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OBJECT~VES
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WritingaStrongConclusion
1.Tounderstandthevalueofaconciseandeffectiveconclusiontoyouressay.2.Tolearntoavoidrepeatingpointsoraddingnewoneswhenconcludingyouressay.
Theprimarysourcedocumentsforthislessonaredisplayedonthenextthreepages.Alloftheexercisesforthislessonarebasedontheseprimarysourcesandthebackgroundinformationprovidedhere.
INTRODUCINGTHELESSONTHEPRIMARYSOURCES
Theelevenprimarysourcedocumentsforthislessonalldealwiththe
ANDTHEEXERCISES
majorwarstheUnitedStateshasfoughtintheyearssince1939.Thephotos,editorialcartoons,lettersandotherstatementsareallincludedheretohelpillustratethewaywarfarewasseenbyAmericansoverthecourseofthisperiod.Thatis,thedocumentsarenotfocusedonthemilitaryconflictsthemselvessomuchastheyareontheimpactofthoseconflictsonAmericaandthegeneralfeelingsofAmericansaboutthenation'swars.
PUTTINGTOGETHER
Asyouknow,thefinalfourlessonsinthisworkbookfocusonthekey
ACOMPLETEESSAY
tasksinorganizingandwritinganentireessay.Thisisthelastoftheselessons,whichhaveintroducedthefollowingkeytasks:Lesson5Lesson8Takingnotesandcreatingaclearessayorganization.Writinganeffectiveintroductoryparagraphbasedonyourthesisstatement.Writingtheinternalparagraphsofyouressayandusingtransitionstolinkthemtogethereffectively.Writingastrongconclusion.Lesson6Lesson7
KEYCONCEPTS
Theprimarysourcesandtheexercisesforthislessonwillhelpyousee
ANDLEARNINGSTRATEGIES
theimportanceofaneffectiveconclusiontoyourDBOessay.1.Lookbackatyourintroductoryparagraph.Yourconclusionshould
refocusontheDBatopicandonyourthesis
aboutit.2.RewordkeypointsinboththeDBOandyourthesis,and
sumupthewaytheevidencebacksupyourthesis.
3.
DoNOTsimplyrestatepoints
youhavealreadymade.Also,
doNOTaddnewevidenceorspecifics
atthispoint.4.Trytofindasimpleandforcefulwaytocallattentiontoyouroverallthesisanditssignificance.
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TheDocuments
TheChangingFaceofAmerica'sWars:1939-1975
Document1
GeneralDouglasMacArthurwadingashoreinPhilippinesin1944toshowhehadreturnedashehadpromisedtodo.
Document2
MenonthebeachatNormandyduringtheD-DaylandingonJune6,1944.
Document3
FrenchcitizensgreetingU.S.soldier,·1944.
AllphotosthispagecourtesyoftheNationalArchives
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Document4
DearMom,Iguess22yearsagotodaywasaprettyimportantdayforbothofus.Butafterall,itwasonlythestart...awholelifetimeinonesense-becauseyouandIsharedthesamelifeandit'sleftmewantingnomore.It'sanawfullysolemnmoodinwhichtowritealetter,Mom,butthenit'snotthatI'velostthewillingnesstolookatthehumoroussideofit,somuchastoagreewithyourslantofthingsasinyourlastletter.Itmakesaguythink,allright,allofit.Liketoday-ofalldays-theratherdeterminedandprolongedeffortsofasnipertoerasemefromthecompanyroster.Artilleryandmachinegunscanneverbequitesopersonalasapersistentsniper.Anditmakeseveryfellowhereplayhisrealpart-notthatpartthathe'dliketoplay.It'slikeyouwrote,Mom,youtalkyourethicsandyoulivethem;andthenthedaycomeswhenyoufeeltheyasktoomuch-theyoughttobemodified-they'rerightbutthey'resuperhuman.Andbelieveitornot,Mom-itsoundslikeaveryirrelevantreason,
December
5,1944,perhaps,butthat'sreallythemainreasonItriedsolongtogetintothearmy.Tojoinsomuchintheactionthattherewouldbenomoraltietothetencommandments,asit
were-
tobasemyactionsonarawercreed-orratherlackofcreed-asChas.wouldsay,livehonestlywithmyself.ButIthinkthebeautyofitisthatwhenthegoingshadesoffintotherough,thentheoldcreedcomesshiningthrough.Andit'seasytoseethatnothing'schanged.Quitethecontrary-thattheoldlawwasbuiltfromoutofthesameindecency;thatitisquitethelogicaldevelopmentfromthisrealisticoff-colorlifeofours.Infact,Ithinkit'sproofthattoknowoneextreme,itsantithesismustfirstberealized.Anditmeansthateverybodysharesthesameuniversals-hope,love,humor,faith.Being22istohaveachancetohiteverything,noholdsbarred.Andit'sdamnedcomfortingtohavemadetheloopofmostoftheattitudestowardsthings,andcomeoutnearwhereyoustarted.PrettyconvincedI'mgrownup,ain'tI,Mom?Well,IstillcountonyourtuckingmeintobedwhenIgethome.Love,Dick
AletterhomefromPfc.RichardCowaninBelgium,December
5,1944.
Thiswasjustdaysbeforethe"BattleoftheBulge."CowanwaskilledinthisbattleaftercourageousactionsforwhichhewasposthumouslyawardedtheCongressionalMedalofHonor.ReprintedbypermissionofRobertCowan.Thisletterisreproducedin
WarLetters:ExtraordinaryCorrespondencefromArnerica'sWars,
editedbyAndrewCarroll(Scribner,2001),P265.
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TheDocuments
Document5
AneditorialcartoonappearingjustdaysaftertheNorthKoreansattackedSouthKorea.
FitzpatrickintheSf.LouisPost-Dispatch
TheweaponssquadleaderpointsoutCommunist-ledNorthKoreanpositiontohismachineguncrew.1950
TheNationalArchives
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Document7
AneditorialcartooncommentsonthesearchforasettlementoftheKoreanWarasofDecember1952.
FitzpatrickintheSt.LouisPost-Dispatch
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