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General Guidelines
Formatting the First Page of Your Paper
- Double-space the text of your paper, and use a legible serif font (e.g. Times New Roman, Bookman Old Style, Perpetua, Garamond, or another) in 12 pt. font size.
- Leave only one space after periods or other punctuation marks.
- Set margins to 1 inch on all sides.
- Indent the first line of paragraphs one half-inch from the left margin. MLA recommends that you use the Tab key as opposed to pushing the Space Bar five times.
- Create a header that numbers all pages consecutively in the upper right-hand corner, one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin.
Formatting the First Page of Your Paper
- Do not make a title page for your paper unless specifically requested.
- In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, your instructor's name, the course, and the date. Again, be sure to use double-spaced text.
- Double space again and center the title. Do not underline, italicize, or place your title in quotation marks; write the title in Title Case (standard capitalization), not in all capital letters.
- Double space between the title and the first line of the text.
- Create a header in the upper right-hand corner that includes your last name, followed by a space with a page number; number all pages consecutively with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin. (Note: Your instructor or other readers may ask that you omit last name/page number header on your first page. Always follow instructor guidelines.)
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Useful History Sites
- AP World History 101
- AwesomeStories.com
- Barnard College History, E-Resources
- Best of History Websites
- Bridging World History
- Digital History
- Documents in World History
- Education World
- EHistory
- EyeWitness to History
- Finding World History from the Center for History and New Media
- Globalbook
- History Guide
- Historynet.com
- Historyteacher.net
- H-World
- Internet History Sourcebooks
- Library of Congress
- Making of America
- National Council for Social Studies
- National History Day
- Princeton University Library
- State University of New York, Empire State College
- Studentfriend.com
- The Avalon Project from Yale Law
- The Educator’s Reference Desk
- The (British) National Archives
- The Story of Africa
- The University of Memphis
- The World History Survey Course on the Web, George Mason University
- Useful Websites for World Cultures Instructors
- World History Association
- World History Connected
- World History for Us All
- World History Matters
- World History Resource Center
- World History: Primary Source Collections Online from Sam Houston State University