Why have some cities been more successful than others in reducing homelessness?

Research Paper

During the next several lessons you will be writing a research paper on a topic that you choose from a list of research questions. The paper will be 3–4 pages long and will be followed by a list of works cited on its own page.

Check your Notebook document for more information on how to choose one of the following questions as your topic. Here is the list of research questions:

• Overall, how are young people affected by their participation in social media?
• What philosophies, thinkers, and documents most influenced the writers of the United States Constitution?
• Why have some cities been more successful than others in reducing homelessness?
• What effect do teenage curfews have on crime and public safety?

Follow these guidelines in structuring your paper:

• Include an introduction that presents the topic, engages readers’ attention, and poses the research question as its thesis.
• Include body paragraphs that achieve the following:
  • Feature evidence, drawn from credible and relevant sources, that answers the research question posed in the thesis.
  • Contain synthesized information from at least three different sources.
  • Establish clear relationships among facts, reasons, and evidence.
  • Contain correctly formatted in-text citations to at least three different sources.

• Include a conclusion that
  • Summarizes the major points of the body paragraphs
  • Re-asks the research question posed in the introduction
  • Answers the research question based on the findings of the paper
• Includes a works-cited page that
  • Includes at least three sources from both print and digital sources
  • Use MLA format to correctly document all sources
  • Supplies full source information corresponding to all the in-text citations
• In terms of mechanics, the paper should
  • Use formal language and an objective tone.
  • Follow the rules for grammar and usage.

Requirements: 4 pages