Outline Tristan Bolstad

Thesis statement

Seismology has been told in folktales of ancient cultures, and also now, in modern day technology.

Format for Outline

I. Introduction

A. Background (give us some interesting background information about your topic)

1. Interesting bit #1: Ancient cultures have had an influence in seismology
2. Interesting bit #2: new modern technology for seismology
3. Interesting bit #3: tracking of earthquakes and intensity

B. Thesis Statement:

II. First subtopic: eastern Asia, and Earthquakes

A. First Point: seismology in ancient cultures

1. supporting evidence #1:seismology has been told in folktales in, ancient China, and Japan (earthquakes and qeological discovery, by Bruce Bolt)
2. supporting evidence #2:It was said that a giant catfish lived in the earth and whenever it moved, it caused earthquakes (earthquakes and qeological discovery, by Bruce Bolt)

B. Second Point: Jinx!

1. supporting evidence #1: the Japanese Jinxed themselves because them were trying to predict when the next major earthquakes would occur, and where
2. supporting evidence #2: But in 1995 an unexpected earthquake struck the large Japanese city of Kobe causing destruction in some parts of the city

II. Second subtopic: earthquakes of the past

A. First Point: European earthquakes

1. supporting evidence #1: Lisbon, Italy November 1, 1755, left 60,000 dead (pg. six of Earthquakes and earth structure, by John, hodgson)
2. supporting evidence#2: Calabria, Italy February 5, 1783, left 50,000 dead (pg. six of Earthquakes and earth structure, by John, hodgson)

B. Second Point: Asian earthquakes

1. supporting evidence #1: Kansu, China December 16, 1920, left 100,000 dead (pg. six of Earthquakes and earth structure, by John, hodgson)
2. supporting evidence #2: Kwanto, Japan October 28, 1923, left 100,000 dead (pg. six of Earthquakes and earth structure, by John, hodgson)

IV. Third subtopic: modern technology, and earthquakes

A. First point: Measuring earthquake intensity

1. supporting evidence #1: Earthquake intensity is measured by a scale known as the Richter Scale (pg. 50 of earthquakes and earth stucture, by John hodgson)
2. supporting evidence #2: This scale is measured from 1.0-9.9. There are also two other kinds of scales for measuring earthquakes (pg. 50 of earthquakes and earth stucture, by John hodgson)

B. Second Point: Tracking, and seismographs

1. supporting evidence #1: A seismograph is a tool for telling you if an earthquake is in your area by using a pendulum that will swing if an earthquake hits but be careful for even footsteps in the same room can cause the pendulum to swing.
2. supporting evidence #2: To find an earthquake Epicenter, and Focus you need to look at which seismographs have been activated then draw a circle around it then look at more until you have circles crossing the most in an area.

V. Conclusion: A restatement of the main points of your paper: seismology, and earthquakes

A. 1st Point: ancient cultures and earthquakes

B. 2nd Point: past earthquakes

C. 3rd point: new technology for earthquakes

D. Interesting Ending: earthquakes have gone a long way in history from, ancient China, and Japan. To model day technology and tracking systems as well.