Themed” Research paper of a word minimum of 2000 words, A list of historical themes has been provided below and you may choose any theme as the basis for your paper. You will pick one event, topic, or a person, etc. of historical importance from each of the 3 grading periods and write a themed research paper based on your 3 selections, comparing and contrasting each of the 3 subjects of your choice under the theme you have chosen. You are required to use a minimum of 6 scholarly sources for your research – NO WIKIPEDIA PERMITTED in citations. Your minimum 6 scholarly sources may include the course text book, extra source materials, my powerpoints and/or lectures (I only count once), but it is not required. You MUST use 2 primary documents as part of your 6 sources. You may of course use more than 6 sources. You must quote each of your sources at least once in your paper, using it to support your analytical writing and citing your sources appropriately according to a writing style guide, either parenthetically or footnoted. A properly formatted Works Cited or Bibliography must also be included. Remember, this is a research paper based on a theme I have provided so you must address that theme throughout the paper. This paper is worth 80 points and is due SATURDAY 5/9/2015 before 11:59 pm. Remember, I DO NOT ACCEPT LATE WORK so you have to turn it in on time to earn credit. I have also attached a sample Themed Research paper as an example of a well done paper. I could provide the PPT from class related to topic. Please make sure it is related to topic and the class materials.
THEMES IN HISTORY
1. Geographic Determinism on the course of historical events
2. The Big “C”s ~ Conquest, Commerce, Colonization, & Conversion on the Course of History
3. Causes and Effects in History ~ “what came first, the chicken or the egg?”
4. “Shoulda, Woulda, Couldas” ~ alternate histories with alternate endings
5. Role of Economics in History ~ “money makes the world go around” or does it?
6. GREED & POWER ~ Who has it? How do they get it? What do they do with it? Why do we care?
7. Gender and History ~ “The hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world” ~ oh, really?
8. Race and History (Ethnicity and History) ~ “them versus us” scenarios
9. Religion and History ~ “My God is better than your god”
10. Role of Family in History ~ as a social, a defensive, an economic, and/or a spiritual construct
11. The Effects of Education on History ~ “I know something you don’t know . . .”
12. Individualism vs. Communalism ~ “the need of the one” or the “need of the many”?
13. WAR ~ “What was it good for?”
14. Pivot Points in History ~ “when in the course of human events . . .” ~ the course abruptly changes
15. The Power of Personality ~ Celebrities who change history
16. “One man’s VIRTUE is another man’s EVIL” ~ Extreme human acts and responses in history
17. 20/20 Historical Hindsight ~ problems seeing the past through modern eyes ~ “Had they known then, what we know now . . .”
18. “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall . . .” ~ paradoxes in history ~ “heads and tails,” i.e. flip sides (ex: good and bad) of the same event, person, or place.
19. “For want of a nail . . .” ~ how technology has affected history
20. History and the Environment ~ exploiting Mother Nature and its consequences