University of Kansas Slavery in United States Research Paper
Please make sure that you pick a topic to research that is connected to US History prior to 1877 some past example topics have been:
- Slavery
- Mexican American War
- Early Colonies – Virginia
- Treatment of Irish
- Removal of Natives
- Mexican American War
- Civil War
- Manifest Destiny
Remember, you do NOT want to summarize the event – you want to have an argument about the event. Or prove a new idea about the event.
You want to pick a topic that YOU are interested in learning more about. It is easier to write a paper where you have an interest about the topic. Don’t just pick an idea…think about what you are interested in learning more about.
I strongly recommend that you do NOT pick a person to write your paper about. Often students will write an autobiography about the person instead of an argumentative essay.
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Your ‘draft’ should include:
- Introduction Paragraph
- Please BOLD Text your thesis statement
- Literature Review
- https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/literaturereview (Links to an external site.)
- This would be your 2 Scholarly Articles
- Bibliography
- List all your sources that you have used so far within your paper
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Remember, this is just a draft. I will provide detailed feedback so that you can edit the paper prior to turning in your Second Draft.
DO Not include the ABSTRACT – The Abstract is written after you have completed your research…once the paper is complete. The ABSTRACT is the last thing that you write.
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The purpose of the Draft is for me to see what you are considering for your Research Topic. Make sure that you turn in something so that I can provide comments.
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Students will ONLY lose points if they do not have the following:
- Thesis
- Paragraphs that discuss their scholarly articles
- Missing Scholarly Research
I am not looking for Perfect papers…I am looking for ‘drafts’ and that students are starting to think about their papers and that students can locate ‘scholarly’ research