History, research paper help (1500 -2000 words)

he core assignment of this course is a documented research paper(1500-2000 words in length = approx. 6 - 8 pages double spaced, 12-pointfont).The paper should support a thesis statement with information gained fromresearch or investigation.The paper will not be just a report presenting information, but will be apaper that carefully examines and presents your own historicalinterpretation of the topic you have chosen and your interpretation ofthe information you have gathered.The paper may include consideration of problems and solutions, definekey terms, or refute arguments against your thesis statement.It will be important to choose a topic of interest to you.Approach this assignment with an open and skeptical mind, then form anopinion based on what you have discovered.You must suspend belief while you are investigating and let thediscoveries shape your opinion. (This is a thesis-finding approach.)Once you have found your thesis, write the paper to support it.You will use some of the following critical thinking skills in thisprocess:Choosing an appropriate topic, limiting the topicGathering information, summarizing sourcesAnalyzing and evaluating sourcesDefining key termsSynthesizing information, comparing and contrasting sourcesTesting a thesis, making a historical argument, using refutationAmassing support for a positionDocumenting sourcesBecause this may be a longer paper than you have written before and acomplex process is involved, it is recommended that you complete thispaper using the following steps:Choose a topic related to U.S. History up to 1877 (Chapters 1-15) thatyou would truly like to explore and that you are willing to spend sometime on. Your chosen topic should be focused. Pose a question that youreally want to answer. You may want to begin with more than one topic inmind.Do some preliminary reading on the topic(s). You may begin with thetextbook, then further explore the information available. Refine yourtopic. Summarize your topic, your interest in the topic, the questionsyou want to answer, and a hypothesis you want to test.Gather information from a variety of sources. Use a minimum of foursources for your paper, and at least one must be a primary source.Examples of primary sources are ones that are used in our discussionforums 2 - 8.They are sources that are contemporary to the times under investigation.An example of a secondary source is our textbook, though the textbookalso contains excerpts of primary sources, which you may use as a sourcein your paper.Outline the results of your research and the plan for your paper (youare not required to submit the outline).Write the final draft and be sure to include a Works Cited List, and usethe correct MLA documentation style.