ENGLISH 3
SEMESTER 2
MACARE
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HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION RESEARCH PAPER
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YOU ARE TO COMPOSE A RESEARCH PAPER BASED ON SOME HISTORICAL
OCCURRENCE DURING THE 20'S OR THE 40'S. YOU ARE TO NOT ONLY RESEARCH THE
TOPIC, BUT ALSO GO INTO SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EVENT. THE IDEA
IS TO NOT JUST RELATE A HISTORICAL EVENT, BUT ALSO TO INTERPRET SAID EVENT.
THE PAPER MUST CONTAIN RESEARCH FROM REPUTABLE SOURCES. THE PAPER
MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF FIVE SOURCES, TWO OF WHICH MUST BE A BOOK.
THE PAPER MUST ADHERE TO MLA FORMAT, AND CONTAIN 10-12 PARENTHETICAL
CITATIONS.
THE PAPER SHOULD BE 4-6 PAGES IN LENGTH, AND CONTAIN A WORKS CITED PAGE.
THE PAPER MUST CONTAIN AN OUTLINE.
ALL PAPERS MUST BE TYPEWRITTEN, DOUBLE SPACES, AND ADHERE PERFECTLY TO
MLA FORMATTING STANDARDS. YOU WILL NEED TO GET 3 BY 5 NOTECARDS FOR
RECORDING RESEARCH.
A GOOD PAPER WILL:
~CONTAIN A HOOK OF 3-5 SENTECNES TO GRAB THE READER'S ATTENTION
~CONTAIN A STRONG, WELL DEVELOPED THESIS
~CONTAIN A MINIMUM OF 7-8 PARAGRAPHS
~CONTAIN WELL DEVELOPED BODY PARAGRAPHS THAT TIE INTO THESIS
~SHOW CONTROL OVER GRAMMAR,WORD CHOICE, AND MECHANICS
~BE FREE OF SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION ERRORS
~SHOW SOPHISTICATION IN INTERPRETING EVIDENCE
~ CONTAIN A CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH THAT SUMMARIZES AND
UNIVERSALIZES
IDEAS
PHROHIBITION, RISE OF ORGANIZED CRIME, GOLDEN AGE, INVENTIONS, ARTS,
ENTERTAINMENT, AVIATION ADVANCES, INDUSTRY ADVANCES, SPECIFIC BATTLES,
POLITICAL MANEUVERING, CATASTROPHE.