First Writing Assignment for EUH 2030Modern Europe Students must write a research paper--using both primary and

secondary sources--that answers the following question: Discuss how and to what extent Enlightenment ideas influenced the political, social, and cultural policies of the French Revolutionary period (1789-1815)? Make sure you have a thesis (a general argument) and provide examples and details to support your answer. The Rough Draft of the writing assignment is due on Wednesday, July 13. You will bring a hard copy of your rough draft to class on that date and use it for peer review. The Final Draft is due on Monday, July 18. The Final draft will be uploaded to Turnitin.com before midnight. Late papers will be penalized by one grade per class session. This paper is worth 20% of the course grade. The length of the paper should be 4-5 pages (approximately 1500 words not including citations). The paper must be typed in Times New Roman and double-spaced. For background information refer to Chapter 19 in Levack and Part IV in Kishlansky. You must provide at least 3 outside sources (besides Levack and Kishlansky). Do not use an Encyclopedia, including Wikipedia, as an academic source. Encyclopedias are reference works and not research! All sources must be correctly cited using the Chicago Manual of Style. You must use footnotes or endnotes and also have a Bibliography page. You can find information about the Chicago Manual of Style at www.chicagomanualofstyle.org or you can go to Dianahacker.com to look up citations and bibliographic information.