WHISL Dingle/Erickson/Gravelle/Selby African Imperialism Outline and Essay

Directions: As practice for your PJS projects, you will be writing an outline and shortly thereafter an essay.

Prompt: When, if ever, is it justifiable for one culture to intervene in another?

Sources: (You must use two- three if you are “Pre-AP”)  Things Fall Apart (required)  “Shooting an Elephant,” by George Orwell  “The White Man’s Burden,” by Rudyard Kipling  Hotel Rwanda, by Terry George

The thesis:

Full agreement disagreement  Option one is a thesis that will apply to all  Option two is a thesis that shows it is three of your sources justifiable in some cases, but not in others. Key words Key words  Likewise, similarly, similar to, similar, share,  While, however, but, likewise, similarly, have in common conversely, unlike, on the other hand, either-or, neither-nor, whereas, contrarily, although, the reverse, the inverse

 A thesis can be more than one sentence, and this one will likely be at least two.  Try to use the comma rule we practiced (required for Pre-AP). This is the rule of using commas where one might use parentheses.

Write your thesis on a separate sheet of paper.

Part Two: The Outline-The Introduction

I. Introduction A. Summarization of issue i. Summary part one ii. Summary part two a. Summary part two: sub-point one b. Summary part two: sub-point two iii. And so on B. Transition C. Thesis (central argument)