American Slavery and Russian Serfdom: Similarities and Differences

There is no special rubric for the research paper, but it definitely should meet some requirements. As it was said in the syllabus, the length of your work should be 5-6 pages. The assignment should be formatted according to MLA rules. It should be based on primary or secondary sources (translated Russian materials), which you are supposed to find and explore independently. While writing a research paper, try to put attention to the following criteria: 1. Title of your work and pages numeration; 2. Thesis statement should clearly explain the paper’s purpose; 3. Introduction; 4. Body’s paragraphs should contain thoughtful supporting details that develop your main idea; 5. Conclusion should engage and restate the thesis; 6. No errors in punctuation, capitalization and spelling, especially if you are going to use Russian names and geographical features; 7. Citation: all cited works, both text and visual, are done correctly with no errors; 8. Bibliography is done in the correct format with no errors. Ideally, it includes at least 5 references (science journal articles, books, but no more than two Internet sites. Periodicals available online are not considered Internet sites). Hope, it will help. Let me know if you have any questions.