Posted: April 11th, 2015

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Completing the Source Analysis Table
Richard Allen and Notes on Virginia Snippets

Your Source Analysis Table should be TYPED into the Word document (table) that is provided on Blackboard.  If you have any questions about downloading the file or any other aspect of filling out the SAT, please email me.
Consider the questions below when filling in the cells.  Do not use quotations; fill in the table in your own words.
Biological Information:
*    Who are they?
*     Are they Christians?  Males?  How are women involved?
*    What region are they in?  What year did the events take place?
Role or place in Source:
*    What are the actions of the individuals singled out?
*    How do you feel about these actions?
*    Can you see another viewpoint to that is different to what you think that is balanced?

Deductions:
* What can be implied from both readings?
Historical Context:
* What is taking place during the time that both works were written?

Completing the Response Paper
This response paper is the first one which you will write in this course that will be a formal essay.  In your essay, you will answer this question:
Are both documents motivated by the desire to create separation between black people and white people or is there another motivation?
Your paper will have at least three paragraphs.  Feel free to write a fourth paragraph if it helps better answer the question.  I have laid out the specifications for each one below:
Introduction: In the first one, you will introduce your reader to the topic at hand by discussing how significant race was in shaping American culture after the American Revolution. You may want to on gradual emancipation, what is written regarding black people in the Constitution, and the general trend of separation after the War of Independence.  The paragraph should close with a thesis statement, which is a one-sentence answer to the question that the essay answers.  Minimum length for this paragraph should be five sentences.
Plantation Slavery/Physiognomy Background: In your second paragraph, you will explain what a reader needs to know about the pervasive or prevalence of racial slavery in the American colonies leading up to the period after the American Revolution.  Here, you need to explain why separation would be necessary after the War. It needs to be clear that race was extremely important during the era in which these men drafted these documents.  Minimum length: four sentences.
Answering the Question: In your third paragraph and any additional ones that you see as necessary, you will answer the main question concerning the motives behind these two documents. This paragraph and any subsequent ones should be at least five sentences in length each and begin with a topic sentence that, not only summarizes the point of the paragraph, but also ties the paragraph back to the thesis statement.
On this essay, you will not include a concluding paragraph as you usually would for a formal essay.
Your paper must be typed, double-spaced, with your name at the top of the first page.  Each of your paragraphs must follow these rules:
•    Except for the introductory paragraph, it must begin with a topic sentence that follows the specifications above.
•    Except for the introductory paragraph, it must follow the evidence sandwich approach to tie the evidence to the topic sentence.
•    It must be written entirely in your own words.  USE NO QUOTATIONS.
•    Every sentence should relate to the topic sentence.