Alexander the Great

 

You may use this worksheet for structuring and drafting your ResearchPaper.

 

All of the paragraphs in the Research Paper should be composed in Standard English. They should be characterized by accuracy, logic, relevance, substantiveness, and lack of plagiarism.

 

After you have completed this process, please use these paragraphs in sequence to create a formal composition that has the following characteristics.

1.Acover page

2.Amain narrative text

A.The length should be a minimum of four full double-spaced pages that are composed in the 12-point, black, Times New Roman font.

B.The text should be composed of complete sentences in Standard English.

C.The text should be structured according to the outline in this worksheet.

3.One or morepages on which you present a bibliography that containsor exceeds the minimum required numbers of citations in each category. Please use an academic style for your citations

(e.g., Chicago, MLA, APA, ASA).

 

In the blank space beneath this block of text, please type the final draft of Thesis Statement:

The Thesis Statement must have the following characteristics.

1. It must be controversial.
2. It must be principally relative to a major theme in this course.
3. It must be principally relative to the time range ant the geographical range that are the principle foci of this course.
4. It must be relative to the populations of the geographical regions that inhabited these regions during the era which is

primarily considered in this course.

5.It must not be relative to a speculative study.

 

 

 

 

 

Argument 1 in support of the validity of the Thesis Statement:

 

 

 

 

 

Proof of the validity of Argument 1:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argument 2 in support of the validity of the Thesis Statement:

 

 

 

Proof of the validity of Argument 2:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argument 3 in support of the validity of the Thesis Statement:

 

 

 

 

 

Proof of the validity of Argument 3:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You are welcome to present any additional arguments with proofs that you believe are necessary to justify your thesis. Additional sheets of paper may be appended if needed.

 

Counterargument 1 that the Thesis Statement is false:

 

 

 

 

 

Proof of the falseness of Counterargument 1:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counterargument 2 that the Thesis Statement is false:

 

 

 

 

 

Proof of the falseness of Counterargument 2:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counterargument 3 that the Thesis Statement is false:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proof of the falseness of Counterargument 3:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You are welcome to present any additional counterarguments with disproofs that you believe are necessary to justify your thesis. Additional sheets of paper may be appended if needed.

 

Concluding paragraph in which reaffirm the validity of the Thesis Statement by presenting a brief synthesis of your analyses ofeach of the aforementioned arguments and counterarguments:

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

This Bibliography Worksheet lists the minimum requirements for your Research Paper research. However, you are welcome to exceed these requirements for each of the categories that are listed. Please remember that you may not cite a video, an entire database, an internet search engine, a book review, a speculative study, a newspaper article, a news magazine article, an entire website, an encyclopedia article, a study guide, and/or any type of tertiary source.

For the scholarly book in addition to the required textbook, please be certain that it includes many footnotes, endnotes, and/or parenthetical citations. Most of these citations should include relevant page numbers. This book may not be a history textbook, and it may not be a tertiary source.

Please remember that you may not use a source to fulfill requirements for more than one category

Please use an academic citation style for your citations.in this bibliography (e.g., Chicago, MLA, APA, ASA)

 

Peer-reviewed journal article 1:

 

 

 

Peer-reviewed journal article 2:

 

 

 

Peer-reviewed journal article 3:

 

 

 

Primary source 1:

 

 

 

Primary source 2:

 

 

 

Primary source 3:

 

 

 

Course textbook:

 

 

 

Additional scholarly book:

 

 

 

Please cite any additional sources that you used for your research.

Additional sheets of paper may be appended if needed.