Research Requirements:
You will need to use at least two (2) primary sources for your research topic.
You will need to use at least three (3) secondary sources for your research topic. (See below for definitions of a secondary source). Preference is for academic articles found in scholarly journals.
You will also need to find at least one image that is relevant to your research topic. This image can be either a primary or secondary source, although a primary source image is preferred.
If you are using a secondary source image, it should be an image that is created for academic purposes to help support your research (a modern map, etc).
Writing Requirements:
Your essay must be formatted using 1” margins for all margins (top, bottom, left and right).
Your essay should be typed using 12pt. Times New Roman font.
Your essay needs to be double-spaced.
Please do not include any headers (your name, course, date, paper title) on any written pages of your essay.
Your research essay should be accompanied by a cover sheet that states your paper title, your name, your course, and date.
All of your sources should be cited using the Chicago/Turabian method. MLA will not be accepted!
You must cite your sources using either footnotes or endnotes formatted in the Chicago/Turabian citation method. Please select either footnotes or endnotes based upon personal preference, just remember to be consistent throughout your essay with your citation method. Parenthetical reference is not permitted.
If possible, you will want to try to incorporate your image into your essay by embedding it into the text. Otherwise, placing the image at the end of your document is acceptable (after the conclusion and before your Works Cited/Bibliography page).
Your image should include a caption that describes the image and its relevance to your topic, this caption to your image should be at least 150 words. This word count does not count toward the overall word count of your essay.
You must include a Works Cited/Bibliography page at the end of the document. Be sure you are documenting all sources used for your research paper, including your image source in this section. There should be agreement between the sources you document in this section and the sources you cite in your footnotes/endnotes.
Research Objectives & Questions to be Discussed in Your Essay: (Incorporate these questions in the writing of your essay.)
Why did you select this event?
What were both the short- and long-term effects of this historical event?
Who all were impacted/affected by this historical event?
How was history changed by this event?
If you were to imagine a different outcome or reaction to your event, what do you suppose might have been a different outcome in the short- and long-term?
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