PLEASE BE GUIDED BY
THE FOLLOWING
PAGE 1: COVER PAGE
Picture (optional) Antigua State College, Name, Candidate Number,
Course, Topic, Date, Tutor’s
Name (Miss Jrucilla Samuel)
Sample
Antigua State College
Name: John Doe
Candidate Number: 010201…
Course:
CAPE History Unit 1 Internal Assessment
Topic: Major Factors that Contributed to the Abolition
of Slavery
Date of Submission: 25th February 2011
Lecturer: Miss Jrucilla Samuel
PAGE 2: TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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3: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
PAGE 4: RATIONALE (Reason for choosing topic and its importance)
Sample
In order to meet the requirements for the CXC
Cape examinations, this research must be conducted. However, despite this
obligation, the Morant Bay Rebellion (1865) was a landmark in our Caribbean
history that has sometimes been overlooked. As a Jamaican, this topic touches
the very core of my native land and it is also for this reason that it has
received my ultimate attention. This research will examine the multiple causes
of the 1865 revolution. I hypothesize that the economic problems of the 19thcentury
aggravated existing deplorable conditions which fueled the Morant Bay
Rebellion.
PAGE 5: CONTEXT (Setting
or era eg. Age of Exploration, Pre-Columbus era)
Sample
In order to fully understand the factors that contributed to the abolition of slavery’ one must first examine the era in which the tides started to turn
against this institution. Therefore, the influence of the Enlightenment period
cannot be ignored. It was this era of ‘prolific intellectual movement’ that
paved the way for full emancipation. During the 18th century many
philosophers and scholars began to question the very institution that made
Great Britain rich. Although some of the scholastic writings sometimes leaned
on the idealistic side, their words had an uneasing effect not only in the
Europe but also in its colonies. However, its effect was not a swift as the
French Revolution. But nevertheless the enlightenment impact was visible.
Historian David Brion Davis captured the essence of the beginning of change. He
noted, ‘what was unprecedented by the 1760s and 1770s was the emergence of a widespread
conviction that New World slavery symbolized all the forces that threatened the
true destiny of man.’
Franklin Knight, General History of the Caribbean Volume III: The Slave Societies of the Caribbean. (London:
UNESCO Publishing, 1997) 325.
PAGE 6: INTRODUCTION (A paragraph
that should include a thesis statement. Avoid repetition!)
OTHER PAGES: BODY OF RESEARCH (A number of paragraphs to support thesis, topic sentences etc)
CONCLUSION: Sum up points and reinforce that your hypothesis has been validated.
APPENDIX
BIBLIOGRAPHY (MLA FORMAT)
N= End Notes (eferences in the research; footnotes preferably)
-Indent
-First, last name like Kerisia Samuel, then comma
-Title of Book underlined
-(Place of Publication: (colon), Publishers, (comma), Year Published in brackets)
-Page where the quote was taken from. (full stop).
B=Bibliography
-Last name, then first name.
-Title of Book underlined
-Place of Publication: (colon),
-Publishers, (comma),
-Year book was published (full stop).
*Each of the above section must be on a separate page.
*
Quotations mandatory.
Use both
Primary and
Secondary sources.
Primary--first hand (what the slave said during 1834 or the Emancipation Act)
Secondary--second hand (what historian Eric Williams said)
*Feel free to use
pictures, diagrams, PowerPoints etc
The research must be typed.
2200 words ( quotes excluded)
