20thCentury World
Paper #1
HistoricallyThemedResearchPaper: A War of the Twentieth Century
The 20thcenturycould be defined by the many wars that took place duringit;the student will become a “scholar” on the conflict of his/her choice.
Selectone of the following:
Topic :First IndochinaWar(1946)
Your paper must beat least5pages(but not longer than 6), typedusing a standard 12-point font(no bold font), double spaced,usingone-inch margins on all sides of the page, left-justify. Indent the first line of each paragraph.Number the pages consecutively,number your first page of text page #1, donot number your cover page.Do not place a space betweenparagraphs.Long quotes, more than 3 typed lines, must be indented and single spaced.Staple your paper and do not include a plastic cover.
Your paper must be properly citedwithfootnotes orendnotes using the Chicago/Turabian citing style.Also, you mustincludeaseparate Bibliography
*Any paper submitted without citations or a proper bibliography will receive an automatic grade of“F”. Likewise aplagiarizedessay will also result in a grade of“F”andwill be reported to the Dean of Studentsfor further action.
All Web sources must be cited properly! This includes giving the last date the article was modified and/or the date the student accessed the article. The student must also give proper page or paragraph numbers for anything cited off the web. Failure to do so will result in a lower grade and could be considered plagiarism!
Includeatitle pageandat leasttwomapsof your war(this is in addition to the 5page minimum of written text).Themaps shouldbe included as an addendum at the back of your paper,do notinclude themin the body of your paper.
Failure to follow these basic paper writing guidelines will result in a lower grade on your paper.
•Do not use Google Docs to format your paper as it cannotdo it and you will lose points for not following direction.
Sources of Information must include at least one;
a.Primary Sourceb.Printed Bookc.A second printed source (book, newspaper, letter, journal article, etc.)
The body ofyourpaper must analyzethe three following topics:
A.The background of your War.(Whatwere the causes of yourwar?)B.Theactual fighting of your War.(The on the ground fightingof your war, major battles etc.)C.The historical importance of your War. (Why is your war important to the history of the 20thcentury?)
Due date: assigned in class
*All papers must be submitted intwo formats, (1) electronically viaTURNITINon Moodle,and (2)a hard copy of your paper submitted byyoupersonally onthe due date.Any paper that is not submittedvia turnitin willnotbe graded and considered as plagiarized.
*subject to change