ENGLISH 11 RESEARCH PAPER
- AMERICANS OF THE 1920s and 1930s
I
– Introduction
Thesis statement and major topics – How does this
individual represent America of the 1920s or 1930s?
II - Biographical Background
A When and where were
they born?
B Where did they grow up?
C Where were they
educated?
D What did they
accomplish?
E Who influenced them?
F What national or world
events influenced their life?
G. Why do we remember them?
III
– Literary, Artistic and Cultural Connections
A. What literature was written
during this time?
B. What songs, plays, or other
forms of entertainment were popular?
C. What other entertainment was
popular during this time?
IV
– How does their life reflect the American Dream?
A. What was the American Dream
at that time?
B. How did this personÕs life
express that belief?
C. What was their philosophy of
life?
D. Cite a quotation by or about
them as evidence.
V
– Conclusion
Summarize
proof of thesis.
RESEARCH PAPER
REQUIREMENTS
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Minimum 1250 words w/MLA
citations in each paragraph
- Cite
FIVE Information Sources – books, newspapers, magazines, online reference
sources
- NO
WIKIPEDIA
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Paper must include examples of at least THREE artifacts describing the time
period:
á
Photograph
á
Map
á
Illustration
á
Song
á
Advertisement
á
Newspaper
article
á
Magazine
article
á
Chart
á
Graph
á
Quotation
á
Poem
á
Play
-
Rough Draft
- MLA Works
Cited – Minimum FIVE different sources of information
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Notes – one page from each source
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Submit completed paper to Turnitin.com
March 5, 2008
FAMOUS AMERICANS OF THE
1920s and 1930s
INFORMATION SOURCES
SHS Media Center
- Biography
and Literary
Criticism
Brief Timeline of
American Literature, Music, and Movies 1920-1929
The
Emergence of Modern America
America from the Great
Depression to WWII - Farm Security Administration Photographs
Photographs from the
Golden Age of Jazz
Library of Congress American
Memory Collections - 1900-1929 and 1930-1949
Harlem
Renaissance - A Brief Introduction
American
Literary Modernism: An Introduction
Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire: Changing Conceptions of the American Dream
Headlines and Audio from
1900-1999
Kingwood College
Library - American Culture in the 1920s and 1930s
ENGLISH 11 RESEARCH PAPER
RUBRIC
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Thesis (5 pts)
____
Notes – one page from each of FIVE sources (25 pts)
____ MLA
Works Cited (15 pts)
____ Topic Outline (15 pts)
____
Rough Draft (15 pts)
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Content - adequate and appropriate proof of thesis and artifacts describing the
time period - 1250 words (50 pts)
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Form - MLA
formatting, citations, spelling, punctuation, grammar and usage (25 pts)
____
TOTAL (150 pts)
Completed
paper due to Turnitin.com March 5, 2008