Roosevelts Research Project


General. This project may be used as an Honors Project in History 122: U.S. History II, History 276 at Northern Virginia C.C. or or for term papers in History 389: “The Roosevelts and the Modern Presidency” at George Mason University, or any other Modern American history course. This project was originally created as part of an NEH grant awarded to NVCC, Spring Semester, 1998, and is being updated as part of the Dogwood Project, Spring 2003. More details. Objective: Your goal for this project is to investigate the lives and careers of Theodore, Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt. You may concentrate your effort on any one aspect of their lives, or provide brief overviews of different periods of their careers. This guide will lead you through the process, but can take you only so far. Your responsibility is to search beyond the linked material for new sources of information, select material wisely, use it judiciously and present it in a coherent, accessible manner. Below you will find links to various resources available on line for the study of the Roosevelts, but it is your responsibility to locate, evaluate and select components from the huge amounts of material that you will encounter. For students enrolled in my regular section of History 122 you may use this project for Honors Credit. If you are not familiar with the general requirements of the Alexandria Campus Honors Program it would probably be a good idea to go there first. You should also consult my honors option page on my NVCC Site. When you are ready to begin work, think about the options for presentation you will have. Although you do not have to make a commitment until the final submission, it will help you to be considering the possibilities as you do your research. Requirement: Select any form of presentation or combination from the following options: Write a conventional research paper with the customary bibliographic citations. Be sure you know how to cite Internet references correctly. Create an on-line presentation in the form of a CD or a web site dealing with your topic. Incorporate graphics or other multimedia resources into your presentation or paper. When you are ready to proceed, go to Step One. Whatever your project, plan to submit it electronically so that all or part of it may be used by students in the future. Additional Guidance For guidance on documentation see Writing Tips for Projects in History. Links to Interesting Web Sites on the Roosevelts An excellent CD on the life and times of Franklin Roosevelt was created by Corbis in 1996 in cooperation with Microsoft. See me about using this CD. For questions e-mail: hsage@nvcc.edu or hsage@cox.net I welcome feedback from teachers and students at other institutions of learning and will incorporate your suggestions. Roosevelts Home Updated December 27, 2004

General. This project may be used as an Honors Project in History 122: U.S. History II, History 276 at Northern Virginia C.C. or or for term papers in History 389: “The Roosevelts and the Modern Presidency” at George Mason University, or any other Modern American history course.

This project was originally created as part of an NEH grant awarded to NVCC, Spring Semester, 1998, and is being updated as part of the Dogwood Project, Spring 2003. More details.

Objective: Your goal for this project is to investigate the lives and careers of Theodore, Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt. You may concentrate your effort on any one aspect of their lives, or provide brief overviews of different periods of their careers.

This guide will lead you through the process, but can take you only so far. Your responsibility is to search beyond the linked material for new sources of information, select material wisely, use it judiciously and present it in a coherent, accessible manner.

Below you will find links to various resources available on line for the study of the Roosevelts, but it is your responsibility to locate, evaluate and select components from the huge amounts of material that you will encounter.

For students enrolled in my regular section of History 122 you may use this project for Honors Credit. If you are not familiar with the general requirements of the Alexandria Campus Honors Program it would probably be a good idea to go there first. You should also consult my honors option page on my NVCC Site.

When you are ready to begin work, think about the options for presentation you will have. Although you do not have to make a commitment until the final submission, it will help you to be considering the possibilities as you do your research.

Requirement: Select any form of presentation or combination from the following options:

Write a conventional research paper with the customary bibliographic citations. Be sure you know how to cite Internet references correctly.
Create an on-line presentation in the form of a CD or a web site dealing with your topic.
Incorporate graphics or other multimedia resources into your presentation or paper.
When you are ready to proceed, go to Step One.
Whatever your project, plan to submit it electronically so that all or part of it may be used by students in the future.

Additional Guidance

For guidance on documentation see Writing Tips for Projects in History.
Links to Interesting Web Sites on the Roosevelts
An excellent CD on the life and times of Franklin Roosevelt was created by Corbis in 1996 in cooperation with Microsoft. See me about using this CD.
For questions e-mail: hsage@nvcc.edu or hsage@cox.net

I welcome feedback from teachers and students at other institutions of learning and will incorporate your suggestions.

Roosevelts Home

Updated December 27, 2004