APUSH

Trimester B

Independent Reading Research Paper

PROOFREAD YOUR PAPER!

PROOFREAD!

•Proofreading means examining your text carefully to find and correct typographical errors and mistakes in grammar, style, and spelling

Research Paper

• Due: Friday January 22, 2016 (Week#6)

• Points: 300 (~10%)

• Follow these directions exactly for top score

• PROOFREAD!

Purpose

• Having read two significant works (ideally) within the timeframe of a particular president’s era, the purpose of the independent reading research paper is to provide the opportunity to go deeper into the history and explore a particular question/issue/interest of your own in order to be better prepared for the AP exam.

• PROOF…

Audience

• you

• your APUSH peers

• especially your APUSH teacher, Prof. Franklin

• even potential AP exam readers

• PROOFREAD!

Requirements

• word processed• 12 font (Times New

Roman)• Double spaced• 15 pages (approximately)• paginated – top right• plastic folder (NO

STAPLES!)• cover page with title,

name, class, and teacher• table of contents• in-text documentation• PROOFREAD!

Introduction (main heading, new page)

Independent Reading (subheading)•A brief description of what you read for IRs 1 and 2.• A bibliography and summary of the historiography relating to your president.(The study of historical writing)Topic (subheading) •An explanation of your topic selection and the derivation of your thesis.•PROOFREAD!

Stretch break!

Research (main heading, new page)

Your president’s name Era (subheading)eg Ronald Reagan’s Era•Contextualization – a brief account of the significant events during your president’s era (your definition).Thesis (subheading)• your thesis statement (italicized)

Findings (subheading) •your evidence, analysis and counter-arguments (published and/or your own)•YEAH, YOU KNOW!

Conclusion (main heading, new page)

• what you have learned

• what your research shows/proves

• Synthesis - where all this fits in/connects with the bigger picture of US history

• how the assignment has helped prepare you for the AP exam

• THAT’S RIGHT, PROOF…

Bibliography/Works cited

• MLA style

• include your independent reading book/s

• minimum of FIVE other sources

• PROOFREAD!

Illustrations

• 5 minimum• no maximum• captioned • may be either in body of paper

or as separate addendum after Conclusion (listed in table of contents)

• must be relevant and referenced• must include: (a) a political cartoon, poster, or ad (b) a graphic (map, graph, chart,

timeline)(c) a quote, or narrative piecePROOFREAD!