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Unit 1. Pre-Colonial America

Comparison/Contrast essay

Two Native American Regions

Checklist for your paper

1. PARAGRAPH ONE
o Introduces the two regional groups you will be comparing.
o Gives some tribal names (three for each region).
o Announces what criteria you will be comparing: Geography, Food,
Art/Architecture and one other criteria (of your choice).
o Previews your conclusion (about why the two groups were
similar/different)

2. PARAGRAPH TWO
o Has the heading GEOGRAPHY AND FOOD above the paragraph.
o Compares/contrasts the geography and food of your two regions.

3. PARAGRAPH THREE
o Has a heading that mentions ART/ARCHITECTURE and the
criteria of your choice (can be one or two other sections).
o Compares/contrasts the art/architecture and the other criteria of your
two regions.

4. CONCLUSION (PARAGRAPH FOUR)

o Includes your theory about why the two groups you studied were
either so similar to—or so different from—one another.
o Uses evidence for your theory found in the rest of your paper.

5. IN GENERAL…
o PAPER IS VERY NEATLY WRITTEN, OR TYPED IN A
READABLE 12-POINT FONT (TIMES NEW ROMAN, COURIER,
HELVETICA OR ARIAL). DOUBLE SPACED.

6. CITING SOURCES
o As much as possible, sources are cited in your paper. For example:
The northeast region of North America is an area of forests, lakes,
rivers and ocean (Zimmerman 38).
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7. SOURCES CITED PAGE

o Your paper includes a SOURCES CITED PAGE at the end.
o SOURCES CITED PAGE is written at the top of this page.
o Your SOURCES CITED PAGE uses the following format for books
(the example used is from the book we all used most often):
Zimmerman, Larry. Native North America. London: Duncan Baird
Publishers, 1996.
o Your SOURCES CITED PAGE uses the following format for
websites:
Cherokee Religion. Cherokee by Blood. 2003 <http://
www.cherokeebyblood.com/religion.htm>

Papers are due by Monday, October 12, 2009

Your grading rubric will be based on quality of information, following

of format, neatness, organization and proper citation of sources.