\documentclass[12pt,fullpage]{article} 
\usepackage{graphicx} % allows picture insertion
\usepackage{fullpage,setspace} % one inch margins and good doublespacing 
\usepackage[flushmargin]{footmisc}  % this makes the footnotes not indented
% Change the footnote rule to have some space after the text
\renewcommand{\footnoterule}{\vspace{1em}\kern -3pt\hrule width.4 \columnwidth \kern 2pt} 
%end of preamble (macros and packages and stuff go above, content below)

\begin{document}  % The fun begins
% name, class, date, title -- all hacked instead of using the maketitle stuff
\singlespace \noindent Your Name\\Class 123 - Professor\\ Month Day % Don't forget to put the right stuff here
\begin{center}
	\textbf{\large Title} 
\end{center}
\doublespace % \singlespace  or  \onehalfspace (space and a half) also available

%Your text goes here. 


% If you need a bibliography, here's the manual method below.
%\begin{thebibliography}{9} 
%\bibitem{Azuela} Mariano Azuela, \textit{The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution}, trans. Beth Jorgensen (New York: The Modern Library, 2002). 
%\end{thebibliography}

\end{document}