Part 1: Creating a Research Question
- Describe how your assumptions, beliefs, and values influenced your choice of topic.
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- Discuss the significance of your historical research question in relation to your current event.
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- Explain how you used sources to finalize your research question.
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Part 2: Building Context to Address Questions
- Describe the context of your historical event that influenced your current event.
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- Describe a historical figure or group’s participation in your historical event.
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- 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
- Describe a narrative you identified while researching the history of your historical event.
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- Articulate how biased perspectives presented in primary and secondary sources influence what is known or unknown about history.
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- Identify the perspectives that you think are missing from your historical event’s narrative.
Part 4: Connecting the Past With the Present
- Explain how researching its historical roots helped improve your understanding of your current event.
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- Articulate how questioning your assumptions, beliefs, and values may benefit you as an individual.
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- Discuss how being a more historically informed citizen may help you understand contemporary issues.
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