Name: _____________________________________ Date: ________________ Period: _______
Renaissance Personality Research Paper
Research paper due on __May 20th/21st__
Research paper and Works-Cited:
Typed, double-spaced, MLA format as taught in class (and also available at the LRC website
as demonstrated)
Cite your sources as taught in class. Do not plagiarize—see your planner.
Minimum length: two pages — maximum length: four pages
You will use at least 3 sources total for your research. Sources can include:
1. GALE (Library) database.
2. Valid Web Sites
3. No Wikipedia
4. Regular Library Books
5. Online books
Due dates:
April 9th/10th
Choose Renaissance Person in social studies
April 15th and 16th
April 17th and 18th
April 19th and 22nd
Social Studies take classes to lab to do research and use
Noodletools.com for digital note cards and set up the sources for the
bibliography.
APRIL 25th/26th
Working thesis statement typed up in Noodletools to be checked by your
language arts teacher.
TBD
Language arts takes students to lab to use Noodletools.com to build works
cited/bibliography page
April 29 /30
10 note cards, properly documented as taught in class using Noodletools –
you must have at least 2 note cards for each resource To be checked by
your Social Studies teacher
May 6th/7th
Turn in a working bibliography/works-cited of at least 3 sources typed in
MLA format and printed out. To be checked by your language arts teacher.
May 6th/7th
Outline due typed and printed out to your language arts teacher
May 14th/15th
Rough draft of research paper due, typed in MLA format to your language
arts teacher
Final draft of research paper and works-cited typed and printed out due to
your social studies teacher.
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May 20th/21st
The Content of the Research Paper
Did your Historical Figure have a Positive or Negative Impact on History?
Indicates that you must use this question
for your note cards. Type this question in the
correct place in your note card.
Paragraph 1 - Intro Paragraph
Attention Grabber sentence that introduces your historical figure.
When did this person live and where is this person from? Other important details about this person’s life and
death.
What did they do to become famous?
End this paragraph with your thesis statement. You have to declare whether this person had a positive or
negative impact on human history. Example - “Tony Hawk made many contributions to skateboarding that had
a positive impact on the sport today.”
Paragraph 2 – First supporting detail
Topic sentence introducing their historical contribution.
Describe this contribution using concrete details.
Add some commentary to support your claim (that this was positive or negative).
Concluding sentence.
Paragraph 3 – Second supporting detail
Topic sentence introducing their historical contribution.
Describe this contribution using concrete details.
Add some commentary to support your claim (that this was positive or negative).
Concluding sentence.
Paragraph 4 – The counter argument
Topic sentence introducing the opposite claim.
Describe this opposite contribution using concrete details.
Add some commentary to support your claim (that this was positive or negative).
Concluding sentence.
Paragraph 5 – Conclusion
Restate your thesis in a new way.
– Example - Clearly, the new tricks and style of skateboarding pioneered by Tony Hawk turned
skateboarding from a hobby into a sport.
3-4 sentences summarizing the information from the body paragraphs.
Concluding sentence restating their contribution to the world today.