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LIBRARY RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT III
· Review the feedback you received, especially from the instructor, on LRA II, because you may be required to make specific revisions here based on that feedback.
· TOPIC with CONNECTIONS to become THESIS STATEMENT: This is the THIRD time you submit a Topic with Connections statement. For most, your topic is well defined from the first two LRAs. If the feedback on LRA II indicates that the topic (contemporary issue with historical roots) and associated research questions were still not clearly defined, then the Topic with Connections here must reflect close attention to feedback on the previous LRAs. Make sure in this assignment that you succinctly express your topic, making clear the contemporary issue whose historical roots you explore, because you will revise this "topic with connections" into the thesis statement for your Research Paper. The thesis statement expresses the main argument of your paper and briefly how you will prove it.
· DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES: Your Research Paper incorporates diverse perspectives into its analysis. Here you identify them.
· PAPER ORGANIZATION: This post requires you to describe how you will organize your Research Paper. Thus you explain how you organize the evidence to support your thesis statement.
· PRIMARY SOURCES: For this LRA, you must find TWO primary sources. Primary sources are produced by people at that time in history that you are exploring. They can be diaries, letters, paintings, oral histories, photographs, census data, newspaper articles , maps from the time as well as buildings and other items of material culture such as quilts or scrapbooks.
· ANNOTATED REFERENCES: Here and for your Research Paper, you provide an Annotated References section that includes a minimum of SEVEN reliable sources among which at least two are scholarly journal articles, at least two are secondary source books, and at least two are primary sources. EACH citation in the Annotated References section is followed by a 1-2 sentence annotation that first identifies the source type and how you determined that and then explains the source's value in your paper. T he annotation makes clear that you accessed the source : for example, that you checked the book out of the library or that you accessed the article and not just its abstract. The SEVEN sources that are listed here and approved as meeting the above requirements MUST be cited in the Research Paper .
· USE the AIDS: Review the many aids available to help you with these tasks of writing a thesis statement, organizing your paper, finding primary sources, citing sources and annotating them.
· Look at, for example, " Primary Sources and Secondary Sources " (in the Research Project Module and GUIDES Module ) to understand the difference between the secondary sources you cited in LRA I and LRA II and the primary sources required here in LRA III. The links to WSU pages in WSU Hist 105 Websites for Research Project (LRA III) help you locate primary sources (in the Research Project Module ).
· The Research Project Module and Writing Guides Module contain many aids including one specifically labeled "Thesis Statement."
· Review the Library Research Assignment Tutorial III that you saw in class and that is in the Week 8 and Week 9 Modules and Research Project Module . It reviews the thesis statement and includes the primary source definition and aids.
· Refer to the writing guides such as the Purdue OWL for help with research paper writing. They are linked to from the Hist 105 Writing Guides in the Writing Guides Module.
· Review the citation guides in the Writing Guides Module .
Introduction :
This assignment is the third in a series for the Research Project. Through 4 Library Research Assignments, you revise your topic idea, find sources (primary and secondary) that allow you to incorporate diverse perspectives, compose your thesis statement, meet source type requirements and cite your sources (7 minimum), and share a draft of your paper. These assignments prepare you for your Research Paper due on the final exam day for this class.
For Your Post :
Label each section of your post with the labels below: Topic with Connections; Diverse Perspectives; Search Strategies; Description of Paper Organization; and Annotated References.
1. TOPIC with CONNECTIONS
Begin with a description of your chosen contemporary issue with historical roots . The description makes clear how it is connected to at least one of the five course themes : Humans and the Environment, Roots of Inequality (Gender), Socialism vs. Capitalism, Globalization, or the Roots of Contemporary Conflicts. Write in complete sentences. This description can be done in a single well-composed sentence but takes at most three sentences. This description may be the same one that you submitted for LRA II. A revision is required if the instructor's feedback on LRA II specified one. Be sure to emphasize your focus on the historical roots of the issue.
2. DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES
Discuss the diverse (more than 1) perspectives on your topic in at least 50 words.
3. SEARCH STRATEGIES
Explain in at least 100 words how you found your PRIMARY sources and identified them as primary sources. Note: These strategies are NEW in this LRA because of your search for primary sources, which were not required in the earlier LRAs.
4. DESCRIPTION of PAPER ORGANIZATION
Describe in at least 100 words how you will organize your Research Paper. This description may simply be an outline of the order of topics within your paper but must be written in complete sentences.
5. ANNOTATED REFERENCES
This section meets the minimum requirements for the Annotated References in the Research Paper. Thus, include SEVEN sources here (you may have more in your paper) of which TWO are scholarly journal articles (ideally from LRA II); TWO are secondary book sources (ideally from LRA II); and TWO are primary sources (new here in LRA III). The last (seventh) source may be an article, book, or Website determined to be reliable. EACH source addresses the historical roots of your selected topic.
· Cite those sources in Chicago Notes and Bibliography style
· Add an annotation beneath EACH citation of 1-2 sentences.
· In the annotation:
1. Identify the source type (such as primary source or scholarly journal article).
2. Explain how you know that source is that type. For example, it is a scholarly journal article because I found it using a search for peer-reviewed journal articles in ProQuest.
3. Discuss the source's value in your paper (such as to support a particular point you intend to make in the paper). This value section makes clear that you accessed the source , such as by checking the book out of the library or accessing the article and not just its abstract. Because this is the final source list, ACCESS to each source must be clear.
6. Type the above information in your word processing program to allow you to save it as a document there.
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeTOPIC with CONNECTIONS Description of contemporary issue with HISTORICAL ROOTS that provides explicit connection to at least one of the five course themes: Humans and the Environment, Roots of Inequality (Gender), Socialism vs. Capitalism, Globalization, or the Roots of Contemporary Conflicts. This description may be copied from LRA II or is a REVISED version of what you provided in LRA II. This must be done in no more than 3 sentences. |
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10.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDIVERSE PERSPECTIVES Discussion of diverse (more than 1) perspectives being considered (50-word minimum). |
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10.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSEARCH STRATEGIES (focus on primary sources) Explanation in at least 100 words of how you found your PRIMARY sources and identified them as such. |
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14.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDESCRIPTION of PAPER ORGANIZATION Brief description in at least 100 words of the paper's organization in covering the historical roots of the contemporary issue. Written in complete sentences. |
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12.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeTWO primary sources TWO primary sources revealing historical roots. [Primary sources are those produced by people at the time of the historical roots ] |
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10.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeTWO secondary book sources TWO secondary book sources (published print and/or ebook) focused on historical roots. |
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10.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeTWO scholarly journal articles TWO scholarly journal articles focused on historical roots. |
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10.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCITATION of SEVEN reliable sources. CITATION of SEVEN reliable sources in Chicago Notes and Bibliography style: includes at least 2 scholarly journals, at least 2 secondary book sources, and at least 2 primary sources to be used in Research Paper. 2 pts per citation. |
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14.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeANNOTATION of each citation=7 annotations Short annotation (1-2 sentences) follows EACH citation: (1) identifies source TYPE (such as scholarly journal article), (2) describes HOW you made that determination, and (3) explains source's VALUE in your paper with CLEAR indication that source was ACCESSED. 3 pts per annotation. |
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21.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePOST FORMAT Not attached as file and EACH section is labeled and in the order specified in the instructions (TOPIC with CONNECTIONS; DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES; and so on). |
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4.0 pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePEER-REVIEW REPLIES TWO made; each assesses post on EACH required element including citation and does so constructively and in 75-250 words. |
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20.0 pts |
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Total Points: 135.0 |