An “A” paper will include a cover page, the body of paper (not including cover sheet, bibliography, or works cited) will be at least 1,800 words long, the bibliography (or “works cited”) will include at least three references, which may not include an encyclopedia, dictionary, or any textbook. (Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, folks.) At least 85 percent of the paper will be in your own words, the paper will include no plagiarized passages, the paper will be turned in on time, will be written in Microsoft Word in Turabian’s format (from the Chicago Manual of Style) or Modern Language Association (MLA) format and will represent your original research on a topic selected by you from the list provided. (If you use something other than Microsoft Word for your paper, I won’t be able to read it and, consequently, won’t be able to grade it. Got it?) The paper will achieve the goal for which it was written. For example, if the goal is to explain why the United States did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles at the conclusion of World War I, then a biography of Woodrow Wilson will not achieve that goal. So make sure what you choose to include accomplishes the mission you set out on. That means that, when done properly, you’ll have read and researched much more than will finally make it into your paper.