Examine the books found in the Course Bibliography, located in the Course Home section in the left-hand navigation.

Write a draft of your introduction, including your preliminary analytic thesis statement. The introduction must:Be a full paragraph in length.Define your topic with precision, based on the parameters found in the Week 5 Final Research Paper assignment guidelines.Explain the historical context most directly relevant to your topic.Compose a preliminary thesis statement for the Final Paper.If you need assistance in developing your thesis, please visit the Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.) page provided by the Ashford Writing Center and/or the Writing a Thesis and Making an Argument (Links to an external site.) resource from the University of Iowa.Next: Create an annotated bibliography that includes five scholarly secondary sources (not including the assigned text for the course) and one primary source.Examine the books found in the Course Bibliography, located in the Course Home section in the left-hand navigation.Students are encouraged to research scholarly articles using the Ashford University Library (e.g., through the JSTOR database) and scholarly books (e.g., through the ebrary database), in accordance with university policy on acceptable source use.Many links to relevant primary sources can be found in the following resource: Ashford University Library’s Primary Source Materials for History.Each source should be immediately followed by its annotation.An annotated bibliography is comprised of:Secondary Sources:type of sources examined,theoretical approach,methodology, andauthor’s position regarding a key historiographic debate associated with the topic.Identify the author’s thesis or the central focus.List two or three main points the author makes to back up the thesis or central focus.Identify a distinguishing feature of this study, such asExplain how this source can supply evidence for your final project.Primary Source:Identify the type of source.List information on the author(s) of the source.List information about when and where the source was created.Identify the purpose for which the piece was originally written.Identify the audience toward whom the piece was originally directed.Explain the historical significance of the source with regard to the topic of your Final Paper.A list of your selected sources cited in APA or Chicago Manual of Style (CMS).A one-to-two paragraph summary of each sourceAnnotated Bibliography Resources:For an overview of summarizing sources, please see the Quoting, Paraphrasing, & Summarizing (Links to an external site.).Ashford University Writing Center: Annotated Bibliography Tutorial (Links to an external site.)Ashford University Writing Center: Annotated Bibliography example formatted in APA (Links to an external site.)California State University, Los Angeles: Annotated Bibliography example formatted in CMS (Links to an external site.)Gill, Jacquelyn & Laubach, Stephen. Gather Reliable Evidence (Links to an external site.)Hung, Po-Yi and Popp, Abigail. Learning how to do Historical Research: Primer. How to Frame a Researchable Question (Links to an external site.)Lastly: Create an outline or synopsis of at least three main points that will support your thesis statement, indicating how you will structure your final project. To do so, please follow the guidelines at the Ashford Writing Center for Outlining (Links to an external site.).For each main point, write at least one TOPIC SENTENCE—a topic sentence is like a mini thesis statement. (For help developing strong topic sentences, visit the Ashford Writing Center material on Writing Body Paragraphs (Links to an external site.).)For each main point, identify and list at least one specific example drawn from the sources listed in your annotated bibliography, indicating which sources you will use.The Final Research Paper ProposalMust include a separate title page with the following:Title of paperStudent’s nameCourse name and numberInstructor’s nameDate submittedMust use at least five scholarly secondary sources, in addition to the course text, and one primary source.The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types.