A Sample Title Page for All Students Using Turabian Format

The student will select ONE (1) of the topics below and fully address all the questions it contains in a 5-page research paper.
• Discuss some traditional approaches to government in Virginia throughout the Colonial, Antebellum and Reconstruction eras. How did the political changes of the 20th century (1900s) impact Virginia’s traditional political approaches?
• Explain the differing positions between federalism and anti-federalism in Virginia during the debate over ratifying the U.S. Constitution. How did these differing viewpoints concerning the role of the federal government linger through the state during the Antebellum era? What 20th century (1900s) political debates in Virginia also had their roots in that disagreement?
• Trace Virginia’s civil rights struggle from the colonial era through today. What were periods of strides forward and setbacks? Identify a current issue (since 2010) in Virginia that has its roots in that struggle.
Review your sources, pull the ideas out that you find relevant to your topic, and then draw your own conclusions from them. Incorporate your sources into your own findings to lend credibility to your work and demonstrate you have researched the topic to the point where you understand what others have concluded about it and can reasonably draw your own conclusions and contribute new scholarship to the topic.
In a short paper like this, avoid using too many direct quotes from your source. A good rule of thumb is to paraphrase the information unless you will change the meaning by doing so, or if the quote is pithy and the phrasing contributes to the meaning. Therefore, be sure to mostly paraphrase the information you pull from your sources, putting their idea completely into your own words. Remember, a paraphrase needs a citation in the same way a direct quote does. For any direct quotes you do use, be sure to integrate them correctly and not just include them as standalone sentences.
The research paper must contain a properly formatted bibliography and in-text citations (footnotes) for all direct quotations and paraphrases. Any paper lacking both will receive an automatic 25% grade reduction.
The student is encouraged to look at the instructor’s feedback on the annotated bibliography assignment from Module/Week 6, and incorporate it into the final bibliography that is submitted with this paper.
The research paper must be written in current Turabian format, double spaced in 12 pt. font, have a minimum of 3 scholarly sources (not counting the textbook or Bible), and be a minimum of 5 full pages in length (not counting a title page or the bibliography).
Review the Research Paper Grading Rubric before submitting and verify the research paper meets those expectations.