Researching Historical Roots

Use this template to address the steps in your Project Guidelines and Rubric. Replace the bracketed text with your responses. Ensure that you have considered your instructor’s feedback when revising your work. Proofread the entire document before submitting.

Part 1: Creating a Research Question

1. Describe how your assumptions, beliefs, and values influenced your choice of topic.
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3. Discuss the significance of your historical research question in relation to your current event.
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5. Explain how you used sources to finalize your research question.
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Part 2: Building Context to Address Questions

1. Describe the context of your historical event that influenced your current event.
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3. Describe a historical figure or group’s participation in your historical event.
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5. Explain the historical figure or group’s motivation to participate in your historical event.
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Part 3: Examining How Bias Impacts Narrative

1. Describe a narrative you identified while researching the history of your historical event.
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3. Articulate how biased perspectives presented in primary and secondary sources influence what is known or unknown about history.
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5. Identify the perspectives that you think are missing from your historical event’s narrative.
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Part 4: Connecting the Past With the Present

1. Explain how researching its historical roots helped improve your understanding of your current event.