HIS 100 Research Plan Preparation Worksheet 4-1 PDF

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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 How did they determine what to put into the constitution?

Revised Question When drafting the constitution what methods if any were used in choosing what was put in it or left out? Who made those calls? My original question seemed to be too broad, by adding more it will make it easier to find the answers in which I am looking for.

Research Question 2 Original Question Did the writers of the constitution know that we would still be using it over 200 years later?

Revised Question When drafting the U.S. Constitution in the 1780’s did the creators know we would continue to use it without changes after 200 years? My original question isn’t to different from my revised, however, it seemed to be lacking in some way. I tried to add more detail to make it more informative in times.

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: From George Washington to James Madison, 31 March 1787 Author: George Washington Hyperlink: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-05-02-0111 What this source adds to your understanding of your selected topic: This source gives some good insight from the inside, as George Washington took part in the drafting the U.S. Constitution. Washington knew that the constitution would “shed its influence.”

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2. Name of primary source: Teaching the Constitution Author: Donald V. Weatherman Hyperlink: https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.snhu.edu/stable/27558235?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents What this source adds to your understanding of your selected topic: Gives insight to how the convention took place where they wrote the constitution of the United States. How and why the founding fathers decided on certain institutional arrangements instead of others, where they had disagreements and more.

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