Description
Conduct an investigation into a mystery or controversy until you have solved the mystery. After choosing a research topic, you must conduct research to uncover the solution to your historical mystery or controversy. This research must gather facts drawn from scholarly and historically relevant primary and secondary sources. In the process, you will familiarize yourself with the challenges involved in historical research. Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will have: developed a deeper understanding of a historically relevant topic, honed your formal writing abilities, and discovered how to conduct historical research using both primary (2) and secondary sources (3, 2 of which being university published books.) The paper must include an introductory paragraph, which provides the background material on the topic, the who, what, when, and where. The second paragraph must include the problems you are addressing, your methodology (sources you use and how you have constructed the paper), and lastly and most important, a thesis statement. Throughout the remainder of your paper, you will use the information you gathered over the course of your research to prove your thesis. Finally, at the end of your paper, you must summarize your main points in a conclusion, which reasserts your original thesis. Also, the paper must include a separate title page, employ properly formatted Chicago Manual of Style endnotes, and include a properly formatted Chicago Manual of Style Bibliography page. Must be at least 7 pages in length but this does not include the bibliography, pictures, endnotes, title page, or anything other than the writing.
