Mrs. Lamontagne

Research Paper

Step one: you much choose a topic from below:

1. Causes of “The Great Depression”

2. Life during “The Great Depression”

3. The Roaring 20’s

4. The Stock Market Crash

5. Women’s Role during “The Great Depression”

6. FranklinDelanoRoosevelt

7. Organized Crime during the 1920’s

8. Stock Car Racing

9. Farming during the 1930’s

10. President Herbert Hoover

11. Jazz during “The Great Depression”

12. Fads and Fashion during the 1920’s

13. Technology and Inventions during “The Great Depression”

14. The Dust Bowl

15. Riding the Rails

16. Entertainment - Shirley Temple, Mickey Mouse, movies

17. Your choice – you must have approval from your teacher

Second step - research your topic and take notes (See graphic organizer).

This will help you decide your thesis statement. As you take notes please remember to

write down your sources. Hint – add to your work cited page immediately after you have

used the source, also include the information in your notes (Author’s Last Name, Page #),

therefore, you won’t forget what source you used!!!

Research dates: Thursday April 4th - Friday April 12th you must use 5 sourches and

1 must be a book.

Third step You must develop a thesis statement on the format I have made or a plain lined sheet of paper and submit it to your teacher for approval.

Due: Monday April 15th – This is a homework grade

Fourth step you will need to create an outline. Use the format I gave you.

Due: Friday April 19th, 2013 – This is a quiz grade

Fifth You MUST write a ROUGH DRAFT using your outline! You MUST include the

IN-TEXT CITATIONS!

MLA citation guide helpful with in-text citations (This link is found on my web-site).

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Due: Wednesday May 1st– This is a quiz grade

Sixth You will peer edit on Wednesday May 1, 2013 so you will need your rough draft.

Seventh You MUST write a final draft

Due: Monday May 6, 2013 – This is a test grade

Gathering Notes

Source 1________________________________________________

Author(s)________________________________________________

Date:________Web address:________________________________

Publication date:_____Location Published_______________________

Publisher:___________________________________________________

Information:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Source 2________________________________________________

Author(s)________________________________________________

Date:________Web address:___________@_______________ Page#______

Publication date:_____Location Published_______________________

Publisher:___________________________________________________

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Source 3________________________________________________

Author(s)________________________________________________

Date:________Web address:_____________@______________Page #____

Publication date:_____Location Published_______________________

Publisher:___________________________________________________

A Thesis Statement

Once you have done your research you are able to consider all sides of your issue and you are ready to form a tentative thesis: a one-sentence, occasionally a two sentence statement of your central idea. The thesis statement expresses not just your opinion, but your informed, reasoned judgment.

An Interesting Subject + The special part to emphasize = A thesis statement

Your topic

For example – after researching the population of mountain lions in California I am able to create a tentative thesis statement.

Tentative Thesis statement

Because the mountain lion is not endangered in California and because attacks on humans are increasing, California should lift its ban on hunting and thin the lion population.

Your thesis statement will be included in your introduction.

Name:_______________________________Section:________

Thesis Statement:__________________________________________

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Name:____________________________________Sec:_____Date