Research Project Due Nov. 20

1. Select a person, living or dead, who would be viewed by the general public as a legend. You must have your person approved by Mrs. Hensley no later than Monday Nov. 2.

2. You must be able to find facts about the person from at least 3 sources and record the MLA information correctly from each source. No Wikipedia.

3. You will need 2 visual aids including a portrait.

4. You will fill out at least 20 notecards with facts or direct quotes about the person along with the source of information in MLA format.

5. You will fill out an outline that includes the following key information:
• Reason for legendary status
• Birth place and date
• If/how early childhood influences later life by affecting choices or decisions that led to status as a legend
• Educational background
• Career information
• Key influences in the person’s life
• How this person has influenced society and which group if any is more influenced than others
• 2 Direct quotes by the person
• 2 Direct quotes about the person from a published source
• Death information if applicable

6. After completion of the outline, you will write a 500 word research style paper using your own words except when using direct quotes. Direct quotes and key information will be annotated. You may rearrange the information from the outline as you see fit when writing the final draft of the paper. Include a bibliography using correct MLA format.

7. Grades are given for steps along the way. The final paper is worth 2 Test Grades.

Deadlines:
Topic Selection Nov. 2 (may only change topics once with approval)
Library Research Nov. 6, November 10 & 12
Notecards Due November 16
Outline Due November 18
Finished Paper Due November 20