1. April 24, 2018 Learning Targets (I can…):
* Find commonalities in and organize my research into coherent ideas.
Homework:
4/25: Thesis #1 Due (pink sheet)
4/25: Source Analysis Due (located on website)
Turn In: Take Out: Chinese Dynasty Notes Research Notecards Agenda: Dynasties Quiz Research organization

2. Turning our research into a thesis
First: What is your research telling you?
Look at your research question. (on your pink sheet)
Now, look at the evidence you gathered. Do you see the answer?
If yes: write it down!
If no: What do you see? It’s possible your research took you in a different direction and you need to adjust your research question to match the answer you found.

3. Turning our research into a thesis
Today we will work on organizing our research and discovering our thesis statement.
Raise your hand if you need help.
Help each other!
If you already have a good idea of where you’re going, look at someone else’s research with them. Do you see something they don’t?
Don’t be afraid to ask someone to look at some of your research if you can’t see a pattern.

4. Turning our research into a thesis
Second: Let’s get organized!
Do you already have some different categories in your head?
If yes:
Write them down and start organizing your notecards into each category. Feel free to add categories! (Try to not to have more than 3 or 4. Keep them slightly broad.)
If no:
Look at your research. Do you see some similarities? Are some of your notecards talking about a similar idea?
Suggestions of what to look for:
Politics *Economics
People *Events
Human/Society effects *Reactions/Responses to Crisis
Countries/regions *other causes/results

5. Turning our research into a thesis
Third: Forming your thesis
Now that you have organized your research and figured out what it’s telling you, let’s write a thesis!
Let’s find each part.
What: This is the answer you came up with! The basic, simplest answer to your research question.
How: Look at your categories. Let’s stick to list thesis mode today. Just list them out!
So what: This will look different based on your research question. Possibilities:
If you are looking at the causes of your crisis, then your so what is that it leads to your crisis!!
If you are looking at impact, what did it lead to? What was the result? What did it to the people? The region? The economy? The Politics/stability?

6. Turning our research into a thesis
Third: Forming your thesis
Now that you have organized your research and figured out what it’s telling you, let’s write a thesis!
Let’s find each part.
What: This is the answer you came up with! The basic, simplest answer to your research question.
How: Look at your categories. Let’s stick to list thesis mode today. Just list them out!
So what: This will look different based on your research question. Possibilities:
If you are looking at the causes of your crisis, then your so what is that it leads to your crisis!!
If you are looking at impact, what did it lead to? What was the result? What did it to the people? The region? The economy? The Politics/stability?

7. Turning our research into a thesis
If you found your thesis, Congratulations! Write it in the Thesis 1 spot on your pink sheet and you are ready for tomorrow.
If you are not quite there yet, That’s OK! Write down what you do see and look at it again tonight.
Perhaps you’ve discovered a gap in your research and need to look a little more tonight.
Perhaps you need to rework your research question and look at a different angle.
Perhaps you need to look at your evidence with someone else to see the bigger picture or come see Mrs. Santos tomorrow morning.