• Follow INSTRUCTIONS carefully to avoid losing points
• NUMBER answers CORRECTLY in your Post to avoid losing (-5) points each time you do not do so
• You will receive maximum twenty (20) !!! points out of 100 for this ENTIRE section A. if you do not NUMBER your answers
A. Understanding the Prologue: The Strange Death of Silas Deane of the textbook After the Fact is key to your future (essay) evaluation of the authors’ work in the chapters of the book. This assignment is additional reading comprehension assessment of your understanding of the
Prologue:The Strange Death of Silas Deane of After the Fact This activity highlights comprehension of very important concepts needed to grasp L what the authors are trying accomplish in each chapter. This is crucial for our Essay Writing which will critique (assess, evaluate, analyze) the authors’ execution of their apprentice approach in the textbook.
• PARAPHRASE (use your own words) to answer each question
• simply copying exact wording from the text is NOT paraphrasing and does NOT show your writing skills
• further, simply copying exact wording from the text DOES NOT show (prove) that you really understand the material
• if you really comprehend (understand) the material you should be able to EXPLAIN IT IN YOUR OWN WORDS for the most part
1.
What does Thomas Jefferson MEAN when he wrote to his friend James Madison saying, “Silas Deane is coming over to finish his days in America, not having one sou to subsist on elsewhere. He is a wretched monument of the consequences of a departure from right.”
• PARAPHRASE the ENTIRE QUOTE (all parts) thoroughly / fully.
• (50) points
• PARAPHRASE means USING YOUR OWN WORD as much as possible to fully EXPLAIN (all parts of) the QUOTE
• copying exact wording from the text is NOT phrasing and DOES NOT show prove your own writing skills or that you truly understand the material
• if you really comprehend (understand) the material you should be able to EXPLAIN IT IN YOUR OWN WORDS for the most part
2.
The authors of After the Fact use Silas Deane’s story to ILLUSTRATE several main points ABOUT HISTORY and or PUTTING HISTORY TOGETHER
• LIST AT LEAST two (2) MAIN POINTS the authors make about HISTORY in THIS ENTIRE chapter.
• (50) points
• NUMBER your answers (2A. 2B. etc.)
• state each main point in ONE complete sentence. • extra answers earn bonus points.
