6-1 Project 2: Historical Context and Introduction Submission
Running head: PROJECT 2 1
PROJECT 2 3
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Project 2: Historical Context and
Introduction
[Your Name]
Southern New Hampshire University
Research Plan
Research Question: [Revised research question from Topic Exploration Worksheet.]
Introduction
[Include a three- to five-sentence discussion of background information about your historical event to capture the interest of your audience. Write 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.]
Historical Context: [Include a three- to five-sentence explanation of your event’s historical context, citing sources one and two. Use primary and secondary sources to discuss what was going on in the world, area, and society surrounding the event.]
Impact of Historical Context: [Include a three- to five-sentence discussion of how historical context impacted your event, and cite your sources.]
References
[Include any references cited in your paper in full APA format. Don’t forget to include in-text citations as well.]
Running head: PROJECT 2 1
PROJECT 2 3
[Note: To complete this template, replace the bracketed text with your own content. Remove this note before you submit your paper.]
Project 2: Historical Context and
Introduction
[Your Name]
Southern New Hampshire University
Research Plan
Research Question: [Revised research question from Topic Exploration Worksheet.]
Introduction
[Include a three- to five-sentence discussion of background information about your historical event to capture the interest of your audience. Write 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.]
Historical Context: [Include a three- to five-sentence explanation of your event’s historical context, citing sources one and two. Use primary and secondary sources to discuss what was going on in the world, area, and society surrounding the event.]
Impact of Historical Context: [Include a three- to five-sentence discussion of how historical context impacted your event, and cite your sources.]
References
[Include any references cited in your paper in full APA format. Don’t forget to include in-text citations as well.]
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00 Research Plan Preparation Worksheet
Prompt: Applying what you’ve learned about narrowing research questions, revise your research questions from your Topic Exploration Worksheet. In the tables below, replace the bracketed text with the original question, the revised version of that question, and one to two sentences explaining how you approached your revisions for that question to give your instructor insight on your revision process. Then, answer the questions about your primary sources below the tables by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant information.
Research Question 1
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Original Question |
Revised Question |
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How did they deal with multi-race people? |
What was life like for people of multi race during the South African Apartheid, and how did the segregation policies affect them? |
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I made it more specific to the actual event. If someone read my question but not the title, they would still know what the rest is going to be about. |
Research Question 2
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What were the punishment for violating segregation laws? |
How were those coming in from other countries affected by the Apartheid? |
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I made it more specific towards a certain group of people. Also it lets me go into detail of the regulations and policies enforced during that time. |
1. Applying what you have learned about comparing primary sources and analyzing secondary sources, revisit the primary sources you listed in Part 3 of your Topic Exploration Worksheet, list them below, and describe what each of these sources adds to your understanding of your selected topic.
1. Name of primary source: Navigating America’s Racial Divide
Author: Trevor Noah and Barak Obama
Hyperlink:
What this source adds to your understanding of your selected topic: As someone who had lived in South Africa during the Apartheid as a multi-racial person, he tells us how he was treated by his family and by others. He tells how the Apartheid affect how his mother could interact with him out in public and how her relationship was with his father, who was a white man.
2. Name of primary source: Apartheid has no future. Vital Speeches of the Day,
Author: Mandela, Nelson.
Hyperlink: https://eds-a-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&sid=7d403e62-8618-4008-b1ce-fe5236c67179%40sdc-v-sessmgr02
What this source adds to your understanding of your selected topic: He goes through the groups of people that fought the Apartheid and that fought for his release and their effect on the movement that he had been fighting for so long.
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