Themed" Research paper of a word minimum of 2000 words, which will be worth 80 points and is due 5/9 before 11:59 pm.  A list of historical themes has been provided below and you may choose any theme as the basis for your paper.  You will pick one event,  topic, or a person, etc. of historical importance from each of the 3 grading periods and write a themed research paper based on your 3 selections, comparing and contrasting each of the 3 subjects of your choice under the theme you have chosen. You are required to use a minimum of 6 scholarly sources for your research - NO WIKIPEDIA PERMITTED in citations. Your minimum 6 scholarly sources may include the course text book, extra source materials, my powerpoints and/or lectures (I only count once), but it is not required. You MUST  use 2 primary documents as part of your 6  sources. You may of course use more than 6 sources. You must quote each of your sources at least once in your paper, using it to support your analytical writing and citing your sources appropriately according to a writing style guide, either parenthetically or footnoted. A properly formatted Works Cited or Bibliography must also be included. Remember, this is a research paper based on a theme I have provided so you must address that theme throughout the paper. This paper is worth 80 points and is due SATURDAY 5/9/2015 before 11:59 pm. Remember, I DO NOT ACCEPT LATE WORK so you have to turn it in on time to earn credit. I have also attached a sample Themed Research paper as an example of a well done paper. THEMES IN HISTORY  1. Geographic Determinism on the course of historical events 2. The Big “C”s ~ Conquest, Commerce, Colonization, & Conversion on the Course of History 3. Causes and Effects in History ~ “what came first, the chicken or the egg?” 4. “ Shoulda , Woulda , Couldas ” ~ alternate histories with alternate endings 5. Role of Economics in History ~ “money makes the world go around” or does it? 6. GREED & POWER ~ Who has it? How do they get it? What do they do with it? Why do we care? 7. Gender and History ~ “The hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world” ~ oh, really? 8. Race and History (Ethnicity and History) ~ “them versus us” scenarios 9. Religion and History ~ “My G od is better than your g od ” 10. Role of Family in History ~ as a social, a defensive, an economic, and/or a spiritual construct 11. The Effects of Education on History ~ “I know something you don’t know . . .” 12. Individualism vs. Communalism ~ “the need of the one” or the “need of the many”? 13. WAR ~ “What was it good for?” 14. Pivot Points in History ~ “when in the course of human events . . .” ~ the course abruptly changes 15. The Power of Personality ~ Celebrities who change history 16. “One man’s VIRTUE is another man’s EVIL” ~ Extreme human acts and responses in history 17. 20/20 Historical Hindsight ~ problems seeing the past through modern eyes ~ "Had they known then, what we know now . . ." 18. "Mirror, Mirror on the Wa.

1. Themed" Research paper of a word minimum of 2000 words,
which will be worth 80 points and is due 5/9 before 11:59 pm.
A list of historical themes has been provided below and you
may choose any theme as the basis for your paper. You will
pick one event, topic, or a person, etc. of historical importance
from each of the 3 grading periods
and write a themed research paper based on your 3 selections,
comparing and contrasting each of the 3 subjects of your choice
under the theme you have chosen. You are required to use a
minimum of 6 scholarly sources for your research - NO
WIKIPEDIA PERMITTED in citations. Your minimum 6
scholarly sources may include the course text book, extra source
materials, my
powerpoints
and/or lectures (I only count once), but it is not required.
You MUST use 2 primary documents as part of your 6 sources.
You may of course use more than 6 sources. You must quote
each of your sources at least once in your paper, using it to
support your analytical writing and citing your sources
appropriately according to a writing style guide, either
parenthetically or footnoted.
A properly formatted Works Cited or Bibliography must also be
included. Remember, this is a research paper based on a theme I
have provided so you must address that theme throughout the
paper. This paper is worth 80 points and is due SATURDAY
5/9/2015 before 11:59 pm. Remember, I DO NOT ACCEPT
LATE WORK so you have to turn it in on time to earn credit. I
have also attached a sample Themed Research paper as an
example of a well done paper.
THEMES IN HISTORY
1. Geographic Determinism on the course of historical events
2. The Big “C”s ~ Conquest, Commerce, Colonization, &
Conversion on the Course of History
3. Causes and Effects in History ~ “what came first, the chicken
or the egg?”

2. 4. “
Shoulda
,
Woulda
,
Couldas
” ~ alternate histories with alternate endings
5. Role of Economics in History ~ “money makes the world go
around” or does it?
6. GREED & POWER ~ Who has it? How do they get it? What
do they do with it? Why do we care?
7. Gender and History ~ “The hand that rocks the cradle, rules
the world” ~ oh, really?
8. Race and History (Ethnicity and History) ~ “them versus us”
scenarios
9. Religion and History ~ “My
G
od
is better than your
g
od
”
10. Role of Family in History ~ as a social, a defensive, an
economic, and/or a spiritual construct
11. The Effects of Education on History ~ “I know something
you don’t know . . .”
12. Individualism vs.
Communalism
~ “the need of the one” or the “need of the many”?
13. WAR ~ “What was it good for?”
14. Pivot Points in History ~ “when in the course of human
events . . .” ~ the course abruptly changes
15. The Power of Personality ~ Celebrities who change history
16. “One man’s VIRTUE is another man’s EVIL” ~ Extreme
human acts and responses in history
17. 20/20 Historical Hindsight ~ problems seeing the past

3. through modern eyes ~ "Had they known then, what we know
now . . ."
18. "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall . . ." ~ paradoxes in history ~
"heads and tails," i.e. flip sides (ex: good and bad) of the same
event, person, or place.
19. "For want of a nail . . ." ~ how technology has affected
history
20. History and the Environment ~ exploiting Mother Nature
and its consequences