History 305
Devine
Fall 2006
Essay Assignment #1
(Option A)
Your
first essay is due Friday 13 October. If you do not wish to do this paper, you can
wait for the next essay assignment (Option B) which will be due on 24
November. If I do not receive your paper
by 11:59 pm on October 13th, I will assume you are doing Option B. You may email your essay to me as an
attachment, turn it in to the History Department office (Sierra Tower 610)
during business hours, or hand it to me in person.
I
prefer you email me the paper since this is the best
way to ensure that your paper does not get lost. When emailing, send a copy to yourself on the
“cc” line. If you receive the email, it’s likely I did as well. I will send you
a confirmation email when I receive your paper, however,
it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY (and not
the email server’s) that I get it. (“But I sent it to you – didn’t you get it?”
will not be a legitimate excuse for a late paper.)
How Long?
At least four FULL pages and no more than six full pages. (Five pages is respectable.)
Format?
•
Typed, double-spaced, 12-point font with one inch margins all around.
• Please number your
pages (use the INSERT menu and choose “page numbers…” on Microsoft Word)
• Give your essay a
title that reflects what the paper is about. (Something more revealing than
“Essay #1”) Clever titles will be duly noted.
How to cite?
If
you are quoting directly from a source, cite the author and page number in
parentheses within the body of the text, i.e. (Erenberg,
47). All direct quotes from sources MUST be in quotation marks and must be
cited. Paraphrases of ideas drawn from sources MUST also be cited.
If
you have any questions or are in any way unsure about what you are being asked
to do, be sure to speak with me or one of the teaching assistants via email or
in person.
Choose ONE (1) of the
following five questions: