2 history projects

Project Proposal:             Project Proposal:             For this project you will investigate a focused ‘episode’ and investigate its role in Russian history before 1900 and write an essay of 1500 words that examines one or two aspects of the Russian experience: -security/military -economic development -science/technology/medicine -government -culture/arts/literature -class struggle, etc.

   Please submit a 250 word proposal of your research project (details below) that includes: 1) A formal title that describes the project (not just "History Proposal"), 2) Your Name, Course Number and Section 3) A paragraph with a preliminary description of your project as you plan now. Include some details about the people, culture, and historical context involved, and make sure to discuss how it relates to the course. 4) A bibliography with: (separate the primary and secondary sources in your bibliography.)

    a) at least ONE Primary Source (a document or object produced by the people/during the time you are investigating. You need to explain why this is a primary source and how you are going to use it.

    b); and TWO secondary sources that are scholarly historical articles or books about the topic.  Discuss how these sources will help you to place the primary source in its historical context.  Provide citations for these (not URLS) in this or a similar format:

Author, Title (publisher), date, page numbers (for articles).  Here is a brief and useful webpage: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

 

Project draft:

Please submit your research essay outline or draft (***The more text you provide us, the better suggestions we can give you for the final version).  These should include the following items:

Formal Title (underlined): A descriptive sentence that tells the reader about the project (here is your chance to be poetic).

Author name (include all group members, too)

Course number and Date

Body of essay (***Citations are required and you can use any method you want, but I prefer footnotes in the Chicago Manual style (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html):

   - Introduction (your proposal)

Then break your story up into sections divided by sub-headings:

  - Part I - Sub-heading and then a discussion of what you think the reader needs to know first to follow your argument/story.

      - Point a

      - Point b

      - Point c

  - Part II Sub-heading

      - Point a

      - Point b

      - Point c

  - Part III (and so on until you have outlined your story)

  - Conclusion (either a recap of the main points of your essay, a discussion looking forward from the end of your essay (some like to discuss how their topic relates to today), or both of these.

Bibliography divided into two sections: 1) Primary sources, and 2) Secondary sources

Add a map of the region during the time period (or close to it) into the paper and cited it.

Hint:

Where to find the resources. (Please use those two way to find resources, my professor want us use those two) if those two library need ID to check resources, I will give you my ID and password by email.

a) Hagerty Library Summon searches (https://www.library.drexel.edu/)

- keywords and refinements

b) JSTOR (http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy2.library.drexel.edu/)

- scholarly sources almost always

1) one or more primary historical sources (documents written during the time you are focusing on.).

1) Examples:

1) A diary excerpt from a political leader

2) An artifact of historical significance

3) Literary publication

4) Quote in a scholarly biographies

2) at least two secondary historical sources that place the primary sources in their historical context (works written by contemporary historians).

1) Examples:

a) A book (monograph) on world history

b) Documentaries

c) An encyclopedia entry (Weak)