1. Miraleste Social Studies Spring Research Project
Mr. Hernandez

2. Renaissance and Reformation Research Paper
The purpose of this assignment is to acquaint students with research. That is finding valid and relevant information, organizing it, and using it effectively in a formally written paper. This year’s research paper will be a project restricted to the social studies department. It will cover various famous individuals from the Renaissance, Age of Exploration, and Reformation time periods. In addition to basic biographic information, students must discover and relate how their selected individual made an important contribution to world history.
Renaissance and Reformation Research Paper

3. Requirements: Twenty note cards (1 point each) how to make notecards
Digital Notecard apps (not all are free)
Must be able to print or cards to Mr. Hernandez
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4. Seven bibliography/work cited source cards (1 point each)
2 books
2 internet
2 encyclopedia articles
1 other
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5. Requirements Bibliography page and Works Cited Page (8 points)
Outline (20 points)
Typed document
Rough Draft of paper (15 points)
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6. Requirements: Final Draft of paper (30 points)
Must include three to five citations in body of text with parenthetical citation, and be properly noted on a “Works Cited Page”
Three direct quotations
Typed document
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7. Paper Format Introduction Body Paragraphs Conclusion
Attention grabber beginning
Thesis/main idea
Body Paragraphs
Topic sentence
Supporting details
Conclusion
Restate the topic
Summarize the main points
Works Cited page and Bibliography page
Use MLA style to note sources
Cite sources used in the paper (must use three to five sources)
Paper Format

8. Helpful Hints
Do NOT address yourself (“I”), the reader (“you”), or the paper (“In this paper I will”).
Use the writing process shown above.
Final paper MUST be typed, double spaced, 12 point font, Times or New Roman font
Plagiarism will result in NO CREDIT for the final assignment and will be reported to school administration for consideration.
Note the sources when copying word for word, or quoting
Use your own words

9. Parents and students will sign the project instruction sheet to indicate both have seen this assignment sheet and have noted the due dates listed below.
Note cards due: April 10
Outline is due: April 13
Rough Draft due: April 27
Final Draft due: May 11
Due Dates

10. List of Research Topics
Marco Polo (explorer)
Botticelli (painter)
Lorenzo de’ Medici (ruled Florence)
Donatello (sculptor)
Columbus (explorer)
Ferdinand Magellan (explorer)
Michelangelo (sculptor, painter)
Amerigo Vespucci (explorer)
Leonardo da Vinci (painter, inventor, architect)
Sir Francis Drake (explorer)
Vasco de Gama (explorer)
Nicolaus Copernicus (scientist, mathematician)
Balboa (explorer)
Niccolo Machiavelli (writer)
William Shakespeare (writer)
Prince Henry the Navigator (explorer)
Martin Luther (religious reformer)
Francesco Petrarch (writer)
Galileo Galilei (scientist)
Johann Gutenberg (inventor)
Elizabeth I (ruler of England)
Filippo Brunelleschi (architect)
Raphael (painter)
Leon Battista Alberti (architect)
John Calvin (religious reformer)
Giovanni Palestrina (composer)
Sir Isaac Newton (mathematician)
Dante Alighieri (writer)
Johannes Kepler (scientist)
Edmund Spenser (writer)