Making Evidence Count

In past years, many drafts for this first essay had significant problems with evidence. Some essays didn’t have evidence, others had it but lacked a preliminary understanding based on a secondary source authority. Others had evidence and a preliminary understanding, but hadn’t worked out how their evidence impacted their preliminary understanding.

For class please download and fill out this worksheet on evidence. The sheet is deceptively easy: give thought to how to briefly characterize (1) each of your bodies of evidence, (2) the particular details you plan to focus on in discussing each one, and most especially (3) why those details complicate or enrich our understanding of the topic.

Print out and fill in OR simply post the key info in a comment below.