The term paper for this class includes the following assignments: Dance History term research paper (60 points total) – Including topic, works cited to date, thesis statement, rough draft as well as the actual term research paper.
This particular assignment is asking for your term paper thesis statement. This should be a one to two paragraph statement that describes what you are going to be writing about and how you are going to ultimately "defend" your argument. For example your thesis may be that Michael Jackson is the greatest dancer of all time. And you are going to then prove it by showing his early emulation of James Brown when he was learning his craft as a member of the Jackson 5. Or perhaps you want to argue that the term 'contemporary dance' relates more to the theatrical dance styles of ballet, jazz and modern dance rather than the social dance styles of street dance and Latin dance. Or perhaps you want to prove that Bachata is the "new" Salsa and want to use the recent trend in club social dancing as a platform for this movement. So the topic is really up to you. What you now must do is decide on what type of research is going to help you support your thesis statement! Remember you can always revise or even change completely your thesis statement as your research evolves.
