You will complete and submit a five (5) page history paper on a topic related to your discipline. The bibliography counts as one page. Your will write a paper on the background, significance and legacy of an event or personality that impacted your field or area of study. For example, if you are a Sociology major, write a brief history or biography of a major event or figure that shaped Sociology as a field. If you are an Africana Studies major write a brief history or biography of a major figure that shaped Africana Studies as a field. And so on to each major… Everything must be stated in your own words and in an academic format. See section on plagiarism. Write in the third person and refrain from using “I”, “You”, “We”, “In my opinion”, etc.
“A Brief History/Biography of ________________________”
1. Description of personality/event and how it relates to your discipline:
2. Background and development of personality/event:
3. Significant achievement of personality/event:
4. Legacy of personality/event:
5. Bibliography