1

Name ______Block ______

Modern World History Final Exam:

Multiple Choice Test, Research Paper, Visual Presentation, Oral Presentation

There are 2 main parts to your final exam: Multiple Choice Questions and the Final versions of your Research Paper and Project. You will take the multiple choice part of your final exam early. This decision was made so that you can study for both the final exam and the History SOL at the same time. On your scheduled exam day, you will present your research project to your class. You can find this date in your agenda.

Your final project is a research project. This is not an essay that you write from your head. However, the basic structure of your research paper will be very similar to the 5-paragraph essays you are used to writing. It will have an introduction with a thesis statement, body paragraphs with topic and transition sentences, and a conclusion. However, the difference between an essay and a research paper is that, in a research paper, you must use reliable sources and you must properly document your sources. If you fail to use acceptable sources or fail to properly cite your sources you will receive an “F” on the research paper.

Final Project/ Final Exam 800 points

Research Paper = 200 points

Presentations = 200 points (Board = 100 points; Oral Presentation = 100 points)

Multiple Choice Test = 400 points

Important Reminders

  • What is a research paper?

A research paper is a formal written report that includes research findings AND a student's own ideas. A research paper argues a point. It is NOT just a summary of information you found. Your research paper should present your own thoughts backed up by other people’s ideas and information. For example, a lawyer uses the information from other cases to support the arguments in his/her case. As a history student, you should use information from a variety of sources to support your point of view/argument/thesis/main point.

  • What is a thesis statement?

Your thesis statement is the main point of your paper. It also suggests the path your paper will follow by indicating 3-5 main points.

  • What will happen if I plagiarize?

Plagiarism will result in a grade of zero.

  • What will happen if I do not complete my assignments on time?

You will lose one letter grade for every day your paper, board, or presentation is late.

General Requirements for Research Paper

  • Typed
  • Double-spaced
  • 12 point font
  • 1” margins (top, bottom, left, and right)
  • Title page (Title, Guiding Question, Name, Course, Teacher Name, Date)
  • 5-6 pages (This does NOT include the title page, bibliography page, or works cited page)
  • Annotated Bibliography (An alphabetical list plus a summary and assessment of ALL the sources you consulted)
  • Works Cited Page (An alphabetical list of ONLY the sources you CITED/USED in your paper)
  • Footnotes or Endnotes (Every paragraph, except the introduction and conclusion, should have at least 1 footnote/endnote. You may have a footnote/endnote reference in your introduction or conclusion, but it is not always necessary.)
  • A minimum of 4 different types of sources [for example: book, periodical (newspaper or magazine article), interview, government document, or reliable internet source (NO WIKIPEDIA) ]

Research Project 2012-13 Due Dates

Assignment / Due Date
1 / Research Topic / Monday September 24
2 / Working Bibliography / Monday October 15
3 / Note Cards / Monday October 29
4 / Note Cards / Monday November 12
5 / Note Cards / Monday November 26
6 / Note Cards / Monday December 10
7 / Outline / Monday January 7
8 / First Draft / Monday January 28
9 / Final Draft / Monday February 25
10 / PowerPoint / Monday March 18

Academic World History Final Exam Score Sheet

2011-2012

Final Exam=800 points

Category / Points Earned / Points Possible / Adjustments
SOL Style Exam / 400
Research Paper / 200
Board / 100
Oral Presentation / 100
Total Points / 800

Grading/Rubrics at a Glance

1

1

Final Exam Breakdown

There are 2 main parts to your final exam: Multiple Choice SOL Style Test and the Final versions of your Research Paper and Project. You will take the multiple choice part of your final exam early. This decision was made so that you can study for both the final exam and the History SOL at the same time. On your scheduled exam day, you will present your research project to your class.

400 points: Multiple Choice Test

200 points: 2nd Draft of Research Paper

100 points: Board

+100 points: Presentation

800 points: Total

Research Paper (2nd Draft) Oral PresentationTri-fold Board or PPT

200 points100 points100 points

Thesis/Purpose Thesis /Purpose Thesis /Purpose

Supporting Information Elocution Main Ideas

Sources Eye Contact Supporting Details

General Requirements Organization Drawings/Illustrations

Grammar Knowledge of Subject Grammar

Organization TimeLayout/ Design

Resources to Use Instead of Google

BEFORE you go to Google or any other .com site, you must first go through the items below. Try to avoid all .com sites. Sites that end in .org, .edu, and .gov are generally reliable. Do NOT use Wikipedia.

  1. Go to the DHS website <
  2. Click on Academics
  3. Click on Resource:Media Center
  4. Click on Information Portal (Online Card Catalog)
  5. Click on Click Here to Access the Dominion Media Center Resources
  6. Choose General Keyword Search
  7. Type in your topic
  8. Look through the list of books available.
  9. If any of these books seem to fit your topic, Click on Add to My List
  10. Print out your list and check out the books
  11. If some of the books are not available, request that the Librarian put them on hold for you
  1. Go to the DHS website <
  2. Click on Academics
  3. Click on Resource: Media Center
  4. Click on Online Resources
  5. Scroll Down and Click on Databases organized by Subject.
  1. Go through ALL of the online databases relevant to your topic.
  2. Many of these databases require passwords to access them from your home computer. These are in the paper copy of your research packet.
  3. Do NOT give up!
  4. Research is NOT easy.
  5. You will have to go through a lot of material to get the information you need.
  6. You should go through many more sources than you will actually use in your paper.
  1. Go to the Public Library. If you do not have a library card, then get one.
  2. Go to the reference desk.
  3. Tell the librarian your topic and ask what resources are available in the library and online.
  1. Go to the Loudoun County Public Library Website. <
  2. Click on Catalog to do a catalog search for books
  3. Click on Databases and Homework Help for a plethora of online resources
  4. Click on Alphabetical List
  5. The reference librarian recommends: Opposing Viewpoints and General Reference Center Gold
  6. Click on Category List to explore resources available by category (Some of the categories you may want to explore are: Encyclopedias, Government and Law, History and Geography, Magazine Articles, News and Newspapers, and People)
  7. Click on Recommended Sites for links to reliable websites (Some of the categories you may want to explore are: Genealogy, History, News and Media, Reference Shelf, and Sports)
  8. If you are doing a family history, it is best to go to the library in person, because these search engines can be difficult to use.
  9. When you are at home, you may need to login using your library card to access their website.

1

WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY CHECKLIST

The TITLE “WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY” IS IN ALL CAPS AND CENTERED – IT IS NOT UNDERLINED, NOTBOLD, and it is NOT in “quotation marks.”

There are ONLY be 2 blank lines between the title and the first entry.

Be careful when you copy and paste citations. When you do this, sometimes the font style, size, and/or color will change. (Sometimes the color goes from black to gray.)

ALL Font is Times New Roman. Press ctrl-a (this is a short cut for select all) and select the correct font.

The size of ALL Font is 12 point. Press ctrl-a, and then select 12 point Font.

All Font is Black. Press ctrl-a, and then select black as the color.

The first line of each entry is NOT indented.

The second line and all subsequent lines of each entry are indented.

  • PRESS Ctrl AND Tab at the same time to indent the second and subsequent lines.

All entries are single spaced. (There are NO spaces WITHIN an entry.)

There is ONE blank line BETWEEN ENTRIES.

All entries are ALPHABETIZED by the first letter of each entry (ignoring all articles A, An, and The)

The rules of the Chicago/Turabian Manual are adhered to for punctuation and spacing. However, Mrs. Bryant’s requirements are slightly different. So always follow her requirements.

Pay attention to what should be italicized, in quotes, in parentheses and where the commas and periods belong. Also, Pay attention to the order of the information. (Author, Title or Name of Database or Journal etc., closest City, 2-letter abbreviation of State, Name of Publisher, issue, volume, number, year, url, most recent copy right year or access date.)

Every entry ends with a period. (A period always comes after an author’s name and the title of the source.)

All hyperlinks are removed.

If a url is longer than the line, breaks occur after symbols (ex. =, /, ?, &, etc.).

As much space as possible is used on each line of the entry. Don’t leave a lot of blank space in an entry unless it is the last line of the entry.

The entire url is present when used.

The name of the online database is italicized when used.

Titles of Books and Film are italicized. Names of Journals, Databases, Newspapers, and Magazines are also italicized.

 “Titles of articles in journals, databases, newspapers, and web articles are in quotation marks.”

Authors are cited in the correct format.

If you need to cite sources by more than one author, write out the names of all the authors

or editors. The first author's or editor's name should be inverted (last name, first name).

Write the rest of the names in the normal order (first name last name). Type the word and

preceded by a comma before the final name in the list. If there are two authors or editors,

type the word and without a comma between the names.

When using more than one work by the same author, give the author’s last name first for

the initial work then type eight lines (underscoring) and a period in place of the author’s

name in subsequent entries. You may arrange these entries either in alphabetical order by

title or by publication date.

Directions for Electronic Bibliography Cards

Please refer to my website for instructions on how to format bibliographic entries for other types of sources such as websites, magazine articles, journal articles, etc. (See Turabian Manual Color-Coded)

Directions for Electronic Note Cards

Please refer to my website for instructions on how to format bibliographic entries for other types of sources such as websites, magazine articles, journal articles, etc. (See Turabian Manual Color-Coded)

Research Note Cards Checklist

The bibliographic entry is on the bibliography card.

The bibliographic entry is in the proper format.

Call Numbers and Page Numbers are present when available.

There is usually one fact per card.

There are no typing errors in the cited text.

The summary is an accurate paraphrase as the cited text. (Changing a few words does not count as a paraphrase.)

The meaning of the cited text is NOT changed or misinterpreted.

Thoughts that go beyond the cited text are separated by one line from the summary or paraphrased text.

Important context is included when clarification is needed. (Name of the person quoted, date, place, etc.)

There are no blank cards.

There are 2 cards on each page.

The Author’s Last Name and/or The Title are in every source box.

There is an appropriate/logical subtopic is in every Guideline Box. Guidelines can be changed later, more than one card can have the same guideline, all cards do not need to have the same guideline.

BOOK

Bibliographic Entry

Beaver, Patricia Duane.Rural Community in the Appalachian South. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1986.

Footnote Citation

1. Patricia Duane Beaver, Rural Community in the Appalachian South (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1986), 227-229.

BOOK BY 2 OR 3 AUTHORS

Bibliographic Entry

Van Noppen, Ina W. and John J. Van Noppen. Western North Carolina Since the Civil War. Boone, NC: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1973.

Footnote Citation

Ina W Van Noppen and John J. Van Noppen, Western North Carolina Since the Civil War(Boone, NC: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1973), 150.

BOOK WITH EDITOR AS AUTHOR

Bibliographic Entry
Howell, Benita J., ed. Culture, Environment, and Conservation in the Appalachian South.Urbana:University of Illinois Press,2002.

Footnote Citation

Benita J. Howell, ed., Culture, Environment, and Conservation in the Appalachian South(Urbana:University of Illinois Press,2002), 75.

FOREIGN FILM RECORDINGS (VHS OR DVD)

Bibliographic Entry
Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês[How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman].DVD.Directed by NelsonPereira dos Santos.1971;New York: New Yorker Video, 2007.

Footnote Citation

1.Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês[How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman],DVD,directedby NelsonPereira dos Santos(1971;New York:New Yorker Video, 2007).

*** Omit the brackets and what is inside for English Language Films.

ARTICLE IN AN ONLINE DATABASE

Bibliographic Entry
"Continental System." ABC-CLIO World History: The Modern Era. (accessed September 22, 2011).

Footnote Citation
"Continental System," ABC-CLIO World History: The Modern Era,
Search/Display/310303?terms=french+revolution (accessed September 22, 2011).

ARTICLE IN AN ONLINE JOURNAL

Bibliographic Entry

Hodgson, Geoffrey M.“Institutions, Recessions and Recovery in the TransitionalEconomies.”Journal of Economic Issues vol.40, no. 4(December 2006): 875-894.
pqdweb?did=1181213601&sid=1&Fmt=3&clientId=8926&RQT=309&VName=PQD
(accessed August 11, 2007).

Footnote Citation

5. Geoffrey M. Hodgson, “Institutions, Recessions and Recovery in the
Transitional Economies,”Journal of Economic Issues 40, no. 4 (2006): 877,
pqdweb?did=1181213601&sid=1&Fmt=3&clientId=8926&RQT=309&VName=PQD
(accessed August 11, 2007).

WEBPAGES AND WEBSITES

Bibliographic Entry
Snow, Tony. “Press Gaggle by Tony Snow: July 26, 2007.” The White House.
news/releases/2007/07/20070726.html(accessed July 31, 2007).

Footnote Citation
5. Tony Snow, “Press Gaggle by Tony Snow: July 26, 2007,”The White House, July 31, 2007).

PUBLISHED OR BROADCAST INTERVIEW

Bibliographic Entry
Glenn, John.“An Interview with John Glenn.” Interview by Rick Freidman.Omni6 (October 1983):126-31.

Footnote Citation
8. John Glenn,“An Interview with John Glenn,”interview by Rick Freidman, Omni, 6 (1983): 128.

***Interviews, conducted by you, should only be cited in the footnotes NOT in the bibliography.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

America Takes Charge/America's Enemy. Vol. 3 of Vietnam: A Television History. VHS.

Boston: WGBH Boston Video, 1997.

Arnett, Peter The Ten Thousand Day War. VHS. Toronto: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,

1980.

Brinkley, Alan. American History: A Survey, Since 1865. Vol. 2. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995.

——— The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People, From 1865. Vol. 2.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.

Griffith, Robert, ed. Major Problems in American History Since 1945. Lexington, MA: D.C.

Heath, 1992.

"The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, August 7, 1964." In Vietnam: A History in Documents, edited

by Gareth Porter, 286-287. New York: New American Library, 1981.

Kimball, Jeffrey P., ed. To Reason Why: The Debate about the Causes of U.S. Involvement in the

Vietnam War. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1990.

Kolko, Gabriel. Anatomy of a War: Vietnam, The United States, and the Modern Historical

Experience. New York: Pantheon Books, 1985.

Maclear, Michael. The Ten Thousand Day War: Vietnam: 1945–1975. New York: St. Martin's

Press, 1981.

Marquis, Jefferson P. "The Other Warriors: American Social Science and Nation Building in

Vietnam." Diplomatic History 24, no. 1 (Winter 2000): 79-105.

pqdweb?did=50799805&sid=5&Fmt=2&clientId=7985&RQT=309&VName=PQD

(accessed December 10, 2000).

The Pentagon Papers: The Defense Department History of the United States Decisionmaking on

Vietnam. Vol. 1. Boston: Beacon Press, 1971, 187. Quoted in Gabriel Kolko, Anatomy of

a War: Vietnam, The United States, and the Modern Historical Experience. New York:

Pantheon Books, 1985.

Porter, Gareth, ed. Vietnam: A History in Documents. New York: New American Library, 1981.

Salisbury, Harrison E., ed. Vietnam Reconsidered: Lessons from a War. New York: Harper and Row, 1984.

Trueman, Chris. “The Causes of the Vietnam War.” History Learning Site.

historylearningsite.co.uk/causes_vietnam_war.htm (accessed November 30, 2000).

PAY ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS!

  • Below are 2 diagrams.
  • The 1st diagram points out the details in a bibliographic entry for a book.
  • The 2nd diagram points out the details in a footnote citation for the SAME book.
  • NOTICE THE DIFFERENCES!

Bibliography

Beaver, Patricia Duane.Rural Community in the Appalachian South. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1986.