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Picking a Topic
Use the Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets to pick 2 topics that you find interesting and fill out the Topic Proposal Form in Google Classroom. Dr. Meyer will pick one of your topics, and you will use these primary sources to build the argument for your research.
- Digital Public Library of America
- Why search here? This website brings together the digitized archives of hundreds of libraries and museums. They also have pre-made source sets to help you find primary sources about a specific topic.
- What's included? Primary sources
Step 2 - Developing Research Questions
The next step is to develop your research questions.
- Take a look at the Teaching Guide linked to your Primary Source Set. What questions in that guide meet our historical thinking skills we've been referencing all year?
- Change over time
- Contextualization
- Cause and consquences
- Comparison
- Take a look at the Research Question page in your Google Classroom. Can you develop your own research questions that fit with our historical thinking skills now that you've looked over the primary sources?