• Due Dates
  
  
  • Informal Project Statement/Proposal
    
    
  • Formal Promissory Abstract and Working Bibliography
    
    
  • Term Paper
    
    
• Basic Term Paper Requirements
  
  
  • Audience ("rhetorical situation")
    
    
  • Term Paper Length
    
    
  • "Purpose"("rhetorical situation")
    
    
  • Term Paper Style
    
    
  • Term Papr Format
    
    
  • Term Paper Citation Conventions (How to cite your references)
    
    
• Helpful Information
  
  
  • Where do I begin?
    
    
  • Selecting a Topic
    
    
  • Informal Proposal
    
    
  • Formal Promissory Abstract
    
    
    • Should I Include an Abstract in My Final Paper--and is this the One to Include?
      
      
  • Working Bibliography
    
    
  • Other Useful Writing Resources
    
    
  • Sample Papers
    
    
    • Sample Title Page
      
      
  • UMD Writer's Workshop
    
    
  • Academic Policies
    
    
  • Resources

1. It is fine for you to begin a project by consulting with Wikipedia (and similar on-line sources of encyclopaedic-type information) but you should be aware that the Wikipedia entries are open-source and are not checked and verified in the same manner as other reference materials. And sometimes the entries are confusing (have a look at "Macedonia," for example). And Wikipedia, should you use it, should only be a starting point. Wikipedia more information on using Wikipedia in class A caution before citing Wikipedia Citing Wikipedia APA style MLA style Chicago style CBE/CSE Style Turabian style It is also OK to start out your research by consulting reference works such as encyclopedias, dictionaries and lexica, glosaries, other general reference works, and the like, but this stage should only be a preliminary preparation for more focused and in-depth research work. For a college research paper you should also have a look at other references, either traditional materials from the library, or on-line materials from sources like UMD E-Journal Locator, JSTOR, etc., or books and manuscripts On-Line. That is to say Wikipedia and the other reference-type sources listed should not be your only source of information. And you must add your own evaluations, comparisons, development, criticisms, critiques, and the like to any reference materials used. Simply cutting and pasting information from sources is not sufficient to satisfy the requirements of either a required or extra-credit research paper. Your paper should reflect a synthesis and evaluation of materials researched.

   Selecting a Topic

   Your "Class Project" consists of a focused term paper and a presentation on what you discovered / learned while working on the paper. It is recommended that you do your term paper and your class presentation on the same subject.

   As mentioned the first week, one of the "Major Characteristics of American Anthropology" is its fourfold approach.

   For your Class Project select a topic that you are interested in and that relates to the Anthropology of Europe.
   

NOTE: Weeks 2 and 3 there will be a "Live Chat" to help you pick a topic for your class Project. Try to make those if you can, but if you can not, the "live Chats" are transcribed so that you can review the transcriptions after the "Live Chats" are over.

Please feel free also to stop by Cina 215 if you are in the neighborhood, or to email troufs@d.umn.edu with your questions and/or observations.

Try getting more information by looking at sites on the web:

Try surfing the web by searching with the search engines found by clicking on the Web "Search" button found on the upper righthand corner of the course WebPages. This will take you to the course Search Engines Page.

Hint: When you do a search on an item that has more than one word, like "stone tools," use the "Advanced Search" option and enter the words in the "exact phrase" box -- otherwise it will search out everything with "stone" and everything with "tools," and the list of "hits" could get quite large.

Also try getting more information from JSTORE, elelctronically stored journals, and look for other items from the UMD Library Catalogue.

For your paper you should also use traditional library materials, and, where appropriate, interviews and videotapes.

On-line Resources which might be helpful include:

European Countries and other materials indexed in the course A-Z index:

• A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z





Infotrac®

JSTORE©

LEXIS-NEXIS®

Sociology-Anthropology Search Engines and Reference Works

General Reference Works

Books and Manuscripts On-Line

UMD Library Catalogue

Other Library Catalogues

have a look at one or more of the daily newspapers to see what they're reporting

Length: 10 - 12 well-written pages

Style: For the Paper, academic

Format: Any standard format and citation convention (APA, MLA, Turabian-Chicago . . . )

doublespaced

with one-inch margins all around

with body type font 11 or 12

illustrations, tables, figures, diagrams . . . may be included, but must be properly placed and cited

Criteria for Grading College Writing

When you write anything you should consider audience, purpose, and your personal style. For your case studies, your audience should be your classmates in this class. (Do not write your college papers to the professor as audience.

Information about Handing in Your Paper to WebDrop
<https://webdrop.d.umn.edu>

Basically, your formal Proposal should look like the paper which follows.

[more information on your title]

Basque Personality through the Ages:

The Prehistoric Roots

of Independence and Separatism

by George Bush, Jr.




Anthropology 3635

People and Cultures of Europe

Professor Roufs

31 May 2020

[more information on an Introduction]

Put your paragraph(s) summarizing your paper here.

Put a transitional statement here.

Body
[Give this section an interesting subtitle, something other than "Body"]

Describe and discuss your chosen topic(s) here. Use some form of organizational structure. The "Journalist's Questions," Who,What, When, Where, How and Why are often helpful. A time sequence is also useful.

Use the Paradigm Online Writing Assistant if you do not have much experience writing college papers.

Conclusions

Put your conclusions here.