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How to Write Your Paper

1. In the first paragraph, write your historical question and your hypothesis for answering it. Say no more in this paragraph.

2. In the second paragraph, write your first reason for believing your hypothesis in the first paragraph. In the sentences that follow within this paragraph, write:
  • facts that support this claim and explain how they do this.
  • a claim that logically opposes the claim you have just made. Give and explain evidence for this opposing claim.
  • a claim that rebuts your opposing claim. Write evidence for this rebuttal claim. Explain this evidence.
  • an inferential question asking for new and unknown facts that will test the claims you made in this paragraph.
3. In the following paragraphs (except for the last one), do exactly what you did in the second paragraph for each additional reason for your hypothesis.

4. In the final paragraph, simply restate your hypothesis. This is your "Q.E.D."
   

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