NATS 1840 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Main Source
22 Feb 2019
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The summary and critique is 5 pages long. Part of the point of the assignment is to summarize and critique succinctly. Don"t underestimate the challenge of summarizing a source, it may seem straightforward, but it is fairly difficult. The summary should cover both the main thesis of the source and three or more of the main points of the argument. My lecture summaries are examples of what you are shooting for, but in written form rather than in point form summary. The critique is a bit tougher, but again, this is part of the challenge of the assignment. Although you may get lucky and get inspired immediately, the only other way to come up with a critique is to read and think about the source for a while. This assignment thus gauges your ability to analyze text. There are several kinds of critique you can make: citing factual inaccuracies (the author gets their facts wrong).
