Citing Sources

Step one Research Find a creditable source http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ScpPBinpzwoC&oi=fnd&pg=PA3&dq=slavery&ots=yR5kgY0ZGz&sig=r-E3LtwLixQjSUuCfw4ZrdhiFnA#v=onepage&q=slavery&f=false

Step two (Find facts you will use on your paper) “Slavery is not only one of the most ancient but also one of the most long lived forms of economic and social organization.” This information came from Time on the Cross; The Economics of American Negro Slavery page 14

Step Three Creating the Citation The easiest way to complete this part is using easybib.com or bibme.com I will give you the format for how to do it on your own but these two websites allow you to plug information in and it will give you your works cited. Fogel, Robert William., and Stanley L. Engerman. Time on the Cross; the Economics of American Negro Slavery,. Boston: Little, Brown, 1974. Print.

Step Four Using the information in your paper. When you get information from a source other than yourself you must cite it! So if I have started my paper Slavery is well known throughout the world. In some places slavery still exists and is a huge form of social organization. Slavery is not only one of the most ancient but also one of the most long lived forms of economic and social organization (Fogel, 14). In America people were classified economically buy how any slaves they had working for them.

DON’T FORGET!!! You can not forget to cite your sources! All papers will be uploaded to a program to check for plagiarism (the use of information without correct citation.) If you do this along the way it will prove to be much easier for you at the end!

TODAY Today you are going to fix your introduction paragraph on the computer and begin to write your paper. You will be turning into me your introduction, first and second body paragraph. This means you will have to work hard all class period to get everything done!!