Pre-Research - IB

1. "How successful.. "Allows for an evaluation of the success of an approach, method policy, style, etc. on an associated areas (e.g. success of a political policy on economic development of X region).

2. "How successful ... Allows for an evaluation of the success of an approach, method, policy style, etc. on a n associated area (e.g. success of a political policy on economic development of X region). .

3. Places related to your topic - geography

4. Key people who are a part of your topic

4.1. Check out TED Talks,

4.2. MOOC's

4.3. PGCMLS Kanopy Documentaries

5. Key events that occur before or after your topic that might be related

6. IB Command Terms - Sentence starters

6.1. "To what extent... - Allows for an evaluation of the degree (extent) to which something is true or a contributing factor. To effectively answer this type of question, the main body of the essay should include considerations of other influencing factors. For example, a question relating to the extent the role played by the military, external nations and other factors in order to more fully answer "the extent" aspect of the question.

6.2. "How crucial/significant "Allows for an an analysis of the significance of one or more factors on other associated areas.

7. Use the outline in MS Word and add your information

8. Tool Box

8.1. Diiigo

8.2. Mndmeister

8.3. Writing Navigator - Currculum Pathwys

8.4. Anti-Plagiarism Tool

8.5. Snappy Words

8.6. Brainfuse Writing Lab

8.7. EasyBib

8.8. Library Research Webpage

8.9. ProQuest Dissertations

8.10. Lynda - Writing a Research Paper Tutorial

9. Relevant dates / time period

9.1. Limit paper to specific dates- Not too many years and nothing after 2009. Choose a period of years, titles of historical events or people's lives

9.1.1. Great Depression (1929) to World War II (1940) in the Plains States

9.1.2. Europe during Hitler's reign (1933-1945)

9.1.3. - 1800 to 1860 in America

10. Keywords and subject headings - note broad terms and narrow terms

10.1. Keywords - World War 2 -- Subject Heading - World War, 1939 - 1945

10.2. BT - World . NT North America . BT - USA - NT - Maryland

11. Why did you choose this topic? Why is the topic worthy of investigation?

12. Background Reading -- Slide 4 and 5 - with Quiz

13. Historical Concepts

13.1. Limit investigation by examining one element of it and use historical concepts to focus

13.1.1. Cause of Something

13.1.2. Effect of something/one on something

13.1.3. Significance of something/one on something

13.1.4. Extent to which something fits with something else or can be categorized as something.

13.1.5. Impact of something/one on something

13.1.6. The extent to which something is an excellent example of something else