World+War+Two



In order to write a quality,thesis based paper for this assignment it will be necessary to consult a number of outside sources in order to support your position. These sources will need to be cited, most likely IN-TEXT and at the end of your paper in a BIBLIOGRAPHY. All of the following require citations:

1-Direct quotes. 2-Information that is not common knowledge: statistics, facts, 3-Paraphrasing: Requires in-text citation. Rearranging sentence structure, substituting synonyms or changing a couple of words is not paraphrasing but PLAGIARISM. 4-Summarizing: condensing someone else’s ideas into your own words. This is plagiarizing if not cited. 5. Pictures, audio, any text that is included in your projects that is not your own work.

In Text Citations follow this format:  Include the Author’s last name and page number or if author’s name is referenced in your text, just include the page number in parenthesis at the end of the sentence. Don’t interrupt the flow of your sentence with the citation. Put it at the end of the phrase.

 A study of the early Republican Party revealed that.... (Smith 53).  Or  John Smith 's study of the early Republican Party revealed that….(33).

For many websites, no author is listed. In this case use a short form of the title (the shortest form that will allow you to recognize the work properly). For instance, if you were working with an article called "Thirty Reasons Hitler Was A Jerk," you might use the following:  ("Thirty Reasons" 26).

 Your paper is not just a rehashing of events; much like a Wikipedia entry. Instead it is a position paper. Your job is to present the evidence that supports your thesis. That evidence will probably be supported by the work of historians and other scholars. For help in developing a thesis see the Harvard Writing Center's guidelines.

Some Resources for you to use. Remember, when searching the web or selecting sources keep the TOECAP criteria in mind. Keywords: Japanese nationalism, Second Sino-Japanese War, Japanese Expansionism, Pacific War, Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere Treaty of Versailles, Great Depression AND World War Two, League of Nations

Books will be your friends for this project!! Here are some good ones we have in the library:

The Dark Summer: An Intimate History of the Events that Led to World War Two 940.53 SMI Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions that Changed the World 1940-1941 940.53 KER How War Came: The Immediate Origins of the Second World War 940.53 WAT Origins of the Second World War 94.53 BAV Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire 940.54 FRA Japan's Imperial Conspiracy 952.03 BER Japan's War: The Great Pacific Conflict 1853-1952 Pacific War: World War Two and the Japanese 1939-1945 Total War: Causes and Courses of the Second World War 940.53 CAL

Databases:

Gale World History in Context (hint: go to the topics section for War and use their WWII presentation)

Gale E-Book Encyclopedia of Modern Asia (Go to the volume on Japan)

ABC-CLIO Modern World History

Websites:

 BBC NEWS: Japan's Quest for Empire

 Columbia University: Japan's Quest for Power

Columbia University: Asia for Educators

Indiana University: Japanese Imperialism

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 130%; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> History Channel: World War Two

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 130%; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> Youtube: Japanese Expansionism Before and During World War Two

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 130%; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Essay on the League of Nations