9th grade history papers
Requirements: Three Pages (four pages max.)
Maximum of three (3) sources
Must have 1 book source
Must have a Works Cited page
Must have a cover page
MLA citations within the paper
Create a thesis using one of the following topics
Due: Thursday, May 17th
1) Weimar Republic
2) Nazi Book burnings
3) Mussolini as leader
4) Mein Kampf: It’s impact and legacy
5) Hitler Youth Movement
6) Failure of the League of Nations: 1920-1933
7) Nuremberg rally of 1933
8) Leon Trotsky
9) Stalin’s personal background
10) Francisco Franco
11) Hemmingway as fighter during Spanish Civil war
12) Nazi-Soviet pact
13) Blitzing of London
14) Rommel in the desert
15) Operation Barbarosa
16) Liberation of Concentration Camps
17) Origin of Final Solution
18) Bombings of Dresden
19) Stalingrad Standoff
20) Kamikaze pilots
21) Nuremberg Trials
22) Formation of U.N.
23) Marshall Plan
24) Berlin Airlift
25) NATO
26) Warsaw Pact
27) Creation of Pakistan
28) Creation of Israel
29) The “Blitz” of London
30) The bombings of Dresden, Hamburg, or Guernica as it relates to bombing
civilians
How Do I do a Works Cited Page?
Well, kids, it is easy. Here’s what you to do for your paper:
Books
List books in alphabetical order by author’s last name. If there is more than one
author, list the first by last name, first name and then all other authors by first
name, last name. Then give publishing company, city of publication and year
published.
Ex: Coleman, Parke and Rich Quinlan I Love Heavy Metal. Random House, New
York, 2005.
Internet
Give my any author’s last name than first name. Title of the article. Website and
date accessed.
Ex: Quinlan, Rich. “Heavy Metal: Nature’s Greatest Gift?”
www.metalheads.com 5/17/06
If there is no author, simply list the website.
General Research
Journal Article, One Author
Harlow, H.F. (1993). Fundamentals for Preparing Psychological Journal
Articles. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55, 893-896.
Author’s name. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, vol. #,
pages.
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Simply add additional author’s names if needed, with all additional
authors being listed in alphabetical order.
Magazine Article, One Author
Henry, W.A. (1990, April 9). Time, 135, 28-31.
Author’s name (year of publication, week of publication {if available}). Name of
magazine, volume, pgs.
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Simply add additional author’s names if needed, with all additional
authors being listed in alphabetical order.
An Article or Chapter of a Book
Kurtz, Howard (1998). The Master of Spin. In Spin Cycle (pp.14-31). New
York: Free Press
Author’s name (year of publication). Title of chapter. In Title of Book (pages
of chapter). City of Publication: Publisher
Encyclopedia
Bergaman, P.G. (1999). Relativity. In The New Encyclopedia Britannica
(Vol.26, ppg.501-508). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica
Name of author (year of publication). Title of article. Name of Encyclopedia
(volume of encyclopedia, pages used). City of publication: Publisher
Online Journal article
Kenneth, I. (1995). Buddhist response to Human rights. Journal of Buddhist
Ethics (Online), Available: http:// www. Cac.psu.edu. (June 15, 1998)
Author. (Year). Title if article. Journal Title (Type of medium). Available:
Supplier name: Site/path (date of access)
Online Magazine Articles
Author. (Year, month day). Title. Magazine Title [Type of medium], volume
(if available), indication of length. Available: Database name [access date]
C. Goodstein. (1991, September 15) Healers from the deep. American Health
[CD-ROM], 60-65. Available: http://www.americanhealth.com (1991, June 15)
ONLINE Newspapers Articles.
Author. (Year, month day) Title. Newspaper Title [Type of medium],
indication of length. Site/Path/File (access date)
Jones, J. (1999, October 17) Patriots win again. Providence Journal (Online],
six paragraphs, Available: http://www.projo.com (1999, November 17)
Email
Sender (sender’s Email address). (Year, Month day). Subject of message.
Email to recipient (recipient’s Email address)
Quinlan, Rich (qqqq@juno.com). (2000, August 15). “How cool is that Bruce
Grant kid?” Email to Parke Coleman (Cman@freenet.com)
When cited materials in your paper simply do the following.
Author’s Last name and page number.
Ex: (Higgins, pg.3)
Place this within a paragraph if you are borrowing an idea or at the end of a quote.
For web sources, simply use the MAIN PORTION of a web address, and give author’s
last name if possible, along with page number of your print out
Ex: (Higgins, historychannel.com, pg.1)
Ex: (historychannel. com , pg.2)