G+Final+Thesis+and+Outlining

Essential Questions

Creating a Final Thesis and Outline 1. Spread out your note-cards and read through them. 2. Group cards that have similar main ideas or common facts into piles. You should have 4 – 5 piles of note-cards. 3. Read your preliminary thesis. Do 3 of the piles of note-cards correlate with the 3 dimensions from your preliminary thesis or do you need to revise your thesis? If you need to revise, change your thesis to include the main ideas of 3 of your piles of note-cards. 4. Once you have a final thesis, record it at the top of a piece of paper. 5. To create your outline, spread out the pile of note-cards that correlates with the first dimension listed in your thesis on your desk. 6. Goal: to split the note-cards into two subgroups. Look for more specific commonalities. For example, if your main idea is military influence, your two subgroups may be types of military (Army and Navy). 7. Once you have subgroups created, label them with what they have in common. 8. Do this for the second dimension and the third dimension. 9. Once you have all of your dimensions split into subgroups, you simply need to record the outline like this:

10. Once you have a draft, and my OK, begin typing the final copy.

Sample outline: