- The rubric I will use to grade your paper may be accessed here.
- Your final paper will be no more than five pages, double-spaced, 1 inch margins, 12 point font Times New Roman. A separate cover page is not required, but a clever and relevant title is required. (I will not take deductions for lengthier papers unless the paper reads more like a description or summary, rather than the required analysis and argumentation.)
- It must feature a specific, debatable, thesis drawn from the evidence you located in FIVE scholarly sources. You should rely heavily on Rowley Library, striving to locate a minimum of two books, two electronic subscription sources, and at least one source of your choice. Of course, you may use more than five sources.
- Need reminders of our discussion of effective thesis statements, body paragraphs, supporting evidence, and other feedback? Our winter writing guide may be helpful to you as you write in remembering the key components: it may be accessed here.
- Weave your sources together. Try not to rely on just one source in each of your body paragraphs. Integrate, rather than drop, your quotes.
- Your paper must have footnotes AND a bibliography. History papers use Turabian footnote citation and bibliography, not MLA parenthetical citation and work cited pages. Use http://www.citationmachine.net/turabian/cite-a-book to assist you in creating the proper citation. Make sure you include the page number to which you are referring. Footnotes REPLACE parenthetical citations, and use the shortened citation forms where appropriate. Here are some examples of what it should look like, along with an entire sample from Rampolla (note it uses endnotes - you should format as footnotes). Need additional help on typical expectations for introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions? Review this small section of Rampolla we looked at earlier this year.
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