Modern World History Fall Semester Research Paper

DIRECTIONS:

You will be conducting research on a historical figure.

                You must determine whether or not that historical figure is historically significant.

This does not include when and where they were born….he/she lived we got it.

Somethings to consider when looking at if your person was historically significant or not:

1. What was his/her lasting impact? (only during his/her lifetime or far reaching into the future)

                Think big picture here.

2. Where they involved in a large historical force?

                Think social, political, economic, geographical changes.

Each day you will complete a part of the process:

                Day 1: Secondary source research

                Day 2: Primary source research

                Day 3: Begin writing your paper

                Day 4: Finish writing your paper

                Day 5: Peer editing, polishing, and creating your cover page

PAPER IS DUE BY THE END OF CLASS ON FRIDAY

You will turn it in to Canvas- if you have trouble with this I will need to know ASAP!!

At the end of each day you will get a grade for that portion…so if you do nothing each day….

You WILL get a zero and you will be a day behind which means you will need to allocate time later to work this….SO USE YOUR TIME IN CLASS WISELY!!!!

You will write a Chicago style historical research paper (like you will later in school HS and College)

YOUR PAPER MUST BE AT LEAST 500 WORDS

Assembling the paper:

-          Cover/title page

-          Paper

-          Bibliography

Paper Formatting:

1 inch margins all around

Times new Roman 12pt font

Double spaced text

Bibliography Formatting:

On a separate sheet from paper

“Bibliography” centered at top

Use a hanging indent

-          1st line begins @ margin than indent 2nd line

If not author - Alphabetize by title within the authors

Chicago uses – first name last name not last, first

Footnote citations (no parenthetical citations)