In-Class Team Project   Writing a Thesis Statement w/ the Types of Analysis
Your Mission, should you decide to accept it:
Answer the questions found below as a individual.
Indicate the date:  ________________________
Be thorough; write good answers 		 Indicate the name of the class:     ____________
Indicate the name of the Project:  ____________________
Use your time wisely.       
Be finished by the end of the allotted time
Name of the Project: Writing a Thesis Statement
You are to finish your thesis statement in this exercise. 
To do this you must decide on methodology & types of analysis.
1. Pick 2 or three topics:  write them down  ( Should already be done )
2. Write two thesis statements
    Your thesis should have 
     a.  A topic           ( Should already be done )
     b.  A specification (narrowing) of the topic       ( Should already be done )
     c.  At least 4 types of analysis       ( This is to be done in this assignment )
          Run-on or long winded statements are OK.
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You should already have the following:

This paper examines  (topic)  ________________________________________________________________________________________

This paper examines (narrowing to a subtopic or field) 
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Adding the analysisNow you add one or more types of analyses:

by examining ( list types of analysis & qualifiers)

(1. Narrative) the activities of   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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(2. Description) the activities of  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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(3. Socio-historical analysis ) the social history of (specify the historical periods you will examine): 
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(4. Comparisons ) comparing   _____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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to / with / and  _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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(5. SWOT)  the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of  __________________________________________________________________

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(6. Cause & effect) the social factors which contributing to / leading to/ enhancing/ ________________________________________

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which impact/ have the effect of / contribute to  _________________________________________________________________________________

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(7.  Critique)  by critically assessing the  _________________________________________________________________________________________

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(8. Social analysis ) Functionalism / Conflict theory / Symbolic-Interactionism / a theorist (Marx, Parsons, etc.); a concept (the social structure of/ the culture of, etc. ) 
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(9. Future Orientation )  the effects of  __________________________________________________________________________________________

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in the future / for the next generation / in the next 10 years / etc.


(10.  Social Policy)  and will offer solutions to the social problems / issues 

by examining   _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Refining the thesisWrite down the thesis in the rough.
Then re-write as several sentences, or a run-on sentence,
   smoothing out the grammar and form.

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