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