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Choose a topic from
the following list to research:
- Crime,
Punishment, Law, and the Courts
- Why were
people jailed ?
- What types
of punishment were common?
- What were
the jails like?
- What types
of crimes were committed the most?
- How was this
different from today?
- Education
in Elizabethan Times
- Who went to
school in the Elizabethan Times?
- What was
school like?
- What
subjects were studied?
- What was a
school day like?
- Plagues
and Sicknesses in the Renaissance
- What was the
Black Death?
- How many
people were affected by plagues?
- What other
common sicknesses were around in the
Renaissance?
- What were
some common medical practices?
- Employment
and Guilds in the Renaissance
- What is a
guild?
- What were
some of the common jobs during the
Renaissance?
- What types
of jobs did women have?
- How does the
job market back then compare to
now?
- Women,
Children, and the Household
- What was the
common age for marriage?
- How was a
household run?
- What were
the roles of women and children in Elizabethan
society?
- How do the
roles of women today compare with those of the
Renaissance?
- Fashion
during the Renaissance
- What were
the differences between rich women's clothes and
common women's clothes?
- What did
children wear?
- What kinds
of hairstyles, shoes, and make-up were
worn?
- How did the
royal men dress differently than the common
men?
- Housing
in the Elizabethan Times
- What was the
main structure of most castles?
- What were
most structures built out of?
- How were
household furnishings different from
today?
- What types
of structures were common?
- Queen
Elizabeth
- What was
Queen Elizabeth's childhood like?
- What
important things did she do as
queen?
- What is she
best remembered for?
- What was
Queen Elizabeth's life like?
- The
War with Spain
- What was the
Spanish Armada?
- Describe the
weapons and the ships involved in the
Spanish/English war?
- What were
some of the important battles?
- What was the
war about?
- Pastimes,
Sports, and Entertainment
- What sports
were played in the Elizabethan
times?
- How did
people entertain themselves?
- What types
of things did women do that men didn't
do?
- What
importance was hunting to the
Elizabethans?
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Research
the topic you have chosen:
- Crime,
Punishment, Law, and the Courts
- Education
in Elizabethan Times
- Plagues
and Sicknesses in the Renaissance
- Employment
and Guilds in the Renaissance
- Women,
Children, and the Household
- Fashion
during the Renaissance
- Housing
in the Elizabethan Times
- Queen
Elizabeth
- The War
with Spain
- Pastimes,
Sports, and Entertainment
Your
researching should be documented on note cards. Please look
at the NOTE CARD below to see the form that you need to use
for your note cards. Each note card should contain:
- A letter, which
refers to the bibliography card of the source you took
the notes from
- A number, which
refers to the number of the note card from that
specific source
- Two notes of
only two lines of information, at the
most
- A heading that
represents what the two notes are
about
- Either a page
number for a book, magazine, or pamphlet, or. . the
abbreviation "comp." to stand for computer if you got
the notes from a bibliography source that was on the
web
There is also a sample
of a bibliography card made for a website. You need to fill
out a bibliography card for each source that you take notes
from.
You should have at
least 25 note cards and 3 bibliography cards.
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Write
Your Outline:
Once you have
finished researching your topic, then you will need to
write a formal outline using all of your note cards.
Remember that you are writing a five paragraph essay, so
your outline should reflect five paragraphs. You should
have an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a
conclusion.
View the link below
to get a good understanding of what kind of outline you
should be doing. Your outline should look just like
theirs in style. What your outline will be about will, of
course, be different.
OUTLINE:
http://www.montague.k12.mi.us/library_page/eng_outline.htm
Once
you have written your outline, turn it in to Mrs. Blocher
for grading.
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Write
Your Rough Draft:
After you
have gotten your outline back from Mrs. Blocher, it's
time to start on you rough draft. Please pick up your
floppy
disk
from
Mrs. Blocher; you file should be saved on that disk.
Label
the file 'res(first 5 letters of your first
name)'.
- Your rough
draft should be a
five paragraph essay.
That means that it will be at the
minimum
25 sentences long.
It probably should be a little longer to get the best
grade possible. Don't write more than five paragraphs,
but use longer paragraphs.
- You should use
the font Times
New Roman
and type in 12
pt. font.
- Do
not
use personal pronouns like
I,
we, me, you, our, us, ours, and
yours.
Use a formal voice as you write.
Don't
write like you talk.
- You should
include a title
page
and a 'works
cited' page.
Click on the link below to see an example of a 'works
cited' page.
'WORKS CITED'
WEBSITE
Once you have
finished your rough draft, turn it in to Mrs. Blocher for
grading.
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Write
Your Final Draft:
After Mrs.
Blocher has returned your graded rough draft, look at her
notes carefully. Then go to your file on your floppy disk
and make the corrections you need to make. If you need to
do more research, then do it.
You
have one week, from the time you get your rough draft
back to the time you have to turn it
in.
After that it will only get half credit.
Once you are
finished typing your final,
turn
it in along with your outline, your note cards, and your
rough draft.
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Elizabethan
Times