POSITION PAPERTOPIC: THE ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION WAS/WAS NOT A DOCUMENT PROMOTING JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS.Studentsmustwriteapositionpaperfocusingonacontroversialand/orimportanttopicrelatedtoU.S.historyto theCivilWar.Thepapershouldbebetween3-5pages(double-spaced;12-font)andshouldincludethefollowing:1)Aclearstatementofyourpositiononthechosentopic.Example:“Ibelievethatstemresearchiswrong….”2)Atleastfourstronglogicalarguments/factssupportingyourposition.Example:“…Ibasedmypositiononfourfactors.Thefirstisthat….Thesecondisthat….3)Identificationandnotationofatleastthreesourcesinthenarrativeofyourpaper.Example:“Inherimportantwork,theIsisPapers,FrancesCressWelsingcontendedthat…4)Clearreferences(eitherendnotesorcontextualcitations)forallinformationordatathatisnotconsideredpublicknowledge.Example:“BabaZakA.KondoarguesconvincinglythattheAmericaneducationalsystemisdesignedtomiseducateratherthaneducateBlackstudents(TheBlackStudent’sGuidetoPositiveEducation[1987],pg.4).”5)Aclearandconciseintroductionandconclusion.Example[Introduction]:“Inthepastfewdecades,wehavewitnessedagrowinginterestintheeffortsofNatTurnerandotherrevolutionariestouseforcetoendslaveryintheU.S.Thetacticsoftheserevolutionarieshavefosteredadebateontheuseofforceasaninstrumentforsocialchange.IcontendthatforcewasneededtoendslaveryintheU.S.andthatviolenceplayedanimportantroleinendingslaverypriortotheCivilWar…”6)Logicalandreasonableargumentsanddiscussion.Notes:Organizeyourargumentsfromstrongesttoweakest;citeexamplesthatsupportyourpointsanddemonstratedepthinyourreasoning.7)Utilizationofatleastsixsources.(3mustbebooksand/orarticles;theotherscanbeelectronicsources.Notes:Thepositionpaperisamucharesearchprojectasitisapersonalview.Youmustutilizetheresearchofotherstosupportandaugmentyourposition.Therearenoexceptionstotherule.8)Listingsofcompletecitationsofallbook,articlesandothersourcesconsulted.Notes:Listyoursourcesattheendofyourpaperineitheranestablishedformat(Turabian,APA…)orinaformat thatyoudevelop.Besuretoincludeallvitalreferenceinformationsothatyourreadercaneasilylocatethelisted source.ThePositionPaperwillbeevaluatedbasedonthefollowing:(1)grammar;(2)organization;(3)contentofthepresentationandtheextenttowhichyoufollowedinstructionsandguidelinesoutlinedabove.Eachoftheseareaswillbeworth33.3%.ThePositionPapercannotexceed5(five)pages!!!Noexceptionstothisrule!IT SHOULD NOT EXCEED FIVE PAGES EXCLUDING WORKS CITED AND