4-1 Short response

4-1 Short response 1

HIS 100 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

Original Question

Revised Question

Who was involved in the process of writing the constitution?

[Insert text.]

[Insert one to two sentences explaining how you approached your revisions for the question above.]

Research Question 2

Original Question

Revised Question

What are the principles that guide our constitution?

[Insert text.]

[Insert one to two sentences explaining how you approached your revisions for the question above.]

  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: [Insert text.]

Author: [Insert text.]

Hyperlink: [Insert text.]

What this source adds to your understanding of your selected topic: [Insert text.]


  1. Name of primary source: [Insert text.]

Author: [Insert text.]

Hyperlink: [Insert text.]

What this source adds to your understanding of your selected topic: [Insert text.]

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