favorite color
 * Favorite food
 * Furthest from home they have ever traveled
 * Brainstorm a creative group name (again using the chat feature)
 * After your have goofed off a bit in the chat feature begin organizing your project management plan
 * Important: Each person will be responsible for one section of the paper (i.e., "comparing the two leaders")
 * Other than individual roles, you are free to be creative, but make sure it is detailed.


 * Step 2: Preliminary Research (Due: 10/22)**
 * Each individual must complete a "substantial amount" of research by Monday, 10/22
 * Important: I do not care where you save your research; if you write it in your interactive notebook, make sure that you update your table of contents.
 * Each person should have a minimum of 3 sources
 * **Group leaders:** It is your job to report any concerns and/or problems you may have with your group and/or individual members to me via engrade or blake.wiggs@craven.k12.nc.us.


 * Step 3:** **Mesh Mesh Mesh Mesh [scratch that] mesh mesh *sigh.... (Begin 10/22)**
 * I will give instructions regarding this step on Monday, October 22nd
 * The introduction and conclusion should not be written until __//**after**//__ the body has been completed. (When your group is ready to write an introduction, you may want to consult [[file:example introduction.doc|Mr. Smith's annotated example]].)
 * Use transition words and phrases to connect the various parts of your paper (e.g. sentences in the introduction, sections of the body) -- see the University of Richmond Writer's Web resource on this topic for examples.


 * Step 4: Research Outline (Due: 10/29 for 50 Points)**


 * Step 5: First Draft (Individual) Submission (Due: 11/5 for 100 Points)**
 * 1) **Transfer information from your outline**
 * 2) **Add an Introduction & Conclusion**
 * 3) **The LAST sentence in your introduction will be your THESIS STATEMENT**
 * 4) **Structure of 1st Draft**
 * 5) **Introduction (Thesis should be the last sentence)**
 * 6) **Main Point 1**
 * 7) **Main Point 2**
 * 8) **Main Point 3**
 * 9) **Main Point 4**
 * 10) **Conclusion (Restate Thesis)**
 * 11) **Works Cited Page**


 * Step 6: Group Draft Submission (Due: 11/30 f****or 200 Points)**
 * 1) **Group leader needs to create a document in your Pericles & Lincoln folder titled, "Pericles & Lincoln_Final Draft"**
 * 2) Everyone needs to paste their paper in the following order
 * The historical context of speeches
 * The Wars
 * Pericles & Lincoln (i.e., their leadership, character, etc...)
 * Structure and purpose of the two speeches
 * Works Cited
 * 1) **As a group, write an [|introduction] and [|conclusion]**
 * 2) **When finished, begin editing your groups' paper using the following Collaborative Editing Roles**

Your final paper should look like this:


 * Intro
 * The historical context of speeches
 * The Wars
 * Pericles & Lincoln (i.e., their leadership, character, etc...)
 * Structure and purpose of the two speeches
 * Conclusion
 * Works Cited


 * Resources:**


 * Pericles' Funeral Oration**:** http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pericles-funeralspeech.asp


 * [|American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper. November 20, 1863]]