Please provide a standard outline for your upcoming final paper, a draft thesis and preliminary reference list. Your outline should include the key terms and phrases associated with advancing the thesis or addressing the question. Your preliminary reference list should include at least five sources; at least two should be journal articles. Be sure to check the on-line library and indicate which sources are from it.
The research question is along the lines of “What factors led to the PRI losing its reign in Mexico?” OR “What factors led to the PRI ruling Mexico for decades?” (either one is okay you can pick)
Rubric: 100 points
Outline 50
Thesis 20
Sources 30
For help focusing your thesis, check out these links:
http://www.history.ubc.ca/content/formulating-thesis
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/1/
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/thesis_composedraft.html
http://uncw.edu/ulc/writing/thesis.html
To determine whether or not a source is reliable:
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/how/scholarly.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp13BD1zH08
