Junior English Research Project: Fashion, Flappers, And Organized Crime In The 1920s
Junior English Research Project
You are to create a Junior English Research Project in which you convey and cite information that you have researched. YOU CANNOT RECEIVE A PASSING GRADE IN THIS COURSE
WITHOUT HAVING COMPLETED THE RESEARCH PROJECT! You have two options for the
Project. You may write a 500 word essay on one or more of the topics listed below, or you may create a power point presentation. Both carry the same requirements. The requirements are:
1. You must research three (3) or more scholarly resources (This means no Wiki anything) and cite them in your project.
2. You must write your information in properly formatted expositional prose (must have topic sentences with support using traditional paragraph structure)
3. …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald
Fashion, Flappers and Social Statements in the 1920s
Economy, the Stock Market, and financial trends in the 1920s
Jazz and Speakeasies
The Eighteenth Amendment – Prohibition and its effects in the 1920s
Prohibition, Bootlegging, and Organized Crime in the 1920s
Scandal: Teapot Dome & White Sox (1919 World Series)
Women's Rights/Suffrage
Here are some guidelines to get started:
1. Use the Compadre Intranet to easily acquire scholarly resources (EbscoHost, SIRS, World
Book Encyclopedia, Literature Database). These databases also cite the sources you find in proper MLA Format.
2. If you find a scholarly resource on another database, you may use Citation Machine to help you format it correctly.
3. You may use an MLA website such as, http://library.austincc.edu/help/mla/ , to further assist you in properly using internal citations. You may also use the Writer’s Inc. Book, pages 245 – 295 for reference.
Below, a rubric is attached. Use it as a checklist to ensure your project contains all the required elements: Thesis Statement
Makes an ORIGINAL observation about the topic.
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0
Works Cited/Citations
Follows the MLA format for Works
You are to create a Junior English Research Project in which you convey and cite information that you have researched. YOU CANNOT RECEIVE A PASSING GRADE IN THIS COURSE
WITHOUT HAVING COMPLETED THE RESEARCH PROJECT! You have two options for the
Project. You may write a 500 word essay on one or more of the topics listed below, or you may create a power point presentation. Both carry the same requirements. The requirements are:
1. You must research three (3) or more scholarly resources (This means no Wiki anything) and cite them in your project.
2. You must write your information in properly formatted expositional prose (must have topic sentences with support using traditional paragraph structure)
3. …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald
Fashion, Flappers and Social Statements in the 1920s
Economy, the Stock Market, and financial trends in the 1920s
Jazz and Speakeasies
The Eighteenth Amendment – Prohibition and its effects in the 1920s
Prohibition, Bootlegging, and Organized Crime in the 1920s
Scandal: Teapot Dome & White Sox (1919 World Series)
Women's Rights/Suffrage
Here are some guidelines to get started:
1. Use the Compadre Intranet to easily acquire scholarly resources (EbscoHost, SIRS, World
Book Encyclopedia, Literature Database). These databases also cite the sources you find in proper MLA Format.
2. If you find a scholarly resource on another database, you may use Citation Machine to help you format it correctly.
3. You may use an MLA website such as, http://library.austincc.edu/help/mla/ , to further assist you in properly using internal citations. You may also use the Writer’s Inc. Book, pages 245 – 295 for reference.
Below, a rubric is attached. Use it as a checklist to ensure your project contains all the required elements: Thesis Statement
Makes an ORIGINAL observation about the topic.
2
0
Works Cited/Citations
Follows the MLA format for Works