Examine the causes and impact of the Peloponnesian Wars. Were they ultimately good for the city-states or pave they way for their collapse?

Instructions

Research Paper

• RESEARCH PAPER
  History 101-IN2 Research Paper
  July 19th

  You will need to submit an electronic copy via e-mail.  Send it as an e-mail attachment to ray.webb@swic.edu

  Examine the causes and impact of the Peloponnesian Wars.  Were they ultimately good for the city-states or pave they way for their collapse?

  Some sources you may want to consider are:

  • books on the subject

  • journal articles

  • magazine articles

  • reference works

• GENERAL ENCYCLOPEDIAS ARE POOR SOURCES.
  USING YOUR TEXTBOOK AS A SOURCE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
  WIKIPEDIA IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO USE AS A SOURCE IN A COLLEGE PAPER.

  You must use a minimum of five sources.   Your sources must include:

  • Two books.  Electronic or Google books are fine to use.

  • At least one journal or magazine article.  A good place to get these is EBSCO or JSTOR.

  • No more than TWO internet sources, no including the above.

• For any information that needs to be cited, you must use footnotes, endnotes, or parenthetical notation.  You must use one of these and be consistent throughout the paper.  A paper without one of these three will receive an automatic zero.  For information on how to credit sources I recommend you utilize the Success Center.  You are required to use MLA format unless you receive prior approval.

  The paper MUST:

  • be double-spaced

  • have margins no larger than one inch

  • be in a font size NO LARGER than 12

  • have at least 5 pages of text and be no longer than 8 pages

  • include a separate title page with, a title, your name, date of submission, and course number

• Your grammar and spelling will be graded.

  You must include a bibliography / works cited page.  A paper without one will earn an automatic zero.

  You will lose at letter grade, 10 points, for the following:

  • using less than 5 sources

  • using too many internet sources

  • using  improper sources

  • if your paper is less than 5 FULL pages long

  • failing to credit your sources properly in the text

  • failing to credit your sources properly on your works cited page

  • if you do not number the pages on the pages of text

  • failing to include a proper title page.

• Good luck.  Start early.  Early enough, so that if you have problems you will have time to fix them.  If you are not sure about something, ASK!
  PLAGIARISM
  Plagiarism is using another’s words as your own.  Do not use sentences or phrases from any print source or the internet without properly crediting the source.  The goal is to put the ideas completely in your own words to demonstrate your understanding of history.  The tutors in the Success Center can help you develop the skills necessary to avoid plagiarism.  It is your responsibility to know what plagiarism is and to avoid it.  “I didn’t know this was plagiarism” is not an acceptable reason for doing it.
  Copying directly from any written or electronic source will result in an F for the assignment, possibly the course, and other disciplinary action.