4 Steps to an Effective Thesis
Richard McGowan
SRQ-Statement Restates Question
SRQO-Statement Restates Question Organizes
SRQOA-Statement Restates Question Organizes Analyzes
HSRQOA-Hook Statement Restates Question Organizes Analyzes
2003 AP World History Compare and Contrast Essay Prompt
Compare and contrast the roles of women in TWO of the following regions during the period from 1750-1914.
East Asia Sub-Saharan Africa
Latin America Western Europe
SRQ- Student Sample
The role of women during 1750-1914 in East Asia was both different and similar to the role of women in Western Europe.
+Statement
+Chooses and compares two regions
+Correct time period
-Simple statement
-No organization
-Poor use of vocabulary
SRQO – Student Sample
Between 1750-1914 the role of women in East Asia and Western Europe remained constant remained both socially and politically, but in Western Europe the role of women changed economically.
+Statement
+Chooses and compares two regions
+Correct time period
+Provides organization (PERSIAN)
- Vocabulary
SRQOA Student Sample
As a result of the industrialization of Western Europe between 1750-1914 the economic role of women changed however, their social and intellectual roles remained the same in both East Asia and Western Europe.
+Statement
+Chooses and compares two regions
+Correct Period
+Provides Organization (PERSIAN)
+Basic analysis of what caused the role of women to change
+Acceptable vocabulary
HSRQOA
As mankind adopted the agrarian lifestyle and the nomads settled into a sedentary way of life women lost their economic equality and would not regain it until the Industrial Revolution brought women back to work place. Between 1750-1914 women in Western Europe regained some of their economic power but remained socially subservient to their husbands and fathers, and politically disenfranchised in East Asia and in Western Europe
+WOW!!!!!!
How do you get your kids to write these thesis statements? The same way you get to Carnegie Hall; Practice.
Tips:
- Have your write thesis statements at least three times a week.
- Don’t worry about writing the whole essay until students have mastered the thesis.
- Have students write their thesis statements on the board so that students can see good and bad examples.
- Organizational thesis statements require the student to have background knowledge.
- Develop rubrics for essays that reward good thesis statements.
- Teach kids synonyms for words like compare, contrast, like, alike, different and similar