Research Paper
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Expectations:
- The core assignment of this course is a documented research paper
- 1500-2000 words in length = approx. 6 – 8 pages double spaced
- 12-point font
- The essay should support a thesis statement (making an argument) with information gained from research or investigation.
What is a Thesis?
Here's some help with writing a history research paper at the college level and writing a Thesis Statement:
It is important to choose a topic of interest to you.
- Approach this assignment with an open and skeptical mind, then form an opinion based on what you have discovered.
- You must suspend belief while you are investigating and let the discoveries shape your opinion. (This is a thesis-finding approach.)
- Once you have found your thesis, write the paper to support it.
You will use some of the following critical thinking skills in this process:
- Choosing an appropriate topic, limiting the topic
- Gathering information, summarizing sources
- Analyzing and evaluating sources
- Defining key terms
- Synthesizing information, comparing and contrasting sources
- Testing a thesis, making an historical argument, using refutationan historical argument, using refutation
- Amassing support for a position
- Documenting sources
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