HIS 100 Research Plan Preparation Worksheet 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 Revised Question Why did the drafting and ratification of the United States Constitution take so What were the major issues and solutions reached at the long? Constitutional Convention? The approach that I took to my revision for this question was to find out instead, what issues they had ratifying the United States Constitution and what solutions they reached so that our Constitution was formed. I feel that knowing this will help me to better understand the “Drafting of the United States Constitution.

Research Question 2 Original Question What events led to the drafting of the Constitution?

Revised Question How did the United States Constitution make democracy safe for the world? The approach that I took to my revision for this question was that I decided that I would rather know if our founding fathers were wanting to make our democracy safe for the world when they wrote the United States Constitution. I believe that knowing this will allow me to better understand the reasoning behind the “Drafting of the United States Constitution,” and will give me the knowledge that I need when I am talking to my children about the “Drafting of the United States Constitution,” when they ask me.

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: 5 Issues at the Constitutional Convention Author: Richard M Ketchum Hyperlink: https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/constitutional-convention/issues-of-the-constitutional-convention/ What this source adds to your understanding of your selected topic: This source adds more information for me on slavery, representation, State vs. Federal powers, executive power, and commerce. It will allow me to be more in depth as to explaining “What were the major issues and solutions 1

reached at the Constitutional Convention,” so that my audience will have some light on the subject.

2. Name of primary source: Liberty’s Blueprint: How Madison and Hamilton Wrote the Federalist Papers, Defined the Constitution, and Made Democracy Safe for the World Author: Michael Meyerson Hyperlink: https://libguides.snhu.edu/c.php?g=894687&p=6460393 https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/lib/snhu-ebooks/detail.action?docID=903489 What this source adds to your understanding of your selected topic: It gives me more insight about the Federalist Papers, the disagreements, the friendships, and the steps that they all took to accomplish the “Drafting of the United States Constitution.” It will allow me to show my readers “How the United States Constitution make democracy safe for the world,” so that maybe they too will understand better.

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