Easy Research Paper 3 pages

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NO PLAGIARISM

ORIGINAL THOUGHTS ONLY

PLEASE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS

THIS IS BASED OFF OF THE BOOK “OUTLIERS”

THE AMERICAN PUBLIC OFFICIAL IS BARACK OBAMA

I HAVE ATTACHED THE CHECKLIST FOR THE PAPER

This assignment will serve as an opportunity to demonstrate your writing and research skills, while answering a question that is fundamental to democracy: are people successful in obtaining governmental positions because of their own abilities and effort, or are people successful because of the sum of the advantages they receive in life. Malcolm Gladwell’s book,Outliers: The Story of Success deals with this theme. You will test his conclusions, using your own research into the career of a top American public official.

For this assignment, students will write a three-page research paper. After a one paragraph introduction with a thesis statement, the first page of the paper will be dedicated to a central theme of the book that you intend to evaluate. If a reader were to only read the first page, he or she should be fully aware of what to expect to find in the rest of the paper. This is not, though, a listing of chapters or even the individuals Gladwell discusses. A three-page paper is not enough to discuss Gladwell’s every assertion. This page must narrow the topic to the assertion the remainder of the paper will test. The final two pages should provide a short look at an American public official and why he or she has been successful. The short discussion of this figure should buttress your position on page one about Gladwell’s book. Because you should research before you write, it is unacceptable for your political figure’s life to dissuade you from your original conclusion. If you change your mind, you will be expected to rewrite your entire paper to reflect that. A final draft of a college-level paper does not discuss a topic in a stream of consciousness style. It is a report of conclusions that have already been drawn. You should finish with a conclusion paragraph. You should try very hard not to extend your paper onto a fourth page.

The paper should be double-spaced and in 11-point font with Arial typeface. In addition to the three-page body of the paper, it should have a cover page and a bibliography (works cited page). You will need at least six sources. You should use APSA style, because this is an assignment for a political science course.

There are several places to find information about APSA/Chicago style. Your first effort should be to find it using an internet search engine. Do not expect credit for the assignment, if you do not use a proper citation style. At the very least, this must include in-text citations (sometimes called attributions) and a bibliography. Every year, a handful of students list only the web addresses or do not use internal citations, they receive a F for the course. There is no reason to go an entire semester without learning to do this correctly. You are strongly encouraged to utilize the writing center, located in the English Building, or the Online Writing Lab associated with Purdue University.

Additional pages will show directions for choosing you political leader and a rubric.

The paper must be submitted as a docx or pdf file to the D2L dropbox. Your submission must be a single file, and the bibliography, cover page, and body of the assignment must all be included.