* Your paper must be 5 full, typed pages (text), double-spaced, 12 pt font Times New Roman, with one inch margins. Maps, illustrations, etc. are in addition to the pages of text. *Your paper must have a works cited page with a minimum of THREE solid sources. DO NOT USE your textbook, general encyclopedias or an on-line or CD encyclopedia (like Grolier, Wikipedia or Encarta) as a cited source in your paper. You should use both printed and online sources, BUT ONLY 1 OF YOUR SOURCES CAN BE FROM A WEBSITE! *You MUST include citations in the body of your paper to indicate the source of all the information you used from your research sources. A list of your sources on the Works Cited page IS NOT ENOUGH. *IMPORTANT: I do not want you to write just description or a biography of a person. History is not just what happened, but why and how it happened, and the significance. How did things change? Why did they stay the same? Choose your topic, do your research, then develop your own position, argument or opinion and use your research to support your position. *WRITE IN THE PAST TENSE. To avoid confusion in which verb tense to use, I recommend writing in the past tense throughout your paper. *Your paper should present a combination of historical fact and analysis (analysis is simply how and why the individual was significant and/or important). Report the facts about your topic while developing your own argument or opinion. Analyze the facts accordingly.
