HONORS WORLD HISTORY

Final Research Paper and Presentation

Description: Students are to complete a five page research paper (no more, no less) concerning a topic from World War II or the Cold War, which have been or will be covered in Honors World History. Topics can include events or people. Papers should contain a thesis or central argument. Sources should be cited as according to the MLA (Modern Language Association) format taught by the English Department at Vermilion High School (use handout given for reference). Oral reports concerning your paper research will be given May 28 through June 2 of 2008. Oral Reports are to be 10 to 15 minutes in length. Papers are due the same day as your oral report. It is your goal to fulfill all requirements in the paper and presentation rubric, which has been provided for you. Research paper keys have also been provided below.

SOURCE REQUIREMENT: two books, two scholarly journal articles, two other sources of choice.

Topic recommendations:

WWII: Cold War:

Adolf Hitler Yalta Conference

Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin

German battle tactics United Nations

The French resistance The Iron Curtain

Charles de Gaulle Containment

Winston Churchill The Berlin Airlift

The Battle of Britain North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

The Battle for North Africa Warsaw Pact

Benito Mussolini The Space Race

Erwin Rommel Mao Zedong

The Battle of Stalingrad The Korean War

Pearl Harbor Douglas MacArthur

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Vietnam War

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Ho Chi Minh

The Battle of Midway Fidel Castro

Douglas MacArthur Cuban Missile Crisis

Battle of Guadalcanal Harry S. Truman

The Holocaust Dwight D. Eisenhower

The Invasion of Italy John F. Kennedy

General Dwight D. Eisenhower Lyndon Baines Johnson

Homefront efforts Richard M. Nixon

Propaganda Daniel Ortega

D-Day Invasion Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini

The Battle of the Bulge Gerald Ford

Iwo Jima JimmyCarter

The Atomic Bomb Ronald Reagan

J. Robert Oppenheimer The Berlin Wall

The Nuremberg Trials Mikhail Gorbachev

U.S. occupation of Japan The Taliban

The War in Afghanistan

Nikita Khruschev

Leonid Breshnev

Osama Bin Laden

Saddam Hussein

The War in Iraq, 1^st or second or both

Research paper keys:

ALL RESEARCH PAPERS MUST HAVE A THESIS OR CENTRAL ARGUMENT YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE!

YOU MUST CITE YOUR SOURCES IN A RESEARCH PAPER! Otherwise your paper has a weak thesis and may be somebody else’s work. Plagiarism is theft. Create your own work and take pride in it. USE MLA FORMAT.

PAPERS MUST BE 12 FONT.

PAPERS MUST BE TIMES NEW ROMAN PRINT.

PAPERS SHOULD HAVE NO WASTED SPACE. One title page, one inch margins (Microsoft Word already has these if you do not change them). FIVE FULL PAGES!

PAPERS MUST BE TYPED.

PAPERS MUST BE DOUBLE-SPACED.

WORKS CITED PAGE SHOULD BE ACCORDING TO MLA FORMAT.

Papers should have an introduction in which thesis is stated and a conclusion in which you summarize your points and analysis.

Pages should be numbered – page one at the bottom-center, other pages to right corner usually two inch margin.

A paragraph is at least three to five sentences; make new paragraphs when you have a subject or topic change. Never make one page just one paragraph.

RESEARCH PAPERS MUST HAVE TWO SCHOLARLY BOOKS, TWO JOURNAL ARTICLES, AND TWO OTHER SOURCES OF CHOOSING FOR SOURCES.

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Avoid vague or slang phrases, such as “etc.” “Kicking the Bucket,” or “Cool.” If you do use them. Explain what you mean by them.

Do not use first person. Makes a research paper weak. Particularly using words like, “I Think” or “In my opinion.”

Avoid introducing points and not explaining them or supporting them with research. Never introduce a new point in a concluding paragraph.

There should be no typos. TOO MANY TYPOS WILL LEAD TO A NO GRADE.

Do not just present research points and facts. Present some of your own.

MEET DUE DATES! If a problem occurs, talk to Mr. Lukasko before paper due date.

You all have the potential to be great writers, but it takes discipline and hard work. Pay close attention to the points on this paper. In particular pay very close attention to the points made in bold capitals. IF YOU DO NOT FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS MADE IN BOLD PRINT, YOU WILL RECEIVE DRAMATIC POINT REDUCTIONS!

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Name ______ Date _

HONORS AMERICAN HISTORY

Requirements for Research Project

PRESENTATION

_____ Introduction (10 points possible) – attention-getting opener, thesis statement

_____ Appropriate Volume (20 points possible)

_____ Visual Aid used (20 points possible)

_____ Clearly defined points (20 points possible) – thesis analysis

_____ Conclusion (10 points possible)

_____ Length, between 10-15 minutes (20 points possible)

_____ TOTAL (100 points possible, 10 points subtracted for any reading)

PAPER

_____ Introduction (20 points possible) – statement of thesis and points to cover.

_____ Clearly defined points (40 points possible) – thesis analysis

_____ Research and bibliography (30 points possible)

_____ Spelling and grammar (10 points possible)

_____ Length of paper, at least 5 pages (20 points possible)

_____ Conclusion (20 points possible)

_____ TOTAL (140 points possible, 20 points deducted each day late)

_____ GRAND TOTAL (Paper + Presentation)

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WORLD WAR II /COLD WAR PROJECT

LIBRARY PATHFINDER

Book Resources:

Reference Books:

a. Encyclopedia of the 20^th Century – R 909.82 FAC

b. Great Events, V. 4 – R 909.82 SAL

c. Current Biography – R 920 CUR

d. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Biography – R 920 ENC

e. Chambers Biographical Dictionary – R 920 T511c

f. Webster’s American Biographies – R 920 W382a

g. Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia – R 940.53 BAU

h. World War II Almanac, Pt. 1 & 2 – R 940.53 FEL

i. World War II Biographies – R 940.53 HOW

j. Historical Encyclopedia of World War II – R 940.53 HIS

k. American Heritage Encyclopedia of American History –

R 973 AME

l. New Deal and Global War, V. 11 – R 973 L722 (2 copies)

m. Encyclopedia of American History – R 973 M877e

n. Oxford History of the American People – R 973 MOR

o. Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century - R 973.003 KUT (use the separate index to find topics)

p. The Presidents – R 973.09 PRE

q. General encyclopedias

WEB Catalog:

a. To access the catalog, do the following:

b. Go to the high school webpage: www.vermilionschools.org/vhs/library

c. Select Library Sites.

d. Select Vermilion High School.

e. Click on the large Cat on the left and begin searching.

Computer Resources

INFOHIO RESOURCES: See Handout.

a. Annals of American History

b. Encyclopedia Britannica Online

c. EBSCO Host Research Database

d. SIRS Discoverer Database

e. American National Biography

f. Oxford Reference

LEECA RESOURCES: Gale Student Resource Center Gold – See the Handout.

Clevenet:

a. Go to: www.vermilionschools.org/vhs/library

b. Select Library sites.

c. Select Ritter Public Library.

d. Select Clevenet Databases.

e. Look for and choose:

1. American History Online

2. Modern World History Online

3. Discovering History Collection

4. Biography Resource Center.

f. You will be asked to input your public library card number in order to access the databases.

Internet Sites:

a. Go to Favorites on Library computers

b. Open the Social Studies folder and then open up

Mr. Lukasko’s folder and look for World War II

Cold War folder is located separately in Social

Studies folder.

c. Mega sites:

http://www.teacheroz.com/20thcent.htm

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/warwldhc.html#ww2

http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/cold/websites.html

http://www.library.yale.edu/rsc/history/ColdWar/web.html