The primary writing assignment for this course is a 6-8 page research paper, on a topic of your choice and with my approval. (One page = 250 words, so 6-8 pages = 1500-2000 words, not including header, footnotes & works cited.) Here is the prompt:
Primary source research paper. You will either pick or be assigned a primary source related to the topic of waste and wartime and derive a research question from it, preferably a “how,” “why” or “how is it that” question. Your paper will be your answer to that question. In order to answer that question effectively, you will need to incorporate your own reading of the primary source, possibly readings of additional primary sources, and most definitely, readings of secondary sources that address your question.
Deadlines: The final draft will be due as an on-line submission on Turnitin.com before 11:59pm on Thursday, June 20.
Format: All of the following formatting and style elements are required:
1. Word-processed text: Double-spaced, 12-point font.
2. Course information: Your name, course title, professor’s name, date in the upper-left corner.
3. Paper title: Title centered on the page above your written text.
4. Page numbers: Place sequential page numbers in the upper right-hand corner in a header.
5. Grammar and spelling: Writing mechanics, including italics for book titles, capitalization, and punctuation, need to be correct and generally free of errors.
6. Use of evidence: Not only do you have to sound convincing, you need to cite specific references from the reading material (quotes, passages, paraphrases).
7. Correct page citations: Specific references to the reading need to be cited. Turabian footnotes will be the style accepted in this course. Refer to the Turabian style guide at the top of the LearnUs page.
8. AI Acknowledgments: In the first footnote include a statement recognizing what AI assistance you used for this project, including machine translation, transcriptions of texts, summaries, idea generation, grammar checking and proofreading. Use the following template:
“I made use of [AI system/tool] to assist with the drafting of this paper. [AI version details] was accessed/obtained from [source details]. I used AI in the following way…”
As has been made clear in class, because all of your papers are based on primary sources that have not previously been written about and are often in languages that you don’t speak, I have allowed you to use AI assistance. At the same time, if you used AI to generate text within the manuscript, you should include a full description of the process used in the acknowledgments and make sure to include appropriate and valid references and citations. This is particularly important in the evaluation of the paper in case Turnitin flags text as being AI-generated (it can produce false positives). Similarly, if you used AI to analyze or extract insights from data or other materials, for example through the use of text and data mining, describe the process used in your acknowledgments footnote. You must not present ideas, words, data, or other material produced by third parties without appropriate acknowledgement or permission. Any secondary sources that are AI hallucinations will result in a zero for the EVIDENCE rubric and a failing grade for the paper.
For each footnote, I would like you to take a screenshot of the source (either the paragraph or the page) and add it as an image at the end of the Word file of your final paper. Part of the “EVIDENCE” grade will be based on my comparison of your source with how you’ve used it. Papers that do not include this won’t be accepted until the screenshots are added.
You must use Turabian styled footnotes for the research paper. Plus, this is the base primary source tht I’ve used for my research paper.
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/32051/waste-not-want-not–we-want-what-you-want-not-scrap-iron-w
The class is called ” WWI Global Perspectives” It must be written in a high standard, with many resources included please.
Plus, The “Why” Question I’m answering for my paper is “Why was this salvage poster created by a Private Company (Westbourne Park Coal&Iron), not the government?”
