Your paper should be written according to APA 7 guidelines and include an abstract and cover-page with the assignment title, your name, date, university name, school name, course number, and professor. See example below below. Your paper should be no less than 5 pages in length, double-spaced, 1-inch margins, Times New Roman, 12-point font, and include a reference page. There is no penalty for writing more than 5 pages. Do not plagiarize as each submitted paper will be scanned through iThenticate plagiarism software, THIS INCLUDES GRAMMARLY PREMIUM. References from the book and course textbook should be followed by an in-text citation with the corresponding page number. Each page should be numbered at the center and bottom of each page. Your cover page and reference pages do not count towards the total page count. Each section of your paper should be labeled with the corresponding question in bold.
Choose one of the following historic figures: Ernest Shackleton, President Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer or Rachel Carson to craft your paper from. Your paper should address each of the following questions:
Describe in detail the crisis that this historic leader faced. This should be a detailed account with multiple references to book. Please include intext citations with page number references.
What early childhood experiences influenced this leader? What early life experiences influence their decisions during their respective crisis? This should be a detailed account with multiple specific references to book. Please include intext citations with page number references.
What obstacles did this historic leader face during their crisis? How did they respond? What leadership traits did they exhibit? What was their philosophy and leadership style? This should be a detailed account with multiple specific examples from the book. Please include intext citations with page number references. References with citations to the course textbook should be made when identifying and defining these specific leadership traits and styles.
How did this historic leader seek to implement their vision? Were they successful? Having the benefit of hindsight, could they have done anything differently? Given the challenges they faced, how do you think you would have responded under such pressure?
What sacrifice did this historic leader have to make? This should be a detailed account with specific references to the book. Please include intext citations with page number references.
How did this historic leader manage their emotions? This should be a detailed account with multiple specific references to book. Please include intext citations with page number references.
Are leaders born or made? Support your answer referencing your historic figure and their respective experiences.
Additionally, students should make sure their written responses are not based on personal opinions. It is expected that written assignments will include references which will support the students’ claims. When choosing references, students should make sure they cite reliable resources. Students are advised to use online resources available via LSU Libraries, but are not limited to materials available there. It is imperative that students cite the resources they used and include all works cited in the list of references.
Students should follow APA guidelines for citations; however, it is also required to include page number for every reference to the textbook, regardless of whether a direct citation is used or not. This will help the instructor evaluate the understanding of key concepts from the textbook. You should include at least one reference to the textbook for each question.
All written assignments should follow APA guidelines, thus should:
- Be double-spaced
- Use 12-point Times New Roman font
- Have 1-inch margins on all sides
- Include page numbers