Paper Proposal Assignment
Complete the following written assignment and then submit it to your instructor for feedback. Start your work by examining the instructions and requirements found in the Week 5 Final Research Paper assignment guidelines. This assignment has the following components:
First: Write a draft of your introduction, including your preliminary analytic thesis statement. The introduction must
• Be a full paragraph in length.
• Define your topic with precision, based on the parameters found in the Research Paper assignment guidelines.
• Explain the historical context most directly relevant to your topic.
• Compose a preliminary thesis statement for the Final Paper.
If you need assistance in developing your thesis, please visit the Writing a Thesis Statement page provided by the Ashford Writing Center.
Next: Create an annotated bibliography that includes five scholarly secondary sources (not including the assigned text for the course) and one primary source.
• Students are encouraged to research scholarly articles using the Ashford University Library (e.g. JSTOR) and scholarly books (e.g.. Ebrary), in accordance with university policy on acceptable source use.
• Many links to relevant primary sources can be found in the following resource:
Fink, Stephanie. "Atlantic World History: Sources to Support the Study of Atlantic World History."
• Each source should be immediately followed by its annotation.
• An annotated bibliography is comprised of:
o A list of your selected sources cited in APA or Chicago Manual of Style.
o A one-to-two paragraph summary of each source
- Secondary Sources:
- Identify the author's thesis or the central focus.
- List two or three main points the author makes to back up the thesis or central focus.
- Identify a distinguishing feature of this study, such as
- type of sources examined,
- theoretical approach,
- methodology, and
- author's position regarding a key historiographic debate associated with the topic.
- Explain how this source can supply evidence for your final project.
- Primary Source:
- Identify the type of source.
- List information on the author(s) of the source.
- List information about when and where the source was created.
- Identify purpose for which piece was originally written.
- Identify the audience toward whom the piece was originally directed.
- Explain the historical significance of the source with regard to the topic of your final project.
Prior to completing this portion of the assignment, please view the Quoting, Paraphrasing & Summarizing page, located in the Ashford Writing Center.
Lastly: Create an outline or synopsis of at least three main points that will support your thesis statement, indicating how you will structure your final project. To do so, please follow the guidelines at the Ashford Writing Center for creating an outline.
• For each main point, write at least one TOPIC SENTENCE-a topic sentence is like a mini thesis statement. (For help developing strong topic sentences, visit the Ashford Writing Center material on writing good paragraphs: Step 2: Develop a Topic Sentence.)
• For each main point, identify and list at least one specific example drawn from the sources listed in your annotated bibliography, indicating which sources you will use.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.