Week $5$: Assignment $-$ Research Project Proposal $($Part $1$ of $5)$

Due Sunday by $11$:$59$pm Points $20,$ Submitting a text entry box or a file upload Available until Feb $25$ at $11$:$59$pm

Semester Research Paper

In this course, you will have a semester$-$long research paper project. You begin working on it this week. Approximately every other week, you will be required to make edits and incorporate more materials into your working draft.

These working drafts are designed to spread out a single, large project into manageable chunks. Hopefully, you will pick up several skills along the way $($e$.$g$.,$ how to create an APA reference; how to find good, scholarly sources; how to structure your paragraphs$).$ The final research paper is due on Sunday week $15.$

Week $5$ Instructions

Objective:

Select a topic.

Find at least one "good" scholarly source and list it in APA reference format $($ex$.$ a journal article$)$

Please focus on findifg a topic that interests you $($e$.$g$.,$ The Black Plague$).$ Find a resource that will help you write a research paper on your topic Make sure that it meets the criteria for a "good" source below.

You are free to write about any topic you would like, as long as it relates to the course content from Modules $1-15.$ You cannot choose a topic that falls outside of the geographic area or time periods that we study. Take a look at the table of contents in Brooks $(2019)$ for guidance on the topics and time periods we will cover through week $15.$

Spelling, punctuation, and grammar are correct

The research cited must be scholarly, credible, recent, and relevant. What is a scholarly source? See below.

You can use your eText and encyclopedias, but they will not count as a reference. Don't use Wikipedia. section. Please review the Module $1$ Plagiarism Assessment with its resources on citations and plagiarism, if needed. Any images you use must also have