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The first step in writing an effective research essay is to define the topic you will spend the next several weeks studying. You will fine-tune your topic as you progress through the semester. This first assignment is aimed primarily at helping you start to focus in on a particular theme or area of Modern American History. Here’s what to do:
Read Chapter 5, Section A of Mary Rampolla’s Pocket Guide to Writing in History (pp. 82-86) to get a sense of how you might come up with a topic for your research essay.
After you have some idea of a topic that interests you, write four sentences about the topic.
The first sentence should be about the topic in the broadest possible term (i.e. immigration, women’s rights, military experience).
The second sentence should offer a little more specific detail about the topic such as the time span(s) you would like to cover (i.e. for immigration, you might want to compare the 1920s to the 1960s, while for military experience you might want to consider the events leading up to the Vietnam War).
The third and fourth sentences should contain a “what” and a “why”: What the essay will argue and why the argument is relevant Using the example of immigration, the third sentence might be about laws and policies that affected Asian Americans.
The fourth sentence — the “why” — might state that the topic is of interest because you are of Asian ancestry.
Submit your topic statement here by the end of week 3.
If you’re having trouble coming up with a topic, try reviewing the chapter outlines for each chapter in our textbook. You also can do a search in the ESC library to consider a range of broad topics, as a way of getting a sense of what kinds of sources exist. You also might want to visit the ESC Online Writing Center’s page on Developing a Research Questionopens in a new window.
Evaluation Criteria
Before submitting an assignment for this course please read the SUNY Empire State College statement on Academic Integrityopens in a new window. Please use the Chicago Style for citations, and take care to ensure that the citations are completed properly. In addition, please use Rampolla’s A Pocket Guide to Writing in History to help ensure that your work is of historical quality.
For assistance in completing your assignment utilize the resources available to you in the Library Resources, Academic Integrity and Research Guidelines page of the Course Information documents.
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