Department of Languages, Literature and Communication Studies

Department of Languages, Literature and Communication Studies

History

INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECT

Instructions:

• Students must choose ONE
• Papers should be approximately 2000 words.
• All papers must be properly referenced using the MLA/APA
• All essays must be typed following the following format: Times New Roman; Font size 12; Double Spaced; Margins Justified
• All papers are due in Week 10. Late submissions will NOT be accepted.
• All papers MUST be accompanied by a Declaration of Plagiarism form, properly completed and SIGNED by the student. Online students do not need to submit this or the Costaatt cover page as it increases the similarity percentage. Students in the face-to-face classes must print, complete and sign the form and present it to their lecturers.
• You must submit your paper in soft copy (no hard copies are accepted) as a TURNITIN ASSIGNMENT via the link on the Eclassroom as it will be passed through plagiarism software. Submissions should not be over the 10% similarity rate threshold.
• The student must name the file in the following format:

Student Name – Student ID number- CRN

E.g. Bradpitt-00040790– 20420

Guidelines:

• Your research paper must be written in the form of a Journal.
• Your Journal must be recorded over a 3-5 days That is, you have to give details of incidents, etc. for three to five days.
• Your Journal must be written in the 1^st person – that is, YOU are the person writing the account.
• Your account must be based on facts, therefore, you have to research the topic you choose and based on the facts, imagine what things would have been like and write about them.

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QUESTIONS

1. Imagine that you are Christopher Columbus and you have landed in the Americas for the first time. Write in your diary about the indigenous people you found and their reception to your arrival.