If the weather is not cooperative, the rain date will be October 27. The term paper must be on a topic related to this course, suggested from your readings in Variations On A Theme Park, and specific to Cincinnati or another pre-approved urban center in which you are very familiar. It should be eight pages in length written in 12 point characters with one-inch margins. Any widely accepted style format is acceptable. The final 50 points of your grade will be derived from an oral presentation of your research the final week of class.
Attendance is required at all presentations.
The annotated bibliography should consist of the sources you plan to use for your term paper. It should cite your references and add a sentence or two about the contents of the source that pertains to your research. Citations of books should include, title, author, publication date and, if the material is a credited chapter, the author of the chapter. Citations of magazines, newspapers, and journals require the name of the publication, issue date, title of the article, author if credited, and page number. Resources from the WWW are not acceptable unless they are electronic reproductions of refereed journals.