{"id":13164,"date":"2024-02-25T15:27:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T15:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/in-this-first-journal-activity-you-may-write-about-any-topics-of-your-choice-but-it-is-best-to-use-the-textbook-to-study\/"},"modified":"2024-02-25T15:27:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T15:27:27","slug":"in-this-first-journal-activity-you-may-write-about-any-topics-of-your-choice-but-it-is-best-to-use-the-textbook-to-study","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/in-this-first-journal-activity-you-may-write-about-any-topics-of-your-choice-but-it-is-best-to-use-the-textbook-to-study\/","title":{"rendered":"In this first journal activity, you may write about any topic(s) of your choice, but it is best to use the textbook to study."},"content":{"rendered":"<ul style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">For this activity, topics should address content covered in Chapters 1 &#8211; 8 in the textbook.<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">It is expected that, at a minimum, you are reading the assigned textbook chapters.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">You are encouraged to read collateral historical writings on topics covered in the textbook.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">This activity will consist of 10 separate journal entries; you will have a total of 20 entries by the end of the course.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">Each separate entry should:<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">Be titled Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3, etc.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">Contain a minimum of 120 words.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">Consist of a summary, paraphrase, and synthesis of material you are reading\/studying in this course.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">Be written in<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">your own words<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>&#8211; do not quote the work of others verbatim.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">Discuss the subject matter that you are studying &#8211; do not simply agree\/disagree.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">Your study involves, first and foremost, learning the nation&#8217;s past; doing so requires a review of previously published studies, so you are encouraged to conduct research using outside resources, but be sure to draft your journal entries in your own words.<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">Direct quotations should not be used; citations are not necessary.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">Do not copy\/paste information from any source.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 13.333332px; cursor: auto;\">No citations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this activity, topics should address content covered in Chapters 1 &#8211; 8 in the textbook.&nbsp; It is expected that, at a minimum, you are reading the assigned textbook chapters. 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