Posted: September 13th, 2017

religion and politics in one civilization

religion and politics in one civilization

Prompt: Analyze the relationship between religion and politics in one civilization (you may use two

civilizations with thesis approval from Dr. Imhof) that we have or will study in this class.

Paper instructions:
Research Paper Guidelines (600 points):

Prompt:  Analyze the relationship between religion and politics in one civilization (you may use two

civilizations with thesis approval from Dr. Imhof) that we have or will study in this class.

You must begin with a thesis that makes a specific historical argument derived from the prompt.  You

may begin with work you have already produced in this class (including the short paper) or you may

choose to begin with a fresh start.  If you have not already earned an A on this specific thesis, I

encourage you to contact me through email for approval of your thesis statement.  I can help you to

fine tune your thesis statement which might significantly help your grade.

Format: Your paper must be 3-5 pages (3 pages 750-850 words possible C paper) (5 pages 1250–1500

words possible A paper), typed, paginated, and double-spaced. Use a 12 point font such as Times or

Currier and 1 inch margins.

Please note you can only earn a possible A if your write a 5 page paper.  The best grade you can

possible earn from a 3 page paper is a C.

Research requirements:

Secondary Source: You must use a minimum of four scholarly sources (reference materials such as your

textbook, encyclopedias and the Internet are not scholarly sources) that focus on the ancient historical

context. Academic journals published in their entirety online and come through research databases are

acceptable examples of scholarly secondary source.
Please see Historiography Power Point in the course Introduction module to ensure you understand

what distinguishes scholarly from non-scholarly source.  See the Introduction Assignment for assistance

locating scholarly sources.

Internet Sources: You may use reference material and Internet sources but these are in addition to

your required four scholarly sources.

Primary Source: You must reference a minimum of one ancient original textual document (in translation

of course) in your paper. I encourage the use of several examples of primary source.
Please see the Historiography Power Point to learn more about Primary source.

Locating primary source: I have two major recommendations for locating the primary source for your

paper.  For this paper your primary source must be a document. You may not use a picture or an

artifact.

My first recommendation is that you check the footnotes of your secondary sources to identify the

primary sources that the author used. These texts can often be located in edited volumes of ancient

documents, library and online archives, and sometimes can be ordered through interlibrary loan.

My second recommendation is the much easier (and recommended) approach. Go to Fordham

University History Sourcebooks. These Websites operated by Fordham University are extremely reliable

and provide a large collection of historical primary source documents in English translation in addition

to secondary source resources. You should be careful of many fraudulent document translations on the

web but you can trust what you find on the Fordham sites. The following link will take you to Ancient

History Sourcebook.  At the top of the page you can link to other useful history sourcebooks for this

and other research projects such as Medieval or African History Sourcebook.

http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/ancient/asbook.asp

Citation: Your paper must be footnoted in Chicago format (I will also accept MLA) and you must

include a bibliography at the end of the paper.

Grading Rubric (600 possible points)

/100 Introduction broken down as follows:

_____/30 historical context

_____/40  thesis

_____/30  methodology

/400 Research, Analysis, and Argument broken down as follows

_____/100 logical development of an argument in support of the thesis

_____/100 use of historical evidence and accurate historical facts to support your thesis

_____/100 analysis of primary source evidence to support your thesis (automatic 100 point deduction

if a primary source is not directly quoted and analyzed in the paper).

_____/100 analysis of secondary source evidence to support your thesis (automatic 20 point deduction

for each of the four required scholarly secondary sources not used and cited in the paper).

/100 Format broken down as follows:

_____/30 structure

_____/30 grammar/syntax

_____/20 proper use of citation and citation format

_____/20 conclusion

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