The Georgia Colony Mini-Q
From Thesis to Essay Writing: Mini-Q Essay Outline Guide
Working Title – Create your own title for the essay (Ex. – GA Colony: Success or Failure?)
Paragraph #1 – Introduction Paragraph
Grabber – “Hook” (something to get the reader’s attention)
Background – Background information about the topic (lectures, notes, books, etc.) –
Information about why GA was created!
Stating the question with key terms defined – Based on the reasons for settlement, as stated in
the Charter of 1732, was the Georgia colony a success or failure? (Define Charter…
and discuss reasons for settlement: Charity, Economics, and Defense)
Thesis and road map – Thesis statement (look at the Chicken Foot for your Thesis!)
Paragraph #2 – Charity Paragraph
Baby Thesis for bucket one – Example: One reason that the Georgia colony was a success (or
failure, or both) was the issue of charity.
Evidence: supporting detail documents with document citation – *See the Document Analysis
Sheets!
Argument: connecting evidence to the thesis – *See the Document Analysis Sheets for your
Inferences/Arguments! Be sure to thoroughly explain your evidence!
Paragraph #3 – Economics Paragraph
Baby Thesis for bucket two – Example: Another reason that the Georgia colony was a success
(or failure, or both) was the issue of economics.
Evidence – *See the Document Analysis Sheets!
Argument – *See the Document Analysis Sheets for your Inferences/Arguments! Be sure to
thoroughly explain your evidence!
Paragraph #4 – Defense Paragraph
Baby Thesis for bucket three - Example: The last reason that the Georgia colony was a
success (or failure, or both) was the issue of defense.
Evidence – *See the Document Analysis Sheets!
Argument – *See the Document Analysis Sheets for your Inferences/Arguments! Be sure to
thoroughly explain your evidence!
Paragraph #5 – Conclusion Paragraph
Conclusion: restatement of main idea along with possible insight or wrinkle – Restate your
thesis and add in any additional information (evidence) that you think proves Georgia
was a success, failure, or both!