world war II

Format specificities -Four to Eight pages -Times New Roman or Arial -12 pt. -1 inch margins Technical specificities -Books’ and journals’ titles in Italics. -Chapters’ and articles’ titles in “quotation marks.” -Refer to an author by his/her last name, or full name. -References in footnotes. -You need to put references after a quotation, when you refer to a particular book or an author’s argument, and when you give precise information. -Use full references in your footnotes. http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html. -You need to use at least three secondary sources. -Use quotes only in the body of the essay. -Before using a quote, you need to introduce it by linking to the argument you want to support or contrast. -After using a quote, explain the reader what are you taking from it. Structure of the paper Introduction (1-2 pages) —Present the subject of your essay. —Explain why it is important. —Give the question you will try to answer in the essay. —In 1 to 3 sentences try to give a concrete answer (hypothesis) to the question. Body of the essay (2-5 pages) —Present the source. (1/2 to 1 page) -Explain what it is. -Give a two or three sentences summary of it. -Explain who the author was. —Contextualize your subject. (1 page) -Give the dates in which the source your working with was written/published/painted/composed. -Give the places where the author of your source was born and your source was written/published/painted/composed. -Explain how the political context (a war, social movement, the type of government) might had influenced the author of your source. -Explain the place of your source in relation to its specific intellectual, cultural, artistic, or socioeconomic trend, movement or system. —Explain your argument (2 to 3 pages) -In one or two paragraphs rephrase and expand in the answer you gave to the question you raise in the introduction. -This time, the answer has to take into consideration what you wrote about the context. -It needs to be supported or/and contrasted with at least one secondary source, but preferably two or three. -Explain why you agree or disagree to your secondary source(s), and what your argument helps us understand your subject in a different, better way. Conclusion (1 page) —Rephrase your question (from the introduction). —Explain how your answer (with particular attention to how it differs or is influenced by your secondary sources) might help us understand your source’s political and intellectual/cultural/socioeconomic contexts. —Give the reader a final reflection on whatever you want regarding the subject of your essay.