Tokugawa Iemitsu Essay

#5 Final Research Paper Information

<Format of the paper>

 Write your paper as a first person

 Use 12 point font, Times New Roman.

 Text should be Double spaced

 Number pages consecutively

 Individual part should be 2400 words or more, and collaboration parts, should be

about 1000 words.

 Submit group part by Discussion and Individual part by Turnitin. It may be wise to

submit early, so that you can check your citations are properly done.

 Source materials are documented according to academic style (APA, MLA, Chicago),

and source materials are cited consistently.

<Structure of research paper>

Introduction and General information (1. and 2.) are group collaboration.

You will post these 2 sections by Discussions.

1. Introduction----The brief history of the background of Edo (Group Collaboration)

2. General information of genre (Group Collaboration)

Individual paper starts from 3. Biography. From here you will write as a first person.

3. Biography or autobiography of you. (one paragraph only) If it is hard to find exact

biography of the person, you may write a general background of your genre.

4. Field and background that you had contributed in Edo period; women’s world, samurai code,

chonin’s lives and their changing status, farmers lives and their changing status, artist world, etc.

Then explain specific field that you are in; haikai, literature, samurai, kokugaku, merchant,

economist, activist, etc.

5. Discussion----Your own opinion. “REACT” to the society as the first person. You may

criticize the society that you are in, and suggest your own ideas that could renovate the

society.

6. Conclusion----Your strong message to the contemporary society

7. Works cited---Use at least 5 sources for individual paper. (Books, peer reviewed journals).

Use Library Guide that is specially designed for our class.

Source materials are documented according to academic style (APA, MLA, Chicago), and source

materials are cited always consistently.