History

“Book Report and Review” Research Paper

(WORTH 200 POINTS)

ASSIGNMENT:

For the Semester, students must read a historical work and complete a Book Report and Review on that work read. I will give the class a list of sources that I want to you to pick from. These will be posted on Canvas. Students are required to at least read a portion of the work and summarize the source along with some critical review of the work. The books must be either purchased or gotten from a library and/or internet source. The source must be from the list! Do not use other sources for the paper or points will be deducted from the Final Grade.

MAIN DIRECTIONS ON THE RESEARCH PAPER

The paper must include a cover page, double spacing using 12 font (no italics), minimum of 3 pages in length (for the main body). Your paper should include a work cited page of the book using MLA style; see this following website for an example of how to cite in MLA: http://www.citationmachine.net/mla/cite-a-book

The main section of the paper (approximately minimum 2-3 pages) should include a book report about the work (summarization of the work). A short review section should also be included about the work; at least writing a paragraph size. This should be a form of criticism about the book. Examples: Did you like the work? Would you recommend it to someone for reading? What were some positive or negative aspects of the work? What were some positive, negatives aspects of the author’s style of writing on the subject?

For the research paper, a rough draft is not necessary for your work, but I will allow students to look at whatever rough drafts you have of your paper (by Appointment only).

Outline of what to include in your paper:

I. Cover Page (see this website for MLA citation: http://academictips.org/mla-format/mla-format-cover-page/

II. Main Body and synopsis

III. Review of book

IV. Work Cited Page of Book

http://www.citationmachine.net/mla/cite-a-book

WHEN RESEARCH PAPER IS DUE/POINT VALUES:

This Research Paper will be due at the end of the Semester (See Academic Calendar for due date). It is mandatory and will be worth 200 points toward total semester grades. Students in this project must successfully learn to read and research historical topics with various primary and secondary sources (Learning Outcomes 2 and 3).

MLA STYLE COVER PAGE SAMPLE FORMAT

(FROM THIS WEBSITE: https://academictips.org/mla-format/mla-format-cover-page/ )

Example of a citation of a historical work in MLA format:

Author’s name goes first (Last name, first name, middle initial), City published in, Publishing company of the book, year published.

(Example from this website: https://www.easybib.com )