Perspectives in History -- 2
Budget: $10 – $30 USD
Explain what you already know about the chosen topic based on your personal history or experiences.
Describe the beliefs, assumptions, and values you have related to the topic you chose.
Explain why this topic is relevant to current events or to modern society.
Distinguish between primary and secondary sources.
Explain why it is important to consult a variety of sources when conducting historical research. Include specific details and examples.
Identify one primary source that would help investigate your research question (include the title, author, and link to the
source).
Identify one secondary source that would help investigate your research question (include the title, author, and link to the
source).
Choose a current event related to the subject of your historical research question and explain how they are connected.
Identify a historical perspective that could be applied to your historical event.
Revise your research question based on evidence from your primary and secondary sources.
• [Insert original research question(s) here.]
• [Insert revised research question here.]
Explain how historical perspective and evidence from sources
influenced your finalized research question.
Describe the historical context surrounding your historical event.
Describe a key historical figure or group's participation in your historical event.
Explain the key historical figure or group's motivation to participate in your historical event.
Articulate how the historical context caused or influenced your chosen historical event.
Explain how connecting your historical event and current event improves the understanding of your topic.
Describe how exploring your research question improved your understanding of the historical roots of your current event.
Explain how biased perspectives influence what is known about both your historical and current events.
Propose how the narrative about your historical event might change if it were told from a missing perspective.
Propose how the narrative about your current event might change if it were told from a missing perspective.
Describe the beliefs, assumptions, and values you have related to the topic you chose.
Explain why this topic is relevant to current events or to modern society.
Distinguish between primary and secondary sources.
Explain why it is important to consult a variety of sources when conducting historical research. Include specific details and examples.
Identify one primary source that would help investigate your research question (include the title, author, and link to the
source).
Identify one secondary source that would help investigate your research question (include the title, author, and link to the
source).
Choose a current event related to the subject of your historical research question and explain how they are connected.
Identify a historical perspective that could be applied to your historical event.
Revise your research question based on evidence from your primary and secondary sources.
• [Insert original research question(s) here.]
• [Insert revised research question here.]
Explain how historical perspective and evidence from sources
influenced your finalized research question.
Describe the historical context surrounding your historical event.
Describe a key historical figure or group's participation in your historical event.
Explain the key historical figure or group's motivation to participate in your historical event.
Articulate how the historical context caused or influenced your chosen historical event.
Explain how connecting your historical event and current event improves the understanding of your topic.
Describe how exploring your research question improved your understanding of the historical roots of your current event.
Explain how biased perspectives influence what is known about both your historical and current events.
Propose how the narrative about your historical event might change if it were told from a missing perspective.
Propose how the narrative about your current event might change if it were told from a missing perspective.