Clearly state your topic (a thesis statement). You must support your topic.  Be sure to use in-text citations when you use your reference materials. You must provide a reference list. The reference list does not count as part of the page requirement.  At a minimum, your paper must use no less than five referenced works (two books and three peer-reviewed articles).  You can also use personal experiences to support your work; If you use events from your life, describe and discuss those events and how they influenced your position concerning your topic. Go as deep into your sources as you can to make your points.No less than 10 typed pages.  Feel free to write more if you want. This is a minimum, not a maximum. You must use APA formatting and style to write your paper. You must include a title page and abstract.; As with the reference list, the title page and abstract do not count in the page requirements.