Syllabus+draft

Term Paper

Peer-reviewed articles "What is a Scholarly Article?" (University of Washington) []

Mining bibliographies (Norwich University) []

LINK+

EBSCO Academic Search Premier (Front Range Community College) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_jdAA4uRiY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

America: History and Life (Norwich University Library) []

Project Muse (Virginia Tech Libraries) []

Lexis Nexis (Lexis Nexis) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZg3tqBC17E&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Colonial America

Search block

Main term Select a field (or search within titles) AND (OR) AND (OR)

Pose a specific question you are trying to answer: What were the characteristics of childhood education in colonial Pennsylvania.

What were the factors/people in the United States deciding to abolish the Iraqi army in 2003?

Possible search terms

Religion in colonial america/colonial Virginia/colonial Massachusetts/colonial Pennsylvania Education in colonial america Family in colonial america military in colonial america

Quick search: religion in colonial virginia

"An Entire Affection and Attachment to our Excellent Constitution": The Anglican Political Culture of British Virginia. [follow Full-text finder to Pro Quest] [use the footnotes to get other sources]

Pursuing happiness in colonial Virginia: sacred words, cheap print, and popular religion in the eighteenth century [use the footnotes to get other sources]

CHURCH AND STATE--VIRGINIA--HISTORY RELIGION--HISTORY--VIRGINIA VIRGINIA--HISTORY--COLONIAL PERIOD, CA. 1600-1775 Virginia -- History Virginia -- Religious aspects

Iraq

II. Term Paper

Here is what I propose for your consideration about how to narrow your range of doable options and deal with a topic that will add to what we are learning in class.

Do your paper on one incident from the timelines we are using right now in class sessions. (Grace excepted, and if any one else has a convincing reason--a lot of research already done).

Analyze all sides of this one issue so that you could give a presentation to the Chamber of Commerce of Azusa explaining the decision you have researched.

For example:

What were the factors/people/controversies involved in the U.S. decision to disband the Iraqi army in 2003?

1500 words. Use at least 15 solid sources.

Use the Lexis Nexis (Lexis Nexis) database http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZg3tqBC17E&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Use the Military and Government collection in EBSCO EBSCO Academic Search Premier (Front Range Community College) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_jdAA4uRiY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Thesis statement: Your first or second paragraph must include a clear thesis statement or question and may include the words, “This paper will consider. . .” For example: “This paper will consider the debate about current U.S. policy in Afghanistan, and assess the various participants’ recommendations.”

Sources: It is expected that you will do substantial reading in researching this paper. A strong paper for this assignment will have the following:

At least three primary sources, including any of the following: references to relevant portions of the constitution of your country, published laws, published speeches, policy papers or other documents, or published interviews with government officials, bureaucrats, or candidates for office from the countries you are covering, or even an interview you have done yourself with a bona fide candidate or government official from the country. On the web, anything w/ a “dot gov” ending is good. (Note that a news article that includes a few quotations from a government agency or representative is not a primary source.)

At least three recent reputable secondary sources: Scholarly and professional journal articles (e.g. Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Orbis, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, etc.) are best, but newspaper articles, and other library/internet resources, including online periodicals are useful. Interviews (in person, telephone or on-line) with people from the region or countries you are researching, or Americans who live in the U.S. but retain ties with their country of origin can be quite valuable, especially if they have direct connections with government or military. Published books may well be useful for background, of course, and those very recently published may be important to include if available. The latter will usually be harder to come by, but it may well be worthwhile to spend some time looking online and accessing them by Link + or electronically.

The instructor will be reading your paper noting the quality of your sources, and the ways in which you utilize them in support of your thesis.

Encyclopedias (including wikipedia.com) may be useful for your initial background research, but are not to be used as a resource when writing your paper.

use such sources for introductory research only, moving on to other sources to produce an original work of some depth.

Except for a few short quotations, the entirety of your paper should be original material that you have written.

CRITERIA

Superior (Grade: A)

Addresses a well-defined, significant, thoughtfully selected topic or question. Addresses the question fully, explores the issues thoughtfully, using a variety of excellent resources. Shows substantial depth, fullness, and complexity of thought. Goes beyond the obvious. Offers illuminating insights. Demonstrates clear, focused, unified, and coherent organization. Is fully developed and detailed. Evidences superior control of diction, syntactic variety, and transition. May have a few minor flaws. Flawless footnotes.