1930s Research Project

(see the following two pages)

Research papers must be at least 5 paragraphs long, totaling one
and a half to two pages tped in 1! pt font si"e# $he purpose of
the paper is to inform the reader of the most rele%ant and most
important information regarding the 1930s topic chosen# &nl the
most important information relating to the person's life or to the
e%ent should be included# (or e)ample, the dates of someone's
birth or death or when he*she got married should not be included
unless it is rele%ant to his or her contribution to that time period
or to toda# $he essa should also be organi"ed in the following
manner+
1
st
Paragraph, -ses a general,to,speci.c introduction or another
tpe of introductor techni/ue that will put the topic in the
perspecti%e of the times# 0t can pro%ide some bac1ground
information on the 2reat 3epression era, for e)ample# $hen, the
thesis statement which states the speci.c topic chosen and the
controlling idea of the essa must be at the end of the
introductor paragraph# (or e)ample, 4&ne of the most important
e%ents that too1 place during the 1930s was the
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!
nd
and 3
rd
Paragraphs, 7ere is where the majorit of the
information researched should be included# 0t must be
paraphrased and summari"ed# 8o /uotes can be used in this
paper#
9
th
Paragraph, :hows what impact this person or e%ent had on the
1930s# 0n other words, wh is it important to 1now about this
e%ent or person; (or e)ample, wh was it one of the most
important e%ents of the 1930s;
5
th
Paragraph, Relates this e%ent or person's life to toda< it shows
a connection to toda's world# $his part of the essa is where the
writer includes his*her own interpretation and re=ection of the
e%ent or person's life# 0t applies the 1nowledge gained from the
research to e%ents toda#
>ore than 5 paragraphs can be used to complete the following
guidelines< howe%er, fewer than 5 paragraphs is not acceptable#
Research Paper 2uidelines
Presentation (15pts)
&ne and a half to two pages (5,? paragraphs), tped, single,
spaced using 1! pt# $imes 8ew Roman or e/ui%alent font
0ncludes proper heading and title
8eat, clean appearance
@on%entions (!0pts#)
-ses accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation
Aibliograph (Bor1s @ited) includes at least two citations+
:ources must be from the librar's 2ale 2roup databases#
Bor1s are cited in alphabetical order#
(or in,te)t citations, the boo1 and page numbers from which
that particular summar of information was ta1en is in
parentheses before the period (Cl @apone Diolence, 11?,
119)# (or sources ta1en from 2ale 2roup database, no page
numbers are used (Cl @apone Encclopedia)#
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o Refer to website (Purdue's &nline Briting Fab) for
e)planation and samples of in,te)t and bibliographic
citations#
0deas*@ontent (!0pts#)
$opic is shown in the conte)t of the 1930s and paper
e)plains the rele%ant importance of the topic to the time
period of the research and of toda#
0n Gour &wn Bords (!5pts#)
Paper is written in the student's own words and an
information from the material researched is paraphrased or
summari"ed# (8ote+ Plagiari"ed papers will recei%e a 3 or (
letter grade depending on the amount of information
plagiari"ed#)
&rgani"ation (!0pts#)
:ee guidelines abo%e#