Foundation of Roman Republic Research Paper Summery and PPT
Humanities
This essay must be well-written, and free of spelling and grammatical errors. The essay will be judged on the quality of your understanding of your chosen topic and discussion of the historiography. You should be able to organize a large body of material and facts (and too few facts that are reliable) in order to produce a coherent argument about your topic that is well organized and supported by primary and secondary sources.The ESSAY (MHRA Style) will be about ROMAN REPUBLIC The topics are:
1-KINGS of roman republic and The Time of the Kings.
2-the founding of Rome (The Capitoline Wolf).
3-From Republic to Empire.
4-The Consequences of Imperialism.
5-The Law of the Twelve Tables in 449 BC.
6-The City of Rome Expelled All Non-Roman Citizens (except Slaves) .
7-Rome Introduces the Gold Coin, the Aureus, in 50 BC.
8-Julius Caesar.
9-Augustus .
10-The end of empire.
use the all topics or some of them(at least 6) to write an essay about The roman empire (2000 words).
try to connect the topics together by the time and events.
Style: Times New Roman 12 point
Referencing: you should use Chicago Style (footnote) referencing
Length: at least 2,000 words
Sources: at least 5 different sources (use both primary and secondary sources). Use academic sources only. Avoid the internet as a secondary source (it can be useful for preliminary research but look up the references and use them instead). The library has a small collection of books and journals but does has access to many more online. Use JSTOR to find scholarly articles. Primary sources can be harder to find and you may need to use an online version. This is fine but be careful that it is from a reliable source.
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Presentation: along with the paper you will also be expected to make a short presentation based on your research that should last 5-7 minutes. You can read your paper, create a PowerPoint, or you can get creative.
I want the resources on Saturday(3/30)and the paper with the on the Presentation second of April.
