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Garner’s Class State Research Paper Outline
Name ________________________ State _________________
I. Introduction ( name, nickname, one interesting fact)
II. Physical Features/Natural Resources
III. Significant People (living or dead)
IV. State Symbols
V. Conclusion (final comments/reflections)
Research papers are due on Thursday, October 13, 2005. Papers should be typed (double spaced, 12-14 font size and include at least a paragraph on each section above. Please include a title page with a picture for the beginning and a bibliography at the end of the paper listing the sources used. Students will give a brief oral presentation highlighting the things they have learned about the state. Students are also preparing a travel poster for our State Fair on Friday, October 14, 2005. Optional: Students may include maps, replica (something 3-dimensional) Power Point, and items that represent the state if they would like.
State Research Paper Bibliography
A bibliography shows where you got the information for your paper. It is a list of articles, books, websites, encyclopedias, or other sources. Bibliographies should be organized alphabetically by the author's last name or, when there is no author named, by the name of the publication. Then list the title, followed by the name of the publisher. The place and date of publication are listed at the end.
Book Example:
Anderson, Ariadne, Those Wily Foxes. School Books Press, New Freedom, Virginia, 1995
Article Example:
Mehta, Suresh, Fox Hunt: Foxes and Food, Natural Life Magazine. Cheeseboro, Vermont, March 1995.
Website Example:
Welcome to the White House. U.S. Government. 3 September 1999. <http://www.whitehouse.gov>
Encyclopedia Example:
World Wonders Encyclopedia, Pine Mountain, Colorado, 1992.
Books Used
Articles Used
Websites Used
Encyclopedias Used
Other Sources
Websites that may help!
http://www.downersgrovelibrary.org/pages/writeabiblio.html
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/MLA/bibliographymla.htm
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