Introduction
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Main ideas
Thesis
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How to Write a College Level History Paper
Section 1: What Is Historical Writing?
This paper is intended to give you a general overview of writing the historical/political/Reflection essay. You will need this guide in order to be successful in most courses in the Humanities or Social Sciences. While standards vary from professor to professor here are some basic guidelines that will help you in your writing for this course. You must also use this paper as a guide to writing in this course. Failure to do so may reduce your grade.
Elements
No matter what type of college essay you write the basic elements of academic essay writing include: thesis, body of evidence and conclusion. These are the basic elements of writing. So before you turn in you paper ask yourself does my paper have a thesis, body of evidence and conclusion?
The thesis and evidence are divided into three parts: an introduction, the systematic development of an argument, and a conclusion. All scholarly writing, from the most concise paper to the longest book, follows these basic guidelines. The best college papers and even academic or scholarly books and articles have these elements otherwise your paper will be considered lacking purpose and direction and will simply be too difficult to read.
Typically, it only takes me a paragraph or two to tell the direction your paper is going. If I dont have a sense that you have put together a well-crafted argument and resulting paper your paper will be severely downgraded. Part of being in college is to learn how to write clearly and effectively. This is one aspect of the educated and professional world that you must master.
Thesis
You must have a thesis in every paper you write in this course. Historical/political or English essay writing is based upon developing a clear thesis. A thesis is a statement, an argument that will be presented by the writer. The thesis is in effect, your position, your particular interpretation, your way of seeing a problem. Resist the temptation, which many students have, to think of a thesis as simply \”restating\” a Professors question or just stating the obvious.
The writer should demonstrate originality and critical thinking by showing what the question is asking, and why it is important rather than merely repeating it. Your own informed perspective is what matters. Many first-year students ask whether the \”thesis\” is not just their \”opinion\” of a historical question. A thesis is indeed a \”point of view,\” or \”perspective,\” but of a particular sort: it is based not only on belief, but on a logical and systematic argument supported by evidence. The truism that we each have \”our own\” opinions misses the point. A good critical essay acknowledges that many perspectives are possible on any question, yet demonstrates the validity or correctness of the writer\’s own view. If you are writing a reflection essay you can really add your own personal perspective to your papers. But remember your paper cannot rest on your personal experiences alone. You must do outside research.
Lets take an example. Lets say that you have to write a reflection paper on slavery. You decide that what interests you is the topic of slave marriages. You remember that you attended an wedding with African American themes (Jumping the Broom, etc.). You could then write a reflection paper on slave marriages. You would write about how these marriages were conducted and their importance to Black culture. Then you could tie into your essay your own experiences at the wedding. This is just and example. You have to bring your own creativity and decide how you will approach the essay.
Evidence/Data
To make a good argument you must have both a strong central thesis and to make your thesis viable you must have evidence; the two are interdependent and support each other. A strong statement of thesis needs evidence or it will convince no one. Equally, quotes, dates, and lists of details mean nothing by themselves. Your task is both to select the important \”facts\” and to present them in a reasonable, persuasive, and systematic manner that defends your position.
To support your argument, you should also be competent in using footnotes or end-notes and creating bibliographies and annotated bibliographies, if required, for your work; neither is difficult, and both are requirements for truly pr
