Greetings Cadets!
PAPER OUTLINE
Due: Thursday, March 6
Your task for this assignment is to create a comprehensive outline of your research paper. This will involve creating a formal outline with headings, subheadings, etc. and populating that outline with material from your primary and secondary sources. The idea is to give yourself a roadmap to guide your writing, complete with notes on the evidence you will use to ground your analysis.
Your completed outline must include at minimum:
- Your research question(s), which by this time should be complete and reflect any modifications derived from your investigation of primary sources.
- A one-two page, double-spaced, preliminary introduction that includes a thesis statement.
- I know you will continue to revise this but attempt to state your argument.
- Your formal outline including:
- Section headings (such as “Introduction,” “Historiography,” major sections of your argument, etc.) You need AT LEAST five section headings.
- Section subheadings (specific themes, subsections of your analysis, various sections of your research, etc.) You need at least ten subheadings.
- Evidence to populate those subheadings including:
- The secondary sources you will use to support your research under the relevant subheading. At least six secondary sources should be used.
- At least two primary sources for each subheading in the body of your paper. These should not be repetitive.
Your outlines should include a minimum of five headings and ten subheadings. Please organize your outline according to the instruction above (i.e. start with your research question and work from there).
Format:
- Essays should be typed, 12-point font, 1” margins, no cover page is necessary.
- Double space entire outline.
- Do not forget a Help Received statement.
- Citations should be footnoted and formatted in Chicago Manual style, as should your bibliography
