Research Paper Information

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Format/Style: Use the Modern Language Association (MLA) Format

Length of Paper: At least 5-typed, double-spaced pages (but, no more than 10-pages in length).

Sources: At least 5 references should be used with citations made in the body of your report and a separate page listing all of your citations used in your report.

Topics: Paper topics are due to the instructor for approval no later than the 3rd week of the class. Your topics must be derived from a U. S. history subject(s) covered during the course. Your papers are due to the instructor no later than the 8th week of the course.

The paper is worth 20% of your total grade. Points will be deducted from those papers that are submitted late and do not follow the MLA format and other criteria as mentioned above.

Research paper must be submitted in Rich Text Format.  If you do not know how to do this, follow the instructions below:

To learn how to create an RTF file click here, or follow the instructions below.

Create your document in your word processor
Click File
Click Save As
Give the document a name of eight letters or less with no spaces, and then allow the word processor to put the extension it wishes on your document. Do not put a period or anything after the period when naming your document.
Click inside Save As File Type and choose Rich Text Format. (Doing this will make your file readable by your teacher, if you ever have to take it to him. It is always a good idea to save a file using this format if you are going to share the file with anyone else.)
 

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