ENG 105 Unit 3 Humanities 2004

                     Essay 4 Research Paper on Recent History
                        

Bring to class: SF Writer, WID (when needed), folders, handouts, all work( printed), main sources.

Show your instructor all your work at least once a week, or final paper can’t be accepted.

ENG 105 Essay 4 Academic Research Paper on Event or Situation in Recent History

Goals and Requirements

As you research, focus, write, revise, and work independently and in groups, on this Academic Research Paper,
you commit to an extended project and engage in critical reading, writing, research, and presentation.
To succeed, commit 6-8 hours a week, organize your time, keep written records & photocopies,
write from abundance, be flexible, & use resources.

Use online guide for history writing, http://academic.bowdoin.edu/WritingGuides/.

format:

         title (use title page: see handbook)

        introduction (hook, definitions) and thesis sentence(s) or question (s)

        body: 3-5 sections of historical narration & cause/effect analysis (order varies; subheads OK)           
               (paragraphs use and explain notes: paraphrases/summaries, some quotes)

I. the historical event or situation, or personal or group experience (narration)

                II. the main causes (long-term and immediate, unique and broad) [before or after event]

                III. short-term and long-term effects or the impact and significance of event,

       conclusion

       Works Cited /MLA: 5-8 varied sources: oral, print, online, media; 2+ primary/2+ secondary* (2 web OK)

       (optional: as appendix or in the paper: tables, figures, diagrams, scanned images)

                            *primary sources                                                     *secondary sources

interview(yours/published)of participant/witnessinterview with an authority on the subject

letter, speech, document, report by participant article fr. a magazine or journal(online or printed)

               literary work by a participant or contemporary      documentary or instructional film

               news report by a journalist-observer                             essay or section fr. a historian’s published book

Evaluation: The grade is based on ENG 105 Expository Writing Criteria (in 105 Writing Guide)

Topics: Chose a recent, specific historical event or situation that is related to your life and interests:

              your family, town, talents, work, activities, college major, career plans, passions, or problems.

Specific Historical Events and Situations: suggestions and past papers

--a recent public event: September 11 or Afghan or Iraq war: why/how of attack or invasion; impact on Ft.  Bragg,
Fayetteville,air travel, popular culture, patriotism, privacy & surveillance, education & books,etc       
--an earlier historical event: rise or fall of Berlin Wall, event in Vietnam War; liberation of Dachau by U.S.              
bombing of Dresden, Hiroshima bomb, Auschwitz evacuation, Six Day War, Easter Rebellion . . .

       a Civil Rights incident: Brown vs B of Ed., Birmingham church, Montgomery bus, Little Rock 9, Klan rout

       a high-profile crime/terror incident: Columbine, OJ Simpson, DC sniper, rise of Capone, St. Valentine mass.

       a (natural) disaster: an NC Hurricane, Mount St. Helens, Challenger or Columbia

       a scientific or technological breakthrough: discovery of penicillin, AIDS, atom bomb, jet plane, cell phone

       a sports event: Dean Smith retires, Red Sox win World Series, disputed Olympic medal

       art/cultural event: Elvis show, Beatles arrival in US, specific album release, breakup; Jim Morrison death

       a specific controversy (don’t argue, explain): a major court decision, oil drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge