Here is the assignment instructions. I already wrote a rough draft and there are a lot of notes on it how to make it a better paper but I need help. I need to implement all three of the primary sources attached. I need to add more from the book by William Hazegrove (also attached). I also have attached writing tips from one of my professors that you need to follow for historical writing.
Assignment: Write a 12 page professional research paper.
This is a class on the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, named the Century of Progress Exposition. The paper must be related to this particular World’s Fair. Cheryl Ganz’s book The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair: A Century of Progress is a starting point, and every student will include information from this book into their research paper. Students will choose at least one of 3 other books on the Fair to include in their paper, then will be expected to find more information on their own in the form of supplemental books and journal articles, websites, newspaper or magazine articles, oral histories and/or other sources. A really strong research paper uses a variety of sources.
The final draft of the research paper will be a minimum of 12 full pages of text and maximum of 18 pages double spaced. The paper must include:
The final draft of the research paper will be a minimum of 12 full pages of text (cover page and bibliography do not count) and maximum of 18 pages double spaced. Page count does not include a cover page (not needed) or bibliography (required). Single space footnotes and in between paragraphs. Pages should be numbered. The paper must include:
- A title that gives the reader a clear sense of the topic and thesis
- An overview of the Fair and role of World’s Fairs in history
- Explanation of what historians have written on the topic and how the student’s paper adds to understanding of the period or topic (historiography)
- An original historical argument based on the research questions asked – and related to the 1933 Century of Progress Expo
- An analysis of how the topic fits into the context of the era and why that is important
- A range of primary sources and scholarly secondary sources supporting the thesis
- Footnotes or endnotes formatted according to the Chicago Manual of Style
- Bibliography formatted according to the Chicago Manual of Style. Separate primary and secondary sources: list primary sources first, then list secondary sources.