Research Paper
Each student will be responsible for an independent research project. You are expected to find your own research topic but I will provide guidance through individual conferences during my office hours.
-Papers will consist of primary source based research in support of an original argument
-Will be at 7-pages double-spaced in length
-Must have at least 3-5 primary sources & 3-5 secondary sources
-Cite your information – especially direct quotes – using the Chicago Manual of Style format. Explore Purdue OWL for help (click on relevant publication type; i.e., book, article, etc.)
-Footnotes
-Bibliography of primary and secondary sources used to complete the assignment
-Numbered Pages
Podcast Script
You will be responsible for writing a footnoted script for a podcast along with one or two of your classmates. This mini-group project should be approximately 3-pages long and take 10 minutes to read aloud. This script should be in a narrative form. The project begins with you identifying to the class one or more History related podcasts and then you and a partner write a script for an episode of your favorite History related podcast. Examples will be provided. Each script and recording (at the Innovation Lab in the Library Learning Commons) will be graded and evaluated and the “best” podcast will be included on the History Department blog and website. There may be more than one “winner.”
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