DEVELOPING INTERESTS IN JAPAN

ASSIGNMENT

Following the completion of your series of entries for Journal Assignment One, write a short analytical essay (NO MORE THAN 2 – 3 pages for students enrolled in both HIS 373 and HIS 573) organizing your newly-identified interests in Japan into a coherent and cohesive essay.

THE ESSAY SHOULD BE ORGANIZED AROUND A SPECIFIC THESIS STATEMENT, INCORPORATE SPECIFIC ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES DRAWN FROM THE ASSOCIATED RESOURCES UNCOVERED IN YOUR INVESTIGATIONS AND INCLUDE APPROPRIATE ANNOTATION (AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOURCES CITED) CREDITING THE SOURCES FOR YOUR FINDINGS.

Incorporate a thesis statement in your essay’s introductory paragraph (which should appear in a bolded typeface) and a topic sentence (underlined) within each subsequent paragraph. Document each source referred to in your analysis, using an appropriate style guide (the one with which you are most comfortable and familiar) for your annotation, and include a reference to the guide you used in your appended bibliography. Be sure to include at least one book, one article and one Internet web source in your discussion, notes and bibliography.

Submit your essay for instructor evaluation no later than THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2008. The essay must meet the established criteria listed as part of the assignment without exception to be deemed acceptable by the instructor.

EXPECTATIONS AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

SUBMITTED ESSAYS MUST CONTAIN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS USING THE APPROPRIATE FORMAT:

• a properly completed COVERSHEET
  
  
• a minimum of FIVE PARAGRAPHS, including -
  
  
  • an INTRODUCTION incorporating a THESIS STATEMENT (use bold typeface)
  • a series of individual PARAGRAPHS constituting the BODY of the essay, each containing a TOPIC SENTENCE (underlined)
  • a CONCLUSION restating the THESIS STATEMENT and the major support for it found in the BODY of the essay
    
    
• ANNOTATION crediting the sources of the ideas and quotations included in the essay (as FOOTNOTES, ENDNOTES or IN -TEXT NOTES)
  
  
• a properly prepared BIBLIOGRAPHY of sources cited in the annotation, including at least one example each of a BOOK, an ARTICLE from a periodical or journal and an INTERNET WEB SITE; include as well a bibliographic reference to the STYLE MANUAL used to provide guidance in the preparation of your essay.

ESSAYS WHICH FAIL TO MEET THE ESTABLISHED CRITERIA WILL BE RETURNED FOR REVISION(S) UNTIL ALL HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.

STUDENTS MUST MEET ALL THE ESTABLISHED WRITING SKILL REQUIREMENTS TO CONTINUE IN THE COURSE; FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN STUDENT'S BEING DROPPED FROM THE COURSE AT THE INSTRUCTOR'S DISCRETION