Posted: December 7th, 2022

HIS 200-002

HIS 200-002
Fall 2022
Research Paper Instructions:
– Students are expected to submit a 7-10 page research paper at the end of the semester.
o Title page (not included in page count)
▪ Title
▪ Your Name
▪ Date
▪ Department (social and behavioral sciences)
▪ College
▪ Semester
▪ Course and Section
o 1-2 pages introduction (thesis, main ideas)
▪ The thesis statement is the overall claim/argument for your paper. You
should have 2-3 main ideas (evidence) to corroborate your overall claim.
Explain how your evidence validates your claim.
o 2-3 pages historiography
▪ The historiography are the secondary sources you research that covers
your topic. Discuss how these works are vital to your research. What do
they provide, and what are these works missing.
o 1-2 pages methodology
▪ Describe your research; what are you looking at; what journals, archives,
libraries, museums, etc. you are using to write your paper. What primary
resources are you looking at…
o 1-2 conclusion
▪ What have you learned from your research; what have you concluded
from the information you uncovered.
o 1-2 bibliography
– Citations (footnotes or endnotes) and bibliography must be in Chicago style format.
– Page numbers
Important Dates:
• August 29th
– Thesis Statement
• October 12th
– Bibliography
• November 2nd
– Outline
• November 16th
– First Draft
• November 30th
– Second Draft
• December 19th
– Final Paper

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