History Research Project Instructions

PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS: Part One

1. Select your topic—do preliminary checking on topic "viability" & get my approval.
2. Search for sources—begin to compile a research bibliography.
3. Submit your preliminary bibliography & receive feedback.
4. Acquire required print sources. If you have trouble about books, see me.
5. Make a list of questions you want/need answered during your research. These questions will frame your research & guide your note-taking and later final "product creation."
6. BEGIN ACTUAL RESEARCH—if already acquired, do book sources first [time sensitive]—read and take notes by source.
7. As you finish using/checking a source, do the following: 
1. Take down necessary bibliographic information info using MLA style guide format;
2. Write a short entry/description of source's value, its strengths and/or weaknesses—this is for your "annotated bibliography."
8. As you do your research-by-source: 
1. Check off the questions for which you find answers—attach a copy of your checked questions to each source;
2. Seek to confirm all information's accuracy—don't rely on a single source for your answers/facts;
3. Include page numbers for location of specific facts and quotations.
9. After you finish with or cannot work with print sources at that moment, shift over to internet sources, and follow the same note-taking protocols.
10. As your note-taking progresses, be thinking about
1. Creating a thesis regarding your research, and
2. How you want to present your information—what form will your product take..............
11. STAY TUNED FOR MORE TO COME.........DUE DATES ARE FORTHCOMING...................