Complete Research Plan Worksheet

TOPIC: THE USE OF THE ATOMIC BOMB IN AUGUST 1945

YOU WILL DRAFT THE RESERACH QUESTION AND INFO FROM THE TOPIC ABOVE

Remember that your Research Plan should contain the following:

One revised research question from your Topic Exploration Worksheet
A list of two secondary sources, and based on those sources:
- A three- to five-sentence explanation of your event’s historical context
- A three- to five-sentence discussion of how historical context influenced your event
A list of two primary sources, and based on those sources:
- A three- to five-sentence explanation of how your primary sources relate to your secondary sources
- A three- to five-sentence explanation of how your primary sources add to your understanding of the topic
Finalize your previous work from Progress Checks 1 and 2 for Project 2: Research Plan and Introduction in a single Word document file. Submit the complete document here for instructor feedback.
Open up the Word document you worked on for your Research Plan in the previous learning block. You should draft the Introduction component of Project 2. Draft an introduction to a hypothetical research paper that contains the following:
- A three- to five-sentence discussion of background information about your historical event to capture the interest of your audience
- A two- to three-sentence explanation of how you will use the primary and secondary sources you listed in the Research Plan in your hypothetical research paper
- A two- to three-sentence thesis statement based on your research question that addresses your historical event and explains how your event has been influenced by historical context