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History 200  Dr. Schuster

= RESEARCH PROGRESS REPORT = Finding a topic is the most difficult and most important part of this project. A good topic will have historical importance as well as meaning to you personally. It will be an issue or question that draws on primary sources and is manageable given the constraints of a semester and our geographic limitations. Once you have finished some preliminary reading and thinking you are ready to prepare a research proposal. General Topic:


 * What interests you about this topic**?
 * What main problem do you find compelling**?
 * Think of one or two other problems that might arise from this topic**.


 * What is your specific research problem or question?**
 * Why?**


 * What primary sources will be relevant?**
 * How will these sources answer the question?**