Write a 5-page historiographical summary that answers the following question: “Did past climatic shocks ever provoke civilizational collapse?”. Make an argument and support it by drawing from the equivalent of five scholarly books, where one book is equal to two articles. Try not to use the books required for this course.
A historiographical paper takes a side in a scholarly debate about the human past. That means that you should describe the arguments made by different authors, explain how they engage each other, and criticize the ones you don’t agree with based on, for example, their persuasiveness, use of evidence, or method.
A historiographical paper takes a side in a scholarly debate about the human past. That means that you should describe the arguments made by different authors, explain how they engage each other, and criticize the ones you don’t agree with based on, for example, their persuasiveness, use of evidence, or method.
Formatting your work:
- Make a title page! Your title page should have your assignment title in large, centered font. Your name, your class name, my name, and the date should be in a smaller font at the bottom right of your title page.
- Your papers should be written in size 12, Times New Roman font. They should be double-spaced. You should use standard margins (one inch on all sides of the document). Number your pages (at the top right).
- Use formal academic writing (no contractions or colloquialisms).
- Cite all sources using Chicago Style formatting, which means that you need footnotes and a bibliography (note that the bibliography does not add to your page count). Click here to find out how you do this. You should always cite at the end of a quotation. Otherwise, include all citations in a footnote at the end of a paragraph. You do not need to cite every sentence. Your footnotes should be numbered sequentially.