History Capstone Seminar

Revision report for week 11

IN CLASS

Today we will have a celebration of what you have accomplished so far, a trip down memory lane, an appreciation of what constitutes actual “knowledge” in this age of disinformation ... and we will embark on revisions.  We will write up this revision report in class.

1.  What did it feel like to make knowledge?

2.  What did it feel like to have evolved at some distance from your original ideas and notions early this semester?

3.  What did you think of the process of receiving rigorous feedback to sharpen your draft papers, after you had invested so much time into your rough drafts?  (Yet there is more to do!)

4.  What are your various aims and what are your highest priorities for revising your rough draft into final form?

5.  What is the central thesis of your paper, holding everything together — in one sentence with no more than two commas.

6.  What is your workplan for weeks 12 through 17, when the final paper is due.