Paper Formatting Requirements Plus Turnitin Signup for Gerst

Ms. Gerst's students, please enroll for this class on turnitin.com in order to submit your annotated bibliography (not to mention your final paper) online. The enrollment code is 10744668 and the password is ProudTower.

Mr. Janus and Ms. Gerst students, below are some final guidance from your teachers on requirements for your research papers:

• Your final paper should be about 5-7 pages.  We will not take deductions for lengthy papers unless the paper reads more like a description or summary, rather than the required analysis and argumentation.
• Your paper must use a mix of primary and secondary sources. Ms. Gerst has never seen an research paper showing analysis, synthesis, and originality with less than seven sources.  Mix them up, meaning try NOT to rely on any sole source in each of your body paragraphs. 
• Use Times New Roman, 12 point for Gerst (14/16 point for Janus), and 1 inch margins.  
• History papers use Turabian footnote citation and bibliography, not MLA parenthetical citation and work cited pages. Use http://www.citationmachine.net/turabian/cite-a-book to assist you in creating the proper citation. 
• A proper citation includes the specific page number to which you are referring. 
• Ms. Gerst's students should submit their papers to turnitin.com.   

Here are some examples of what it should look like, along with an entire sample from Rampolla (note it uses endnotes - you should format as footnotes).   Need additional help on typical expectations for introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions?  Review this small section of Rampolla. 

Footnotes:

Bibliography: