Iraq+term+paper

a. General guidelines for paper:

Due on the last day of final exam week.

(20% of your grade): 1,500 words (not counting the footnotes and bibliography), typed (hard copy), double-spaced, with properly documented footnotes and bibliography (at least 15 solid sources).

b. Grading Rubric http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Grading+Rubric

c. Topic selection and content analysis

Think of your paper as a case study.

I want you to gain an understanding of how bureaucratic/political decisions get made by people--not in a vacuum and usually messy--and how those decisions are then critiqued, attacked, and defended (spin control) in our political system.

Take one event from our timelines. Notice the headings on this timeline: []

US side primarily: decisions, power struggles On the ground in Iraq or Afghanistan as necessary

Try to get at the following: Who, what, when, where, why, how What result What effect

Example of a possible term paper topic: What were the factors/people/controversies involved in the U.S. decision to disband the Iraqi army in 2003?

How to get your sources: Follow the leads on our timeline capsule summary (interview)

Use Washington Post and New York Times as base resources.

Use the Lexis Nexis (Lexis Nexis) database for other articles []

Different points of view to round out your coverage.

Finding Opinions, Editorials, and Opposing Viewpoints (University of Texas) []

Leanings of Magazines and Newspapers (Lorain County Community College) []

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