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How To Write A History Paper

How To Write A History Paper. By Dallin F. Hardy. Parameters 3 Pages Typed 12 point font Times New Roman 1” Margins Double Spaced Due Friday September 25. General Expectations. Six Writing Traits Ideas and Content Voice Sentence Fluency Conventions Word Choice Organization.

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How To Write A History Paper

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  1. How To Write A History Paper By Dallin F. Hardy

  2. Parameters 3 Pages Typed 12 point font Times New Roman 1” Margins Double Spaced Due Friday September 25 General Expectations

  3. Six Writing Traits Ideas and Content Voice Sentence Fluency Conventions Word Choice Organization

  4. Paper Layout Introduction State your thesis Body 3-5 key points Transitions from one point to another Conclusion Restate theses from the introduction State your conclusion

  5. Top Left hand corner on the first page of the paper Single spaced Name Title of the Paper Class Period Date Teachers Name i.e. Mr. Hardy Institution i.e. Morgan High School

  6. Notes • Research • Books • Magazines • Articles • Newspapers • Encyclopedias • Journals • Letters • Need 10 notes for each page • Due • Tuesday September 22

  7. Citation Use the Turabian Style Chicago style Write these citations as footnotes throughout your paper

  8. Footnote example • Pedro Castillo, James West Davidson, and Michael B. Stoff, The American Nation (New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2002), 94-95.

  9. Using Microsoft Word 2003 Insert Reference Footnote Insert Using Microsoft Word 2007 References Insert Endnote

  10. Cite Quotes Summaries Ideas Concepts

  11. Quotes No longer than three lines Cite as a footnote Use Quotation marks “” Don’t use lots of quotes

  12. Summaries Putting information into your own words Does not need quotation marks Do not just change a couple words of the text Put the citation at the end of the summary

  13. “Another Puritan who challenged the leaders of Massachusetts Bay was Roger Willliams. A young minister in the village of Salem, Williams was gentle and good-natured. Most people, including Governor Winthrop, liked him. Williams’s ideas, however, alarmed Puritan leaders.” Quote Another Puritan who rivaled the leaders of Massachusetts Bay was Roger Willliams. A youthful preacher in the town of Salem, Williams was nice and good-hearted. The majority, including Governor Winthrop, liked him. Williams’s notions, however, troubled Puritan leaders. Plagiarized summery Not a summary: Plagiarism!

  14. “Another Puritan who challenged the leaders of Massachusetts Bay was Roger Willliams. A young minister in the village of Salem, Williams was gentle and good-natured. Most people, including Governor Winthrop, liked him. Williams’s ideas, however, alarmed Puritan leaders.” Quote Roger Williams was a Puritan minister in the colony of Massachusetts. While he was cordial and friendly, some were concerned about his ideas and philosophies, especially among high ranking Puritans. Summery of Quote Still needs to be cited

  15. Ideas and concepts from other authors Put the citation at the end of your summary of their idea or concept

  16. What does not need to be cited? General information The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776 Jamestown was settled in 1607

  17. Do not use 1st person in your writing “I” “I think” “I feel that” “I found that”

  18. Plagiarism Cut and pasting other people’s work Copying others work Not citing the source of information Not using quotes on a quotation Not sufficiently summarizing texts Not citing a summery

  19. If you plagiarize you will receive a “0” on your paper

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