How many of us learned about George Washington chopping down a cherry tree, and his being unable to lie about it?

W1: Myths of American History

How many of us learned about George Washington chopping down a cherry tree, and his being unable to lie about it? It is possible that some of these stories have remained fixed in our culture because they produce good citizens, while in others, we relieve our guilt for real or perceived past transgressions. Whatever the case, these myths exist in great measure.

For this discussion, you will need to Google “U.S. history myths” and choose a particular myth. Try to mix it up a little bit — if your peers have examined George Washington’s teeth a number of times, choose something different. Introduce your myth and the reality, then explain why you think this it has been immortalized in the American consciousness.

http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocChicago.html

This second site provides a quick, easy to review chart of the Chicago Style format:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/

And also:

http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html