(PART 1 OF THE TERM PAPER, THIS IS 3 SEPARATE PARTS OF THE TERM PAPER ASSIGNMENT)
(Use Chicago/Turabian style! Use 12-point Times News Roman font for your body text, and 8-point Times News Roman for your footnotes.)
1)Term Paper Topic and Sources Assignment
(Segregated sports IS THE TOPIC OF THE TERM PAPER).
Choose a topic for your paper–it can be anything that interests you from the place (America) and period (Reconstruction through the present) that this class covers!–and find 2 primary and 2 secondary sources. At least one of the secondary sources has to be a real book (not a web site). Moreover, your textbook is not a valid source for this assignment; you can certainly use it for your paper, but you must have two secondary sources besides it. Also, your online sources must be from reputable, scholarly sources, such as universities, museums, historical journal, or others along those lines; do not try to use the History Channel’s website (history.com), or biography.com, for example. Please use this template to help you format this assignment: First Paper Assignment Template.docx.
If you need a review of what primary and secondary sources are, check out the “What Are Primary and Secondary Sources?” page.
Remember, you need a narrow topic, not an incredibly broad one. For example, don’t write about World War II. Think about one of these instead:
A specific person’s experience of World War II.
A single woman?
A mom?
A Japanese-American?
A businessman?
An ordinary soldier?
(THAT SHOULD BE 2 PAGES )
2)Term Paper Outline
Now that you have chosen a topic and found some sources, I would like you to submit an outline of your paper. At this point it should be a very basic outline, and include information for your introduction, three main body topics, and a conclusion. You should use Word to write this, as it has a outlining feature that will help you with formatting (. Show me where you are going to use your sources, what information you are getting from them, and in general what you are going to write about. I will then give you feed back to show you if you are on the right path and what you need to do to begin writing. Remember, there is a page in Module 2 that shows how to get Word to create an outline for you.
Note: When you tell me where you will use your sources, please do not just say something like “Secondary Source Here”. Actually tell me what source.
(THAT SHOULD BE 2 PAGES )
3) TERM PAPER FINAL DRAFT
(4 PAGES)
Overview You will be required to find a topic from the time period that this class covers, and write a 4-page paper on it, based on the book and sources used in the class and some outside research, including primary source material. (To understand the difference between primary and secondary sources, please review the “What Are Primary and Secondary Sources?” page.) The paper will use at least 4 different sources, with at least 2 primary sources. You cannot use websites as your only sources; you must go to the library and the library database and read actual books and journal articles. Your primary sources may (and likely will) be from the Internet, as most of the newspapers and other documents that you can use are primarily available online. Your paper should explain why the topic you choose is important, and draw some sort of conclusion from the information you have presented.
Steps to take to write your paper-
Choose a topic: The module topics are broad on purpose, so that you can find some part that you are interested in studying, be creative and do something that you are interested in. Don’t choose an excessively broad topic: for example, don’t try to write your paper about World War II. Not only will you not be able to adequately cover the material, but it will not be as interested, either for you or me. Instead, narrow it down. If you want to write about World War II, choose a smaller topic: women in factories, cooking on the ration, changes in technology, the Manhattan Project, comic books during the war, paratroopers, gliders, Pearl Harbor. . . There are many fascinating topics to choose from. Choose a broad topic, and find something within that project that catches your interest.
Research: Begin by going to the library to find information about your topic. Create a bibliography with a brief description of each source. For information on how to create a proper bibliography see Kate L. Turabians A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. You will be expected to use the correct format or you will lose points! You will be given an assignment early in the semester to help you begin your work (the Topic and Sources Assignment).
Outline: Create an outline that shows how you plan to approach your topic and how you will write your paper. You will be given an assignment to create this outline (Outline Assignment) and will receive feedback on how your paper is shaping up.
Write: This step should be obvious, write your paper. A few tips. Please use the correct footnote or endnote format, and you must use footnotes or endnotes. Use Chicago/Turabian style! Use 12-point Times News Roman font for your body text, and 8-point Times News Roman for your footnotes. Once you have written your paper, read it over and revise it. The first time that your paper is read in full should not be when I grade it. Please do not waste space on a title page; just put your name and the title of the paper at the top of the first page, and start writing.
Primary Source suggestions Your textbook has a section on primary sources that you should read and take advantage of as a start to your research. Books and articles by historians will also have handy Works Cited pages at the end, often separated into primary and secondary sources. Finally, the internet is a wonderful resource for primary sources, as many are being scanned for preservation and ease of access, so that they are not lost due to handling and age.
A note on plagiarism – Plagiarism is a form of cheating, and is defined as, the use of another persons ideas, words, data, arguments or sentence structure in any academic assignments as the students own without proper documentation or citation. Any plagiarism will result in a grade of 0 on the paper. For more details about what plagiarism looks like and how to avoid it, review the “Academic Integrity & Scholastic Dishonesty” statement in the syllabus and the “Avoiding Plagiarism”
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