When faced with the task of writing a history term paper, many students have the same questions: "What should I write my paper about?"  "How do I find sources?"  "How do I analyze the sources?"  "How should I organize the paper?"  You may have one or more of these questions.  You could also have a question that's more complex than these examples.

This series of web sites can help answer these questions and more.  It can give you ideas in picking a topic in which you are interested, finding and interpreting your sources, organizing your paper, and citing your sources properly.  To make these points more clear, examples and suggestions abound in these pages.  They can empower you to start a really exciting paper, fueled by your own desire to research an interesting topic.

Consider these sites as your personal trainer, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  They are divided into sections in order to help you find the answer to your question quickly.  If you consult these web sites while you are in the beginning stages of your project, you can gain a better idea of what information this site provides and how you can utilize it.  If you sign up for a marathon, do you wait until the week before to train?  Hopefully not.  If so, you crawl across the finish line, if you can make it that far.  Likewise, think of these sites as your personal trainer, preparing you for the big event and guiding you to the finish line.

And with that, on with the show.
 
 

Overview of the Paper and Its Parts	Introductions	Literature Reviews
Presentation of Evidence	Conclusions	Citation
An Example of a Good Student Paper	Possible Topics	Michael Markowski's Homepage