Key Components of Your Research Plan Outline

Research Question http://baltimorecitycollege.libguides.com/c.php?g=586567&p=4051

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a.Has more than one possible answer (it is debatable

or controversial) b.Has scholarly resources available to answer it c.Is appropriate to your subject area (history, fi lm, etc.) d.Can be answered in 4000 words

Introduce and describe the signifance and worthiness of investigation of your topic

Why should anyone care about your topic? This should not be personal.

Outline the Plan of Investigation that you will use to develop your arguments These are the subquestions that need to be addressed in order to answer your

main research question & and describe how you will go about finding the answers, by describing the kinds of sources you’ll use to answer those questions.

a.State your first subquestion b.Describe the type of sources you will use to answer your first subquestion, stating both the type of source and a short (4-10 word) summary of the source c.State your second subquestion d.Describe the type of sources you will use to answer your second subquestion, stating both the type of source and a short (4-10 word) summary of the source e.State you third subquestion f.Describe the type of sources you will use to answer your third subquestion, stating both the type of source and a short (4-10 word) summary of the source e.Repeat as necessary

Favorite answer to your research question Remember that your research question needs to have multiple possible answers. Pick the answer that you

agree with at this time.

Sections of your extended essay. Based on your subquestions, outline the main arguments and counter arguments of your paper.

Annotated Bibliography At least 4 scholarly sources. No wedsites that you found through Google. You need books & scholarly journals from databases such as JSTOR. Do a short

OPVL for each source (1 sentence per letter)