1. Click to edit Master text styles Second level Essay Guidelines for Major Paper 1.Goals of a Research Paper 2.Appropriate Resources 3.Topics 4.Format of History Papers

2. Click to edit Master text styles Second level 1. Goals of a Research Paper 6. Evaluation 5. Synthesis 4. Analysis 3. Application 2. Comprehension 1. Knowledge In Search of the Sixth Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning

3. Click to edit Master text styles Second level Essay Guidelines for Major Paper 1.Goals of a Research Paper 2.Appropriate Resources 3.Topics 4.Format of History Papers

4. Click to edit Master text styles Second level 2. Appropriate Resources A.Departmental Resources -Guidelines for writing a History EssayGuidelines for writing a History Essay -Guidelines for writing a Book ReviewGuidelines for writing a Book Review

5. Click to edit Master text styles Second level 2. Appropriate Resources B. Finding Academic Secondary Sources a.Online Sources Most online sources are not appropriate! - Lack peer review - Not properly footnoted - Inappropriate use of sources - Insufficient understanding of historical context - Lack knowledge of historiographical tradition

6. Click to edit Master text styles Second level 2. Appropriate Resources B. Finding Academic Secondary Sources a.Online Sources There are exceptions Online versions of academic journals Articles appearing in peer reviewed sites PDF versions of articles on author’s site H-net Canada

7. Click to edit Master text styles Second level 2. Appropriate Resources B. Finding Academic Secondary Sources b.Online Finding Aids American History and Life - Canadian Historical Review - Social History / Histoire Social - American Review of Canadian Studies - Acadiensis

8. Click to edit Master text styles Second level 2. Appropriate Resources B. Finding Academic Secondary Sources c.Books from University Press - University of Toronto Press - McGill-Queen’s Press - UBC Press - Etc.

9. Click to edit Master text styles Second level 2. Appropriate Resources B. Finding Academic Secondary Sources c.Books from University Press - Go to the library - The adjacent book might be perfect

10. Click to edit Master text styles Second level 2. Appropriate Resources B. Finding Academic Secondary Sources c.Bibliographies Specialized books that provide resources on topics Look in the bibliographies of articles and books you have H -net is very useful for this

11. Click to edit Master text styles Second level Essay Guidelines for Major Paper 1.Goals of a Research Paper 2.Appropriate Resources 3.Topics 4.Format of History Papers

12. Click to edit Master text styles Second level 3. Topics A.You may write a paper on any topic in Canadian Post –Confederation History Suggested topics can be found on the course website website

13. Click to edit Master text styles Second level Essay Guidelines for Major Paper 1.Goals of a Research Paper 2.Appropriate Resources 3.Topics 4.Format of History Papers

14. Click to edit Master text styles Second level 4. Format A. History has its own conventions Your essay should include the following: 1.An argument that is critical and informed 2.Research that synthesizes and evaluates other peoples’ arguments and sources 3.A proper introduction and conclusion 4.Structured and argumentative paragraphs that advance the thesis 5.Footnotes over parenthetical citation