• Finalize your previous work from Progress Checks 1, 2, and 3 for Project 1: Topic Exploration Worksheet in the Topic Exploration Worksheet template. Submit the complete document here for instructor feedback. All three parts must be completed and submitted for this final submission. Make sure you save this template as a file on your computer. Submit the completed template here for instructor feedback.
• All three parts must be completed and submitted for this final submission.

2-3-1 Progress Check 2: Topic Exploration Worksheet

Complete the Part 2 of your Topic Exploration Worksheet that you started in the previous learning block. Start to brainstorm research questions for your topic area. It is OK if your questions are fairly broad at this point—you will be narrowing them down in Theme: Investigating History.

2-4-2 Progress Check 3: Topic Exploration Worksheet

First, open up the Topic Exploration Worksheet you have been working on and take a look at Part 3. Second, go to the library guide and locate the section related to your topic area. Think about which sources seem most interesting to you, and prioritize them. Find at least one primary and one secondary source high on your priority list. You do not need to do an advanced analysis of these sources—you will do that later on in the course. For now, focus on figuring out who participated in the historical events described in your primary source as well as what sorts of perspectives seem to be present in your secondary source. Now that you have gone through the research provided on your topic, describe what you have learned about your topic in one to two paragraphs in Part 3 of your Topic Exploration Worksheet.

PROJECT 1:

TOPIC EXPLORATION WORKSHEET

 

 

HIS 100 THEME 1

 

Part 1

Select a research topic area for Project 1 based on which of the following areas interests you the most. You will explore the selected topic a little later in this theme. Mark your selection in the right-hand column.

Drafting of the U.S. Constitution
Mao Zedong’s Rule Over China
South African Apartheid
Choose Your Own Topic (insert pre-approved topic here)

 

In the space below, write a short paragraph about what you already knew about the topic you selected prior to this course, based on your personal history or experiences. This may include assumptions, beliefs, or values related to the topic. Be as detailed as possible.

 

Part 2

Now that you have identified your topic and described what you already know about the topic, what questions do you still have about the topic that you would like to know? Place your answers in the right-hand column.

Identify one question about the topic that you are curious about.
Describe why this question matters to you personally.
Describe why this question matters to society.
Identify a second question about the topic you are curious about.
Describe why this question matters to you personally.
Describe why this question matters to society.

 

Part 3

You are now ready to complete the final part of your Topic Exploration Worksheet. You have chosen a topic, posed some research questions, and are ready to start thinking about what kind of sources you will need to investigate your research questions further. Using the library guide in the Shapiro Library provided for your chosen topic, skim through the suggested resources (or find your own) and complete the following information for your research questions.

List which secondary sources would be helpful for investigating your first research question.
List which primary sources would be helpful for investigating your first research question.
List which secondary sources would be helpful for investigating your second research question.
List which primary sources would be helpful for investigating your second research question.

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Now that you have gone through the research, describe what you have learned about your topic in one to two paragraphs.

 

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