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Template for Historical Research Practice. Eleven Steps and Several Loops. 1. Defining a Topic. Write a short statement of your research question here….. Then…. Start your answers here…. 4. PLACEMENT. 5. Go Back and Revise. 1. Reexamine the Topic 2. Review: KNOWN PRESUMED UNKNOWN
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Template for Historical Research Practice Eleven Steps and Several Loops
1. Defining a Topic • Write a short statement of your research question here….. • Then…..
5. Go Back and Revise • 1. Reexamine the Topic • 2. Review: • KNOWN • PRESUMED • UNKNOWN • 3. Reconfirm: • KNOWN • PRESUMED • UNKNOWN
6. What’s your STORY? • Narrate your story here…..
7. Define a TIMELINE • Start of your timeline…. • … • … • … • … • … • … • End of your timeline….
8. Ask Journalist’s Questions • WHO • WHAT • WHEN (TIMELINE) • WHERE • WHY • HOW
9. Go Back and Revise • 1. Reexamine the Topic • 2. Review: KNOWN, PRESUMED, UNKNOWN • 3. Reconfirm: KNOWN, PRESUMED, UNKNOWN • 4. Redo PLACEMENT of INDIVIDUALS, INSTITUTIONS
10. BETS and ODDS • What would you wager on what you know? • Given your wager, do you have to go back through previous steps again?
11. THE BIG SURPRISE • What would make you change your mind? • What evidence would undermine your understanding?