FSEM Topics at FSEM100RR: When Americans Came Marching Home

FSEM Workshop

0 Comments Published May 15th, 2008 in Discussion, FSEM Topics, FSEM100RR

Aggregated posts
FSEM Topics
Student post examples:
News/Links to numbers of veterans
Blog examples
Reading Response
Film Response
Oral History Response
Student-led discussion
Springtime–Music
APGAR
Students going beyond
Links–Propaganda

General Formatting Issues Based on the First Versions

0 Comments Published November 27th, 2007 in Assignments, Citation, Class materials, FSEM Topics, FSEM100RR, Interviews, Veterans, writing

Make sure your paper has:

A thesis about the experiences of American veterans (including postwar experiences)
A title page with a real title
Page numbers (starting with the first page of text as page 1)
A bibliography of works cited in the notes
One-inch margins
Properly cited footnotes
Quotations from your interview

Peer Review Form

0 Comments Published November 20th, 2007 in Assignments, Citation, Class materials, Discussion, FSEM Topics, FSEM100RR, Interviews, Veterans, writing

Peer Review Form
You can fill this out and email it to the person you’re peer reviewing OR write on a printed copy. Either way it needs to be given or emailed to me by classtime next Tuesday (Nov. 27). [If you're emailing an electronic version, send it to me and the author.]

Research, Note-taking, and Digital Tools

0 Comments Published October 11th, 2007 in Assignments, Class materials, FSEM Topics, FSEM100RR, digital tools

Use the following links to begin research
Simpson Library
Online databases for historical research

Note-Taking Options

Note Cards
Post-It Notes
Word Processor (with or without templates)

Outlines or free-form notes

Citation (or other pay note-taking software like Nota Bene)
Microsoft OneNote
Excel/Access–For information in larger quantities that is consistent in its form (e.g., the census).
Scribe – GMU’s CHNM free note-taking software
Zotero — CHNM’s [...]