Term Paper Basics

• 10-12 pages
• Thesis statement
• last sentence in the first paragraph
• Body paragraphs
• All info must relate directly to the thesis
• No personal pronouns
• No sang
• Proper academic tone
• Analysis
• No less than one citation per paragraph
• Four sentences of analysis

• What is going on in Libya?
• NY Times
• Al Jazeera
• What is the NATO stance on Libya?
• Is England a part of NATO?
• England's past involvement in intervention?

• Cuba had gained independence and was supported by the US 
• There is a revolution within Cuba, and they ally with the Soviet Union
• The Soviet Union started sending missiles to Cuba, and the US was worried that they were going to bomb us
• Kennedy convinced the Soviet Union to back off and get the missiles out of Cuba 
• Pogroms- Stalin started sending people who disagreed with him to labor camps.  They continued under Khrushchev.
• KGB- secret police 
• Spy agency that was trying to find out if people were saying things against the government 
• Perestroika- more open conversation between the Soviet Union and US
• SALT- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• controlled nuclear weapons
• Post Colonialism- 
• Countries becoming independent
• Gandhi led the peaceful revolution

Kaplan Practice Score

30/80