Getting into your topic and question

For today you read the base article for your research project.  Today you will take a second look at as you start to pull apart and understand the points it makes.

1. Complete this chart for your base article

Then you will start the historical research, discovering and reading the background information to help give you a fuller understanding of the issues.

1. Read the base historical article(s) for your topic

• Women:
• Article 1
• Article 2
• Article 3
• Gay Rights:
• Article 1
• Native Americans (start in the section on the 1800’s)
• Article 1
• Immigrants/Latino Rights
• Article 1
• Article 2

      2.  Identify which sections of this article are relevant to your understanding of your topic.
           Add that information to this chart of your historical research

** By the start of class Monday, you need to have completed these tasks:

• Read the "base articles" for your topic
• Complete a chart for each of the "base articles"
• Read the "historical base article" for your topic
• Complete the historical research chart for your article, adding relevant information