Chicago Style Format Web Quest- Educational Technology

Introduction

In this Web Quest you will format an essay with Chicago style.

Task

You will format an essay, create a heading, and create a bibliography using Chicago style.

Process

http://library.menloschool.org/chicago

Review the link above and complete the list below.

1. Set your margins to 1 inch (located in "Page Layout" tab).

2. In the top left corner, create your heading.

    Firstname Lastname

    Teacher Name

    Class Name

    DD Month Year

3. To create your bibliography, center your cursor.

4. Title your bibliography "Works Cited".

5. Right click and select "Paragraph".

6. Under "Indentation" click the "Special" drop box.

7. Select "Hanging"

Evaluation

Submit your formatted essay for grading.

Scoring

5/5- Includes heading and bibliography formatted perfectly in Chicago style.

4/5- Includes heading and bibliography formatted with few mistakes in Chicago style.

3/5- Includes heading and bibliography formatted with several mistakes.

2/5- Missing either heading or bibliography.

1/5- Missing both heading and bibliography.

Conclusion

History papers utilize Chicago style format. A great history paper requires proper and correct formatting.

Credits

Created by Alec Thompson

Works Cited

"Chicago Style Page Formatting - Chicago Style Guide". Menlo School Library. 28 July 2017. http://library.menloschool.org/chicago.