Research Project Prompt

Student’s Name

World History, Andrews

Research Paper

Date

Original Title for your Paper

            This semester, you have the opportunity to dive more deeply into a specific element of human history that interests you. You will do this by defining a research topic and completing your research on that topic. You should choose a topic that you find not only interesting but also share-worthy. In other words, you can see yourself using the knowledge you acquire to educate a friend, colleague, family member or the public about your topic. We will review examples of topics during our in-class workshop.

            Your paper must be 6 double-spaced pages in length + Bibliography and contain the following named sections:

Introduction – maximum of 1 page;

Deep Historical Dive Into the Topic – minimum of 3 pages;

Relevance Today – maximum of 1 page;

Shareworthiness Experience – maximum of 1 page;

Bibliography – minimum of 6 scholarly sources for your research.

             Margins no greater than 1 inch, please. Please note that you MUST include proper in-text citations for all quoted or paraphrased material.

Examples of Format for Bibliographic Entries

Aurelius, Marcus. “Meditations.” In Heritage of Western Civilizations. Ed. John L. Beatty and Oliver A. Johnson. Vol 1. 8^th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 1995. 212-220.