History

In this semester, you will write 1 "Themed" Research Paper worth 60 points. A list of historical themes has been provided and you may choose any theme as the basis for your paper. You will pick 3 events, eras, topics, or persons, etc. of historical importance from each one of the 3 grading periods and write a compare/contrast research paper based on any one of the Themes in History provided below.  You are required to use a minimum of 6 scholarly sources for your research - NO WIKIPEDIA PERMITTED in citations. Your minimum 6 scholarly sources may include the course text book, my powerpoints and/or lectures, and any scholarly sources of your choosing. You may of course use more than 6 sources. 2 sources may be primary documents but it is not required. You must quote each of your sources at least once in your paper, using it to support your analysis and citing it appropriately according to a writing style guide, either parenthetically or annotated (footnotes). A properly formatted Works Cited or Bibliography must also be included. Expect to write a minimum of 2000 words, i.e. 8-10 pages double spaced, 12 pt. font Times New Roman. Remember, this is a research paper based on a theme I have provided so you must address that theme throughout the paper. This paper is due at the end of the semester. You may ask me to read your first page detailing the thesis of your paper at any time for feedback. A grading rubric has also been provided so you may "police" your paper for its mandatory elements.

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THEMES IN HISTORY

1. Geographic Determinism on the course of historical events
2. The Big “C”s ~ Conquest, Commerce, Colonization, & Conversion on the Course of History
3. Causes and Effects in History ~ “what came first, the chicken or the egg?”
4. “Shoulda, Woulda, Couldas” ~ alternate histories with alternate endings
5. Role of Economics in History ~ “money makes the world go around” or does it?
6. GREED & POWER ~ Who has it? How do they get it? What do they do with it? Why do we care?
7. Gender and History ~ “The hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world” ~ oh, really?
8. Race and History (Ethnicity and History) ~ “them versus us” scenarios
9. Religion and History ~ “My God is better than your god”
10. Role of Family in History ~ as a social, a defensive, an economic, and/or a spiritual construct
11. The Effects of Education on History ~ “I know something you don’t know . . .”
12. Individualism vs. Communalism ~ “the need of the one” or the “need of the many”?
13. WAR ~ “What was it good for?”
14. Pivot Points in History ~ “when in the course of human events . . .” ~ the course abruptly changes
15. The Power of Personality ~ Celebrities who change history
16. “One man’s VIRTUE is another man’s EVIL” ~ Extreme human acts and responses in history
17. 20/20 Historical Hindsight ~ problems seeing the past through modern eyes ~ "Had they known then, what we know now . . ."
18.  "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall..." ~ paradoxes in history ~ "heads and tails," flip sides (good & bad) of the same event, person, or place.
19. "For want of a nail . . ." ~ how technology has affected history
20. History and the Environment ~ exploiting Mother Nature and its consequences

Turabian Style Guide

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In terms of the style guide I would like you to use for your themed research paper, I am providing you here with the Turabian Writing Style Guide and a sample of a paper I just had published this summer for you to consider. It shows how sources are used in writing, the formatting of footnotes, the use of "Ibid" when a source immediately repeats,etc. This online style guide gives directions for both footnoting and parenthetical notations. Please use the Turabian style guides for footnoting (N) and the bibliography (B). Most possible kinds of sources you will use for your papers are provided in this cursory style guide.

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/turabian/turabian_citationguide.html
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