1. 5-7 pages (not including title page and works cited page)

2. Cover Page Title of Paper Title of Paper = Thesis Question Your Name Due Date Period

3. Introduction  Introduce your general topic (Vietnam, Civil Rights, McCarthyism, etc.)  The last sentence(s) of your introductory paragraph will be your thesis statement  Your thesis statement answers your thesis question with 3 examples.  You will later go into detail about your examples with cited research (each example should be about 1 – 1 ½ pages and this will be the main body of your paper)

4. The Body  After the intro, you need to go back to your thesis statement  Take the examples you used in it and go into more detail  This is what you should research and what you need to cite!  Format is similar to an English essay, but reversed:  Commentary  Concrete Detail (this is your research)

5. Citation  If you do not quote or cite any research your grade will automatically go down to a D!!!!!  Use the MLA style for your citation  Example: “The nurses of World War II contributed much to the care of the wounded, the morale of the fighting men, and the development of nursing as a profession” (Beretta 26).  In this statement, “Beretta” refers to the author and 26 refers to the page number.  If you have another quote from the same source before another source is used, simply put the page number in parentheses: (28).  Also, always remember to put the period AFTER the parentheses!  If you use a quote form the Internet, you need to put the author’s name of the site, and the URL of the general site  Example: “Blah Blah Blah” (historychannel.com).

6. Conclusion  End your paper with a final paragraph that sums up everything you’ve already written about  Try not to be too repetitive, but you also don’t want to mention new information that you could have included in the body of your paper  Make sure you have tied in your thesis statement with you conclusion

7. Works Cited  This page is for only the material you quoted  In alphabetical order, last name of author first, you give the bibliographical information of the book/source  Refer to your MLA Handbook for more detail on how to do this (if you don’t have a book, see your English teacher) or see me with specific questions  There are many websites out there (i.e. easybib.com) that format it for you!

8. Refrain from using…  “According to Webster’s Dictionary…”  “In my opinion…”  “In conclusion…”  “I believe that…”  Remember, this is your paper; write it like you know the topic inside and out!!

9. Don’t Forget…  You need to submit this to me AND turnitin.com  Use size 12 Times New Roman Font and don’t mess with the margins!  Also don’t put an extra space in between paragraphs!!!  Put page numbers either on the upper right hand of each page or center on the bottom of each page  5-7 pages