The book I chose for this assignment:
Thomas Jefferson: The Revolution of Ideas (Oxford Portraits)
978-0195143683
(You need to write from this specific book no other sources are allowed)
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The guidelines below are not completed you need to read the guidelines in the file that I attached
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For this paper, you will be writing approximately 7-9 anecdotes, depending on how long each one is. You will sweep through the president’s life, from childhood to the presidency and perhaps beyond. The lion’s share of your stories should be from the presidency—after all, that is your subject’s claim to fame—but you should have two or three stories covering the president’s youth and pre-presidential career, and perhaps one story treating post-presidential life. Thus, your formula will look as follows:
1-2 stories from childhood, school, early career
4-5 stories from the presidency
0-1 story from the post-presidency
You will have narrative control over this paper, which means you will make the decisions on which events you think are significant or entertaining and which you want to include. Trawl through your book, find good tales, and paraphrase them (put them into your own words). As much as possible, give a year or time frame for your story, and arrange your paper in a chronological order. Each story should be 150-450 words long (1-3 paragraphs), so you will have flexibility in the length of each. Give each story a title, and supply at least one footnote for each story.
How To Pick Your Stories? Try to pick stories that give insight into your subject’s presidency, character, or personality. You may focus on a significant achievement during the presidency, or the chief executive’s personal life, such as his relationship with family members or friends. Your story could represent a turning point or at least an inflection point in the president’s life, and you can illustrate why it had such an impact. You may also pick a story for its sheer entertainment value—something unusual, funny, bizarre or noteworthy.
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