Students are required to examine the events in one country of the world for the past six months (There are a number of library databases, such as Proquest, that you can use to find relevant newspaper articles for this assignment. You can choose a country from any area of the world except North America. Please contact your instructor for approval of your country before you begin your research.
Sentence 1 of your paragraph should identify the two developments in your chosen country that you will examine and explain in greater detail. In order to cite specific historical evidence/information or use direct quotations, students should use parenthesis, such as (USA Today, 7 May 1997) or (www.washingtonpost.com, 7 May 2005). There should be many such citations, from different sources, in the body of the paper. Please check out the short video with some more hints about the assignment. While the video was done when this assignment was a two-page paper, the same principles apply to your paragraph.
Your paragraph must follow this format.
- begin with a concise topic sentence (sentence 1) that directly responds to the assigned question (no need to define terms or cite a dictionary) and that identifies your analysis/thesis points.
- font size 10 or 12 only
- one-inch margins
- double-spaced
- Since you are summarizing in your own words, you do not need quoted or cited material.
- name, and only your name, at the top left of the paper
- about one-half page in length (not to exceed 3/4 page)
- You may consider submitting a draft of your assignment to your instructor for feedback before submitting the assignment for the grade. At times, you may be asked to rewrite your work. This is done for your own benefit and will result in an improved grade.
Please note that an excellent resource for finding information and articles about your topic is the Proquest database, which you can access from home.
- You can use any resources that you find online for this assignment, but preference should be to use newspapers.
- For this assignment, some students have used Google Alerts to have articles that appear in online daily newspapers for a topic emailed to them. Whenever that topic appears in the news it is mailed to your email. Click on the News Alerts link at news.google.com.
- Other students have suggested using these online resources.
- a list of News and Newspapers Online
- Internet Public Library Newspapers Collection
- Reuters
Please take a moment to review Charlie's History Writing Center for specific information on the writing requirements for the assignments in the course. Please check this short explanation of what it means to cite historical evidence.
Your assignment should be submitted on Canvas.