Length of the paper is 10-12 pages, double-spaced. This does not include the bibliography/references cited or title page. A minimum of 5 academic sources should be consulted. Wikipedia is not an academic source, but can be used as an additional source. Your paper provides an introduction that outlines your chosen topic and articulates the key argument of your paper. It provides a thesis statement, or your research question. The conclusion summarizes and synthesizes the material presented in the paper, as well as your central argument, and offers analysis and conclusion for your paper.Remember key tasks for a research paper: develop a thesis; construct an argument; substantiate your argument through explanation and evaluation of sources; describe and analyze your subject/case; summarize and synthesize.

All sources (academic works in print, sources from databases, other online sources, non-academic sources, media, and the like) need to be cited.