Pick an analytical question from a list I provide and propose a good answer to it—a thesis—based on your reading, thinking, and research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a compare-and-contrast approach.
o Final paper is 5-6 pages (approximately 1500-1800 words) (typed, double-spaced, 10- or 12-point font). Page length for the final paper includes the bibliography page(s) and footnotes or endnotes.
o Format: Use either a title page or title block on the first page (only) that contains your name, the course, course professor, assignment, and date. Put your name and a page number on every page. Use the computer’s header function and number pagination to let it automatically do this for you.
(1) Topic and Question: The topic of your paper and the precise research question that your paper will answer. Your question should be answerable, but not definitively. The questions could come from the course readings or class, or through your own further outside reading for the class. I strongly recommend seeking approval for the topic well before this assignment is due. The more detailed and specific the topic, the better.
(2) Thesis: Present a question and propose a good answer to it (a thesis) based on your research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a superficialcompare-and-contrast approach.
(3) Evidence: that you use to argue for your thesis. See “evidence” and “sources” below for more.
(4) Counterargument: Include a plausible counterargument and your tentative response to that counterargument. You may do this at the beginning or end of the paper, although usually it makes sense to do so at the beginning of the paper.
(5) Topic Sentences: Topic sentences at the beginning of each paragraph should reflect the main idea of that paragraph. Periodically, topic sentences should advance the overall argument of the paper by referring back tothe thesis.
(6) Conclusion: Make a claim in the conclusion about the importance of your thesis, your paper’s overallargument. Explain why a skeptical reader with “so what?” on her mind should be interested in your paper. Whatnew point are you making to the ongoing debate about your topic?
o Evidence: Be objective by fairly considering multiple approaches to the topic, even though you will be arguing for only one with your thesis. Consider as much of the evidence as you can before drawing conclusions and be open to changing your mind as you are doing your research and compiling your evidence. Be sure to include citations (in footnotes or endnotes [not both]) when you introduce facts, ideas, and arguments (not just quotations) drawn from sources you have read. Use block quotations for those over four lines but avoid if at all possible—break up lengthy quotations. To cite your sources, you must use Chicago/Turabian style. For details about how to cite properly, see Canvas. Some more in-depthuseful references:
– Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012.
– Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 8th ed. Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 2013.
– The Chicago Manual of Style. 16th edition.
o Sources: Make use of the course readings as well as outside scholarly, non-internet sources, unless you are doing a review, in which case you only need the book you are reviewing and at least two (2) scholarly reviews, preferably from academic journals. The prospectus and final paper requires five (5) outside sources. See the FAU library databases and web site for links to obtain books, journal articles,and book reviews: http://www.fau.edu/library.
o Composition: I expect your writing to be clear and grammatically correct. Clarity, concision, careful editing, intelligent argument, and convincing use of evidence are even more important than length. Polished final work results from working ahead of time, multiple drafts, and careful editing.Pick an analytical question from a list I provide and propose a good answer to it—a thesis—based on your reading, thinking, and research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a compare-and-contrast approach.
o Final paper is 5-6 pages (approximately 1500-1800 words) (typed, double-spaced, 10- or 12-point font). Page length for the final paper includes the bibliography page(s) and footnotes or endnotes.
o Format: Use either a title page or title block on the first page (only) that contains your name, the course, course professor, assignment, and date. Put your name and a page number on every page. Use the computer’s header function and number pagination to let it automatically do this for you.
(1) Topic and Question: The topic of your paper and the precise research question that your paper will answer. Your question should be answerable, but not definitively. The questions could come from the course readings or class, or through your own further outside reading for the class. I strongly recommend seeking approval for the topic well before this assignment is due. The more detailed and specific the topic, the better.
(2) Thesis: Present a question and propose a good answer to it (a thesis) based on your research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a superficialcompare-and-contrast approach.
(3) Evidence: that you use to argue for your thesis. See “evidence” and “sources” below for more.
(4) Counterargument: Include a plausible counterargument and your tentative response to that counterargument. You may do this at the beginning or end of the paper, although usually it makes sense to do so at the beginning of the paper.
(5) Topic Sentences: Topic sentences at the beginning of each paragraph should reflect the main idea of that paragraph. Periodically, topic sentences should advance the overall argument of the paper by referring back tothe thesis.
(6) Conclusion: Make a claim in the conclusion about the importance of your thesis, your paper’s overallargument. Explain why a skeptical reader with “so what?” on her mind should be interested in your paper. Whatnew point are you making to the ongoing debate about your topic?
o Evidence: Be objective by fairly considering multiple approaches to the topic, even though you will be arguing for only one with your thesis. Consider as much of the evidence as you can before drawing conclusions and be open to changing your mind as you are doing your research and compiling your evidence. Be sure to include citations (in footnotes or endnotes [not both]) when you introduce facts, ideas, and arguments (not just quotations) drawn from sources you have read. Use block quotations for those over four lines but avoid if at all possible—break up lengthy quotations. To cite your sources, you must use Chicago/Turabian style. For details about how to cite properly, see Canvas. Some more in-depthuseful references:
– Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012.
– Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 8th ed. Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 2013.
– The Chicago Manual of Style. 16th edition.
o Sources: Make use of the course readings as well as outside scholarly, non-internet sources, unless you are doing a review, in which case you only need the book you are reviewing and at least two (2) scholarly reviews, preferably from academic journals. The prospectus and final paper requires five (5) outside sources. See the FAU library databases and web site for links to obtain books, journal articles,and book reviews: http://www.fau.edu/library.
o Composition: I expect your writing to be clear and grammatically correct. Clarity, concision, careful editing, intelligent argument, and convincing use of evidence are even more important than length. Polished final work results from working ahead of time, multiple drafts, and careful editing.Pick an analytical question from a list I provide and propose a good answer to it—a thesis—based on your reading, thinking, and research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a compare-and-contrast approach.
o Final paper is 5-6 pages (approximately 1500-1800 words) (typed, double-spaced, 10- or 12-point font). Page length for the final paper includes the bibliography page(s) and footnotes or endnotes.
o Format: Use either a title page or title block on the first page (only) that contains your name, the course, course professor, assignment, and date. Put your name and a page number on every page. Use the computer’s header function and number pagination to let it automatically do this for you.
(1) Topic and Question: The topic of your paper and the precise research question that your paper will answer. Your question should be answerable, but not definitively. The questions could come from the course readings or class, or through your own further outside reading for the class. I strongly recommend seeking approval for the topic well before this assignment is due. The more detailed and specific the topic, the better.
(2) Thesis: Present a question and propose a good answer to it (a thesis) based on your research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a superficialcompare-and-contrast approach.
(3) Evidence: that you use to argue for your thesis. See “evidence” and “sources” below for more.
(4) Counterargument: Include a plausible counterargument and your tentative response to that counterargument. You may do this at the beginning or end of the paper, although usually it makes sense to do so at the beginning of the paper.
(5) Topic Sentences: Topic sentences at the beginning of each paragraph should reflect the main idea of that paragraph. Periodically, topic sentences should advance the overall argument of the paper by referring back tothe thesis.
(6) Conclusion: Make a claim in the conclusion about the importance of your thesis, your paper’s overallargument. Explain why a skeptical reader with “so what?” on her mind should be interested in your paper. Whatnew point are you making to the ongoing debate about your topic?
o Evidence: Be objective by fairly considering multiple approaches to the topic, even though you will be arguing for only one with your thesis. Consider as much of the evidence as you can before drawing conclusions and be open to changing your mind as you are doing your research and compiling your evidence. Be sure to include citations (in footnotes or endnotes [not both]) when you introduce facts, ideas, and arguments (not just quotations) drawn from sources you have read. Use block quotations for those over four lines but avoid if at all possible—break up lengthy quotations. To cite your sources, you must use Chicago/Turabian style. For details about how to cite properly, see Canvas. Some more in-depthuseful references:
– Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012.
– Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 8th ed. Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 2013.
– The Chicago Manual of Style. 16th edition.
o Sources: Make use of the course readings as well as outside scholarly, non-internet sources, unless you are doing a review, in which case you only need the book you are reviewing and at least two (2) scholarly reviews, preferably from academic journals. The prospectus and final paper requires five (5) outside sources. See the FAU library databases and web site for links to obtain books, journal articles,and book reviews: http://www.fau.edu/library.
o Composition: I expect your writing to be clear and grammatically correct. Clarity, concision, careful editing, intelligent argument, and convincing use of evidence are even more important than length. Polished final work results from working ahead of time, multiple drafts, and careful editing.Pick an analytical question from a list I provide and propose a good answer to it—a thesis—based on your reading, thinking, and research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a compare-and-contrast approach.
o Final paper is 5-6 pages (approximately 1500-1800 words) (typed, double-spaced, 10- or 12-point font). Page length for the final paper includes the bibliography page(s) and footnotes or endnotes.
o Format: Use either a title page or title block on the first page (only) that contains your name, the course, course professor, assignment, and date. Put your name and a page number on every page. Use the computer’s header function and number pagination to let it automatically do this for you.
(1) Topic and Question: The topic of your paper and the precise research question that your paper will answer. Your question should be answerable, but not definitively. The questions could come from the course readings or class, or through your own further outside reading for the class. I strongly recommend seeking approval for the topic well before this assignment is due. The more detailed and specific the topic, the better.
(2) Thesis: Present a question and propose a good answer to it (a thesis) based on your research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a superficialcompare-and-contrast approach.
(3) Evidence: that you use to argue for your thesis. See “evidence” and “sources” below for more.
(4) Counterargument: Include a plausible counterargument and your tentative response to that counterargument. You may do this at the beginning or end of the paper, although usually it makes sense to do so at the beginning of the paper.
(5) Topic Sentences: Topic sentences at the beginning of each paragraph should reflect the main idea of that paragraph. Periodically, topic sentences should advance the overall argument of the paper by referring back tothe thesis.
(6) Conclusion: Make a claim in the conclusion about the importance of your thesis, your paper’s overallargument. Explain why a skeptical reader with “so what?” on her mind should be interested in your paper. Whatnew point are you making to the ongoing debate about your topic?
o Evidence: Be objective by fairly considering multiple approaches to the topic, even though you will be arguing for only one with your thesis. Consider as much of the evidence as you can before drawing conclusions and be open to changing your mind as you are doing your research and compiling your evidence. Be sure to include citations (in footnotes or endnotes [not both]) when you introduce facts, ideas, and arguments (not just quotations) drawn from sources you have read. Use block quotations for those over four lines but avoid if at all possible—break up lengthy quotations. To cite your sources, you must use Chicago/Turabian style. For details about how to cite properly, see Canvas. Some more in-depthuseful references:
– Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012.
– Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 8th ed. Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 2013.
– The Chicago Manual of Style. 16th edition.
o Sources: Make use of the course readings as well as outside scholarly, non-internet sources, unless you are doing a review, in which case you only need the book you are reviewing and at least two (2) scholarly reviews, preferably from academic journals. The prospectus and final paper requires five (5) outside sources. See the FAU library databases and web site for links to obtain books, journal articles,and book reviews: http://www.fau.edu/library.
o Composition: I expect your writing to be clear and grammatically correct. Clarity, concision, careful editing, intelligent argument, and convincing use of evidence are even more important than length. Polished final work results from working ahead of time, multiple drafts, and careful editing.Pick an analytical question from a list I provide and propose a good answer to it—a thesis—based on your reading, thinking, and research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a compare-and-contrast approach.
o Final paper is 5-6 pages (approximately 1500-1800 words) (typed, double-spaced, 10- or 12-point font). Page length for the final paper includes the bibliography page(s) and footnotes or endnotes.
o Format: Use either a title page or title block on the first page (only) that contains your name, the course, course professor, assignment, and date. Put your name and a page number on every page. Use the computer’s header function and number pagination to let it automatically do this for you.
(1) Topic and Question: The topic of your paper and the precise research question that your paper will answer. Your question should be answerable, but not definitively. The questions could come from the course readings or class, or through your own further outside reading for the class. I strongly recommend seeking approval for the topic well before this assignment is due. The more detailed and specific the topic, the better.
(2) Thesis: Present a question and propose a good answer to it (a thesis) based on your research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a superficialcompare-and-contrast approach.
(3) Evidence: that you use to argue for your thesis. See “evidence” and “sources” below for more.
(4) Counterargument: Include a plausible counterargument and your tentative response to that counterargument. You may do this at the beginning or end of the paper, although usually it makes sense to do so at the beginning of the paper.
(5) Topic Sentences: Topic sentences at the beginning of each paragraph should reflect the main idea of that paragraph. Periodically, topic sentences should advance the overall argument of the paper by referring back tothe thesis.
(6) Conclusion: Make a claim in the conclusion about the importance of your thesis, your paper’s overallargument. Explain why a skeptical reader with “so what?” on her mind should be interested in your paper. Whatnew point are you making to the ongoing debate about your topic?
o Evidence: Be objective by fairly considering multiple approaches to the topic, even though you will be arguing for only one with your thesis. Consider as much of the evidence as you can before drawing conclusions and be open to changing your mind as you are doing your research and compiling your evidence. Be sure to include citations (in footnotes or endnotes [not both]) when you introduce facts, ideas, and arguments (not just quotations) drawn from sources you have read. Use block quotations for those over four lines but avoid if at all possible—break up lengthy quotations. To cite your sources, you must use Chicago/Turabian style. For details about how to cite properly, see Canvas. Some more in-depthuseful references:
– Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012.
– Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 8th ed. Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 2013.
– The Chicago Manual of Style. 16th edition.
o Sources: Make use of the course readings as well as outside scholarly, non-internet sources, unless you are doing a review, in which case you only need the book you are reviewing and at least two (2) scholarly reviews, preferably from academic journals. The prospectus and final paper requires five (5) outside sources. See the FAU library databases and web site for links to obtain books, journal articles,and book reviews: http://www.fau.edu/library.
o Composition: I expect your writing to be clear and grammatically correct. Clarity, concision, careful editing, intelligent argument, and convincing use of evidence are even more important than length. Polished final work results from working ahead of time, multiple drafts, and careful editing.Pick an analytical question from a list I provide and propose a good answer to it—a thesis—based on your reading, thinking, and research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a compare-and-contrast approach.
o Final paper is 5-6 pages (approximately 1500-1800 words) (typed, double-spaced, 10- or 12-point font). Page length for the final paper includes the bibliography page(s) and footnotes or endnotes.
o Format: Use either a title page or title block on the first page (only) that contains your name, the course, course professor, assignment, and date. Put your name and a page number on every page. Use the computer’s header function and number pagination to let it automatically do this for you.
(1) Topic and Question: The topic of your paper and the precise research question that your paper will answer. Your question should be answerable, but not definitively. The questions could come from the course readings or class, or through your own further outside reading for the class. I strongly recommend seeking approval for the topic well before this assignment is due. The more detailed and specific the topic, the better.
(2) Thesis: Present a question and propose a good answer to it (a thesis) based on your research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a superficialcompare-and-contrast approach.
(3) Evidence: that you use to argue for your thesis. See “evidence” and “sources” below for more.
(4) Counterargument: Include a plausible counterargument and your tentative response to that counterargument. You may do this at the beginning or end of the paper, although usually it makes sense to do so at the beginning of the paper.
(5) Topic Sentences: Topic sentences at the beginning of each paragraph should reflect the main idea of that paragraph. Periodically, topic sentences should advance the overall argument of the paper by referring back tothe thesis.
(6) Conclusion: Make a claim in the conclusion about the importance of your thesis, your paper’s overallargument. Explain why a skeptical reader with “so what?” on her mind should be interested in your paper. Whatnew point are you making to the ongoing debate about your topic?
o Evidence: Be objective by fairly considering multiple approaches to the topic, even though you will be arguing for only one with your thesis. Consider as much of the evidence as you can before drawing conclusions and be open to changing your mind as you are doing your research and compiling your evidence. Be sure to include citations (in footnotes or endnotes [not both]) when you introduce facts, ideas, and arguments (not just quotations) drawn from sources you have read. Use block quotations for those over four lines but avoid if at all possible—break up lengthy quotations. To cite your sources, you must use Chicago/Turabian style. For details about how to cite properly, see Canvas. Some more in-depthuseful references:
– Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012.
– Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 8th ed. Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 2013.
– The Chicago Manual of Style. 16th edition.
o Sources: Make use of the course readings as well as outside scholarly, non-internet sources, unless you are doing a review, in which case you only need the book you are reviewing and at least two (2) scholarly reviews, preferably from academic journals. The prospectus and final paper requires five (5) outside sources. See the FAU library databases and web site for links to obtain books, journal articles,and book reviews: http://www.fau.edu/library.
o Composition: I expect your writing to be clear and grammatically correct. Clarity, concision, careful editing, intelligent argument, and convincing use of evidence are even more important than length. Polished final work results from working ahead of time, multiple drafts, and careful editing.Pick an analytical question from a list I provide and propose a good answer to it—a thesis—based on your reading, thinking, and research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a compare-and-contrast approach.
o Final paper is 5-6 pages (approximately 1500-1800 words) (typed, double-spaced, 10- or 12-point font). Page length for the final paper includes the bibliography page(s) and footnotes or endnotes.
o Format: Use either a title page or title block on the first page (only) that contains your name, the course, course professor, assignment, and date. Put your name and a page number on every page. Use the computer’s header function and number pagination to let it automatically do this for you.
(1) Topic and Question: The topic of your paper and the precise research question that your paper will answer. Your question should be answerable, but not definitively. The questions could come from the course readings or class, or through your own further outside reading for the class. I strongly recommend seeking approval for the topic well before this assignment is due. The more detailed and specific the topic, the better.
(2) Thesis: Present a question and propose a good answer to it (a thesis) based on your research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a superficialcompare-and-contrast approach.
(3) Evidence: that you use to argue for your thesis. See “evidence” and “sources” below for more.
(4) Counterargument: Include a plausible counterargument and your tentative response to that counterargument. You may do this at the beginning or end of the paper, although usually it makes sense to do so at the beginning of the paper.
(5) Topic Sentences: Topic sentences at the beginning of each paragraph should reflect the main idea of that paragraph. Periodically, topic sentences should advance the overall argument of the paper by referring back tothe thesis.
(6) Conclusion: Make a claim in the conclusion about the importance of your thesis, your paper’s overallargument. Explain why a skeptical reader with “so what?” on her mind should be interested in your paper. Whatnew point are you making to the ongoing debate about your topic?
o Evidence: Be objective by fairly considering multiple approaches to the topic, even though you will be arguing for only one with your thesis. Consider as much of the evidence as you can before drawing conclusions and be open to changing your mind as you are doing your research and compiling your evidence. Be sure to include citations (in footnotes or endnotes [not both]) when you introduce facts, ideas, and arguments (not just quotations) drawn from sources you have read. Use block quotations for those over four lines but avoid if at all possible—break up lengthy quotations. To cite your sources, you must use Chicago/Turabian style. For details about how to cite properly, see Canvas. Some more in-depthuseful references:
– Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012.
– Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 8th ed. Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 2013.
– The Chicago Manual of Style. 16th edition.
o Sources: Make use of the course readings as well as outside scholarly, non-internet sources, unless you are doing a review, in which case you only need the book you are reviewing and at least two (2) scholarly reviews, preferably from academic journals. The prospectus and final paper requires five (5) outside sources. See the FAU library databases and web site for links to obtain books, journal articles,and book reviews: http://www.fau.edu/library.
o Composition: I expect your writing to be clear and grammatically correct. Clarity, concision, careful editing, intelligent argument, and convincing use of evidence are even more important than length. Polished final work results from working ahead of time, multiple drafts, and careful editing.Pick an analytical question from a list I provide and propose a good answer to it—a thesis—based on your reading, thinking, and research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a compare-and-contrast approach.
o Final paper is 5-6 pages (approximately 1500-1800 words) (typed, double-spaced, 10- or 12-point font). Page length for the final paper includes the bibliography page(s) and footnotes or endnotes.
o Format: Use either a title page or title block on the first page (only) that contains your name, the course, course professor, assignment, and date. Put your name and a page number on every page. Use the computer’s header function and number pagination to let it automatically do this for you.
(1) Topic and Question: The topic of your paper and the precise research question that your paper will answer. Your question should be answerable, but not definitively. The questions could come from the course readings or class, or through your own further outside reading for the class. I strongly recommend seeking approval for the topic well before this assignment is due. The more detailed and specific the topic, the better.
(2) Thesis: Present a question and propose a good answer to it (a thesis) based on your research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a superficialcompare-and-contrast approach.
(3) Evidence: that you use to argue for your thesis. See “evidence” and “sources” below for more.
(4) Counterargument: Include a plausible counterargument and your tentative response to that counterargument. You may do this at the beginning or end of the paper, although usually it makes sense to do so at the beginning of the paper.
(5) Topic Sentences: Topic sentences at the beginning of each paragraph should reflect the main idea of that paragraph. Periodically, topic sentences should advance the overall argument of the paper by referring back tothe thesis.
(6) Conclusion: Make a claim in the conclusion about the importance of your thesis, your paper’s overallargument. Explain why a skeptical reader with “so what?” on her mind should be interested in your paper. Whatnew point are you making to the ongoing debate about your topic?
o Evidence: Be objective by fairly considering multiple approaches to the topic, even though you will be arguing for only one with your thesis. Consider as much of the evidence as you can before drawing conclusions and be open to changing your mind as you are doing your research and compiling your evidence. Be sure to include citations (in footnotes or endnotes [not both]) when you introduce facts, ideas, and arguments (not just quotations) drawn from sources you have read. Use block quotations for those over four lines but avoid if at all possible—break up lengthy quotations. To cite your sources, you must use Chicago/Turabian style. For details about how to cite properly, see Canvas. Some more in-depthuseful references:
– Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012.
– Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 8th ed. Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 2013.
– The Chicago Manual of Style. 16th edition.
o Sources: Make use of the course readings as well as outside scholarly, non-internet sources, unless you are doing a review, in which case you only need the book you are reviewing and at least two (2) scholarly reviews, preferably from academic journals. The prospectus and final paper requires five (5) outside sources. See the FAU library databases and web site for links to obtain books, journal articles,and book reviews: http://www.fau.edu/library.
o Composition: I expect your writing to be clear and grammatically correct. Clarity, concision, careful editing, intelligent argument, and convincing use of evidence are even more important than length. Polished final work results from working ahead of time, multiple drafts, and careful editing.Pick an analytical question from a list I provide and propose a good answer to it—a thesis—based on your reading, thinking, and research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a compare-and-contrast approach.
o Final paper is 5-6 pages (approximately 1500-1800 words) (typed, double-spaced, 10- or 12-point font). Page length for the final paper includes the bibliography page(s) and footnotes or endnotes.
o Format: Use either a title page or title block on the first page (only) that contains your name, the course, course professor, assignment, and date. Put your name and a page number on every page. Use the computer’s header function and number pagination to let it automatically do this for you.
(1) Topic and Question: The topic of your paper and the precise research question that your paper will answer. Your question should be answerable, but not definitively. The questions could come from the course readings or class, or through your own further outside reading for the class. I strongly recommend seeking approval for the topic well before this assignment is due. The more detailed and specific the topic, the better.
(2) Thesis: Present a question and propose a good answer to it (a thesis) based on your research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a superficialcompare-and-contrast approach.
(3) Evidence: that you use to argue for your thesis. See “evidence” and “sources” below for more.
(4) Counterargument: Include a plausible counterargument and your tentative response to that counterargument. You may do this at the beginning or end of the paper, although usually it makes sense to do so at the beginning of the paper.
(5) Topic Sentences: Topic sentences at the beginning of each paragraph should reflect the main idea of that paragraph. Periodically, topic sentences should advance the overall argument of the paper by referring back tothe thesis.
(6) Conclusion: Make a claim in the conclusion about the importance of your thesis, your paper’s overallargument. Explain why a skeptical reader with “so what?” on her mind should be interested in your paper. Whatnew point are you making to the ongoing debate about your topic?
o Evidence: Be objective by fairly considering multiple approaches to the topic, even though you will be arguing for only one with your thesis. Consider as much of the evidence as you can before drawing conclusions and be open to changing your mind as you are doing your research and compiling your evidence. Be sure to include citations (in footnotes or endnotes [not both]) when you introduce facts, ideas, and arguments (not just quotations) drawn from sources you have read. Use block quotations for those over four lines but avoid if at all possible—break up lengthy quotations. To cite your sources, you must use Chicago/Turabian style. For details about how to cite properly, see Canvas. Some more in-depthuseful references:
– Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012.
– Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 8th ed. Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 2013.
– The Chicago Manual of Style. 16th edition.
o Sources: Make use of the course readings as well as outside scholarly, non-internet sources, unless you are doing a review, in which case you only need the book you are reviewing and at least two (2) scholarly reviews, preferably from academic journals. The prospectus and final paper requires five (5) outside sources. See the FAU library databases and web site for links to obtain books, journal articles,and book reviews: http://www.fau.edu/library.
o Composition: I expect your writing to be clear and grammatically correct. Clarity, concision, careful editing, intelligent argument, and convincing use of evidence are even more important than length. Polished final work results from working ahead of time, multiple drafts, and careful editing.Pick an analytical question from a list I provide and propose a good answer to it—a thesis—based on your reading, thinking, and research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a compare-and-contrast approach.
o Final paper is 5-6 pages (approximately 1500-1800 words) (typed, double-spaced, 10- or 12-point font). Page length for the final paper includes the bibliography page(s) and footnotes or endnotes.
o Format: Use either a title page or title block on the first page (only) that contains your name, the course, course professor, assignment, and date. Put your name and a page number on every page. Use the computer’s header function and number pagination to let it automatically do this for you.
(1) Topic and Question: The topic of your paper and the precise research question that your paper will answer. Your question should be answerable, but not definitively. The questions could come from the course readings or class, or through your own further outside reading for the class. I strongly recommend seeking approval for the topic well before this assignment is due. The more detailed and specific the topic, the better.
(2) Thesis: Present a question and propose a good answer to it (a thesis) based on your research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a superficialcompare-and-contrast approach.
(3) Evidence: that you use to argue for your thesis. See “evidence” and “sources” below for more.
(4) Counterargument: Include a plausible counterargument and your tentative response to that counterargument. You may do this at the beginning or end of the paper, although usually it makes sense to do so at the beginning of the paper.
(5) Topic Sentences: Topic sentences at the beginning of each paragraph should reflect the main idea of that paragraph. Periodically, topic sentences should advance the overall argument of the paper by referring back tothe thesis.
(6) Conclusion: Make a claim in the conclusion about the importance of your thesis, your paper’s overallargument. Explain why a skeptical reader with “so what?” on her mind should be interested in your paper. Whatnew point are you making to the ongoing debate about your topic?
o Evidence: Be objective by fairly considering multiple approaches to the topic, even though you will be arguing for only one with your thesis. Consider as much of the evidence as you can before drawing conclusions and be open to changing your mind as you are doing your research and compiling your evidence. Be sure to include citations (in footnotes or endnotes [not both]) when you introduce facts, ideas, and arguments (not just quotations) drawn from sources you have read. Use block quotations for those over four lines but avoid if at all possible—break up lengthy quotations. To cite your sources, you must use Chicago/Turabian style. For details about how to cite properly, see Canvas. Some more in-depthuseful references:
– Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012.
– Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 8th ed. Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 2013.
– The Chicago Manual of Style. 16th edition.
o Sources: Make use of the course readings as well as outside scholarly, non-internet sources, unless you are doing a review, in which case you only need the book you are reviewing and at least two (2) scholarly reviews, preferably from academic journals. The prospectus and final paper requires five (5) outside sources. See the FAU library databases and web site for links to obtain books, journal articles,and book reviews: http://www.fau.edu/library.
o Composition: I expect your writing to be clear and grammatically correct. Clarity, concision, careful editing, intelligent argument, and convincing use of evidence are even more important than length. Polished final work results from working ahead of time, multiple drafts, and careful editing.Pick an analytical question from a list I provide and propose a good answer to it—a thesis—based on your reading, thinking, and research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a compare-and-contrast approach.
o Final paper is 5-6 pages (approximately 1500-1800 words) (typed, double-spaced, 10- or 12-point font). Page length for the final paper includes the bibliography page(s) and footnotes or endnotes.
o Format: Use either a title page or title block on the first page (only) that contains your name, the course, course professor, assignment, and date. Put your name and a page number on every page. Use the computer’s header function and number pagination to let it automatically do this for you.
(1) Topic and Question: The topic of your paper and the precise research question that your paper will answer. Your question should be answerable, but not definitively. The questions could come from the course readings or class, or through your own further outside reading for the class. I strongly recommend seeking approval for the topic well before this assignment is due. The more detailed and specific the topic, the better.
(2) Thesis: Present a question and propose a good answer to it (a thesis) based on your research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a superficialcompare-and-contrast approach.
(3) Evidence: that you use to argue for your thesis. See “evidence” and “sources” below for more.
(4) Counterargument: Include a plausible counterargument and your tentative response to that counterargument. You may do this at the beginning or end of the paper, although usually it makes sense to do so at the beginning of the paper.
(5) Topic Sentences: Topic sentences at the beginning of each paragraph should reflect the main idea of that paragraph. Periodically, topic sentences should advance the overall argument of the paper by referring back tothe thesis.
(6) Conclusion: Make a claim in the conclusion about the importance of your thesis, your paper’s overallargument. Explain why a skeptical reader with “so what?” on her mind should be interested in your paper. Whatnew point are you making to the ongoing debate about your topic?
o Evidence: Be objective by fairly considering multiple approaches to the topic, even though you will be arguing for only one with your thesis. Consider as much of the evidence as you can before drawing conclusions and be open to changing your mind as you are doing your research and compiling your evidence. Be sure to include citations (in footnotes or endnotes [not both]) when you introduce facts, ideas, and arguments (not just quotations) drawn from sources you have read. Use block quotations for those over four lines but avoid if at all possible—break up lengthy quotations. To cite your sources, you must use Chicago/Turabian style. For details about how to cite properly, see Canvas. Some more in-depthuseful references:
– Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012.
– Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 8th ed. Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 2013.
– The Chicago Manual of Style. 16th edition.
o Sources: Make use of the course readings as well as outside scholarly, non-internet sources, unless you are doing a review, in which case you only need the book you are reviewing and at least two (2) scholarly reviews, preferably from academic journals. The prospectus and final paper requires five (5) outside sources. See the FAU library databases and web site for links to obtain books, journal articles,and book reviews: http://www.fau.edu/library.
o Composition: I expect your writing to be clear and grammatically correct. Clarity, concision, careful editing, intelligent argument, and convincing use of evidence are even more important than length. Polished final work results from working ahead of time, multiple drafts, and careful editing.Pick an analytical question from a list I provide and propose a good answer to it—a thesis—based on your reading, thinking, and research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a compare-and-contrast approach.
o Final paper is 5-6 pages (approximately 1500-1800 words) (typed, double-spaced, 10- or 12-point font). Page length for the final paper includes the bibliography page(s) and footnotes or endnotes.
o Format: Use either a title page or title block on the first page (only) that contains your name, the course, course professor, assignment, and date. Put your name and a page number on every page. Use the computer’s header function and number pagination to let it automatically do this for you.
(1) Topic and Question: The topic of your paper and the precise research question that your paper will answer. Your question should be answerable, but not definitively. The questions could come from the course readings or class, or through your own further outside reading for the class. I strongly recommend seeking approval for the topic well before this assignment is due. The more detailed and specific the topic, the better.
(2) Thesis: Present a question and propose a good answer to it (a thesis) based on your research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a superficialcompare-and-contrast approach.
(3) Evidence: that you use to argue for your thesis. See “evidence” and “sources” below for more.
(4) Counterargument: Include a plausible counterargument and your tentative response to that counterargument. You may do this at the beginning or end of the paper, although usually it makes sense to do so at the beginning of the paper.
(5) Topic Sentences: Topic sentences at the beginning of each paragraph should reflect the main idea of that paragraph. Periodically, topic sentences should advance the overall argument of the paper by referring back tothe thesis.
(6) Conclusion: Make a claim in the conclusion about the importance of your thesis, your paper’s overallargument. Explain why a skeptical reader with “so what?” on her mind should be interested in your paper. Whatnew point are you making to the ongoing debate about your topic?
o Evidence: Be objective by fairly considering multiple approaches to the topic, even though you will be arguing for only one with your thesis. Consider as much of the evidence as you can before drawing conclusions and be open to changing your mind as you are doing your research and compiling your evidence. Be sure to include citations (in footnotes or endnotes [not both]) when you introduce facts, ideas, and arguments (not just quotations) drawn from sources you have read. Use block quotations for those over four lines but avoid if at all possible—break up lengthy quotations. To cite your sources, you must use Chicago/Turabian style. For details about how to cite properly, see Canvas. Some more in-depthuseful references:
– Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012.
– Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 8th ed. Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 2013.
– The Chicago Manual of Style. 16th edition.
o Sources: Make use of the course readings as well as outside scholarly, non-internet sources, unless you are doing a review, in which case you only need the book you are reviewing and at least two (2) scholarly reviews, preferably from academic journals. The prospectus and final paper requires five (5) outside sources. See the FAU library databases and web site for links to obtain books, journal articles,and book reviews: http://www.fau.edu/library.
o Composition: I expect your writing to be clear and grammatically correct. Clarity, concision, careful editing, intelligent argument, and convincing use of evidence are even more important than length. Polished final work results from working ahead of time, multiple drafts, and careful editing.Pick an analytical question from a list I provide and propose a good answer to it—a thesis—based on your reading, thinking, and research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a compare-and-contrast approach.
o Final paper is 5-6 pages (approximately 1500-1800 words) (typed, double-spaced, 10- or 12-point font). Page length for the final paper includes the bibliography page(s) and footnotes or endnotes.
o Format: Use either a title page or title block on the first page (only) that contains your name, the course, course professor, assignment, and date. Put your name and a page number on every page. Use the computer’s header function and number pagination to let it automatically do this for you.
(1) Topic and Question: The topic of your paper and the precise research question that your paper will answer. Your question should be answerable, but not definitively. The questions could come from the course readings or class, or through your own further outside reading for the class. I strongly recommend seeking approval for the topic well before this assignment is due. The more detailed and specific the topic, the better.
(2) Thesis: Present a question and propose a good answer to it (a thesis) based on your research. You should evaluate the interpretive debates concerning the subject you choose and give your reasons for supporting one interpretation over another. I expect an analytical essay, not merely a descriptive narrative or a superficialcompare-and-contrast approach.
(3) Evidence: that you use to argue for your thesis. See “evidence” and “sources” below for more.
(4) Counterargument: Include a plausible counterargument and your tentative response to that counterargument. You may do this at the beginning or end of the paper, although usually it makes sense to do so at the beginning of the paper.
(5) Topic Sentences: Topic sentences at the beginning of each paragraph should reflect the main idea of that paragraph. Periodically, topic sentences should advance the overall argument of the paper by referring back tothe thesis.
(6) Conclusion: Make a claim in the conclusion about the importance of your thesis, your paper’s overallargument. Explain why a skeptical reader with “so what?” on her mind should be interested in your paper. Whatnew point are you making to the ongoing debate about your topic?
o Evidence: Be objective by fairly considering multiple approaches to the topic, even though you will be arguing for only one with your thesis. Consider as much of the evidence as you can before drawing conclusions and be open to changing your mind as you are doing your research and compiling your evidence. Be sure to include citations (in footnotes or endnotes [not both]) when you introduce facts, ideas, and arguments (not just quotations) drawn from sources you have read. Use block quotations for those over four lines but avoid if at all possible—break up lengthy quotations. To cite your sources, you must use Chicago/Turabian style. For details about how to cite properly, see Canvas. Some more in-depthuseful references:
– Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. 7th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2012.
– Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 8th ed. Chicago:University of Chicago Press, 2013.
– The Chicago Manual of Style. 16th edition.
o Sources: Make use of the course readings as well as outside scholarly, non-internet sources, unless you are doing a review, in which case you only need the book you are reviewing and at least two (2) scholarly reviews, preferably from academic journals. The prospectus and final paper requires five (5) outside sources. See the FAU library databases and web site for links to obtain books, journal articles,and book reviews: http://www.fau.edu/library.
o Composition: I expect your writing to be clear and grammatically correct. Clarity, concision, careful editing, intelligent argument, and convincing use of evidence are even more important than length. Polished final work results from working ahead of time, multiple drafts, and careful editing.