arch Paper
Your research paper can either be done alone or with one partner.
First 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.
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. Your choice – you must have approval from your teacher
Second research your topic and take notes. 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: Wednesday March 11th – Friday March 20th
I will be available at the Pelham Town Library on Thursday March 12th
after school from 2:30 to 3:30 for extra help with research.
Third 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 March 23, 2009 – This is a homework grade
Fourth you will need to create an outline. Use the format I gave you.
Due: Friday April 3, 2009 – This is a quiz grade
Fifth You MUST write a ROUGH DRAFT using your outline!
You MUST include the IN-TEXT CITATIONS!
Due: Tuesday April 21, 2009 – This is a quiz grade
Sixth You will peer edit on Tuesday April 21, 2009
so you will need your rough draft.
Seventh You MUST write a final draft
Due: Monday May 4, 2009 – This is a test grade
This video will teach you how to create a header in MLA format
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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.
For
example
– after researching the population of mountain lions in
I am able to create a tentative thesis statement.
Tentative Thesis statement
Because
the mountain lion is not endangered in
because
attacks on humans are increasing,
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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Submit for approval – Monday March 23, 2009
Homework grade
Outline
Name:__________________________________________________Sec:________
Topic:______________________________________________________________
Thesis Statement:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
A. Subtopic 1 (supporting reason) _______________________________
1. supporting detail_______________________________________________
2. supporting detail_______________________________________________
3. supporting detail_______________________________________________
B. Subtopic 2 (supporting reason) ________________________________________________________
1. supporting detail_______________________________________________
2. supporting detail_______________________________________________
3. supporting detail_______________________________________________
C. Subtopic 3 (supporting reason)__________________________________________________
1. supporting detail __________________________________________________
2. supporting detail______________________________________
3. supporting detail_______________________________________
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Outline
Name:_____John Smith_____________________________________Sec:__A______
Topic:________The Mountian Lion
Thesis Statement: A future proposition should retain the ban on sport hunting but
allow the Department of Fish and Game to control the population.
Wildlife management would reduce the number of lion attacks
on humans and in the long run would also protect the lions.
A. Subtopic 1 (supporting reason) The Once- endangered mountain lion
4. supporting detail Native Americans, cougars, pumas, panthers – admired
5. supporting detail Ted Williams and all out war on the lions
6. supporting detail Maurice Hornocker and lion population
In
conclusion, wildlife management would benefit both Californians and the
This is the start of your conclusion – you basically need to re-state your thesis – to let
the reader know that you have proven your thesis.
Sample paper
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John Smith
Mrs. Lamontagne
English
May 4, 2009
The Mountain Lion:
Once Endangered, Now a Danger
On
April 23, 1994, as Barbar Schoener was jogging in the Sierra foothills of
she was pounced on from behind by a mountain lion. After an apparent struggle with her attacker,
Schoener was killed by bites to her neck and head (Rychnovsky, 39). In 1996, because
of Schoener’s
death and other highly publicized attacks,
voters with Proposition 197, which contained provisions repealing much of a 1990 law
outlawed sport hunting of mountain lions and even prevented the Department of Fish and
Game from thinning the lion population.
Proposition 197 was rejected by a large margin, probably because the debate turned
into a struggle
between hunting and antihunting faction. When
the mountain lion question, they should frame the issue in a new way. A future proposition
should retain the ban on sport hunting but allow the Department of Fish and Game to
control the population. Wildlife management would reduce the number of lion attacks
on humans and in the long run would also protect the lions.
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The Once- endangered mountain lion
To early Native Americans, mountain lions, also known as cougars, pumas, and panthers,
were objects of admiration. The European colonists, however, did not share the Native
American view. They conducted what Ted Williams calls an “all-out war on the species” (29).
The lions were
eliminated from the eastern
that remains in the Florida Everglades.
The lions lingered on in the West, but in smaller and smaller numbers. At least 66,665
lions were
killed between 1907 and 1978 in
As late as 1969, the country’s leading authority on the big cat, Maurice Hornocker, estimated
the
Reappearance of the mountain lion
In western states today, the mountain lion is no longer I danger of extinction. In fact,
over the past thirty years, the population has rebounded dramatically. In California, fish and
game officials estimate that since 1972 lion numbers have increased from 2,400 to at least
6,000 (“Lion” A21).
Similar
increases are occurring outside of
mountain lions
had virtually disappeared from
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lion sightings are increasingly common. In 1992, Hornocker estimated that at least eighteen
adults were living in the park (59). In the United States as a whole, some biologists estimate
that there are as many as 50,000 mountain lions, a dramatic increase over the 1969 estimate
of 6,500 (Williams, 30). For the millions of Americans interested in the preservation of animal
species, this is good news, but unfortunately the increase has led to a number of violent encounters
between human and lion.
Increasing attacks on humans
There is no doubt that more and more humans are being attacked. Statistics compiled
by mountain lion researcher Paul Beier, confirms just how dramatically the attacks have
increased since the beginning of the century.
Ray Rychnovsky reports that thirteen people have been killed and another fifty-seven
have been mauled by lions since 1890. “What’s most startling,” writes Rychnovsky, “is that
nearly three-quarters of the attacks have taken place in the last twenty-five years” (41).
Particularly frightening are the attacks on children. Kevin Hansen points out that children
have been “more vulnerable than adults, making up 64 percent of the victims” (74). This is not
surprising, since children, being small and active, resemble the lion’s natural prey.
In
conclusion, wildlife management would benefit both Californians and the
Although some
have argued that
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lions, humans do have an obligation to protect themselves and their children, and the fears of
people in lion country are real. As for the lions, they need to thrive in a natural habitat with
an adequate food supply. “We simply cannot let nature take its course.” Writes Terry Mansfield
of the Department of Fish and Game (qtd. In Perry B4). In fact, not to take action in
places they once also roamed.
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24 Mar, 1998 http://www.sierraclub.org/chapters/ca/mountain-lion.
Hansen,
Kevin. Cougar:
The American Lion.
Hornocker, Maurice G. “Learning to Live with Lions.” National Geographic July 1992: 37-65.
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“Mountain
Lion Attacks on Humans.” Outdoor
Dept. of Fish and Game. 24 Mar. 1998 http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lion/outdoor.lion.html.
“Proposition
197: Text of Proposed Law,” 1996
California Secretary of State. 24 Mar. 1998
http://primary96.ss.ca.gov/e/ballot/197txt.html
Rychnovsky, Ray. “Clawing into Controversy.” Outdoor Life Jan. 1995: 38-42.
Williams, Ted. “The Lion’s Silent Return.” Audubon Nov. 1994: 28-35.