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Research questions

Research questions. Your path to a good powerpoint. Before you begin. * Make sure question is researchable * And answerable * What info/sources will you need to answer question (and can it be readily found) * Is question (and answer) interesting to you. process.

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Research questions

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  1. Research questions Your path to a good powerpoint

  2. Before you begin • * Make sure question is researchable • * And answerable • *What info/sources will you need to answer question (and can it be readily found) • * Is question (and answer) interesting to you

  3. process • Make a list of key words (music, foreign policy, laws, family, teenagers etc) • (social, political, economic, cultural, • * Should create a clear path to an answer and will avoid book report info • * Choose an interesting topic • * Do preliminary research to enable you to even know the question • * Consider your audience • * Start by asking yourself questions related to your key words(things that make you curious) • -Why is this so? • -how did this happen? • -why did it happen?

  4. Good and bad questions • What is the 1994 rate of juvenile delinquency in the U.S.? • What can we do to reduce juvenile delinquency in the U.S.? • Does education play a role in reducing juvenile delinquents' return to crime

  5. Sample questions • Anthropologist/Cultural Ex: How was music of the 40’s, 50’s etc a reflection of changing times? (could be social, political, economic and cultural change) • Sociologist/Social Ex: What caused the role of women to change during your decade? (Your answer will also include how the role of women has changed and what that role is) • Political scientists/Political Ex: How did grassroots movements challenge status quo (domestic) • Political Ex 2 How did the Cold war influence social, political economic and cultural life (could be foreign policy related) • Economist/Econ Ex: What type of economic opportunities were open or closed to Americans due to technology, policy, cultural shifts, (race)

  6. Taking notes • http://www.esc.edu/online-writing-center/resources/research/research-paper-steps/taking-notes/

  7. Usually how or why questions (but not, ‘why did they dress like that’)

  8. Word use • Good words to use in research questions: • Change, • affect, • influence, • contribute to, • lead to, • create, • result in etc • Not: what caused

  9. Culture vs social Culture social Race Gender Class Family Education Socio-economic • Music • Food • Dress • Movies • Food • Leisure time

  10. Task • 1. Each person in the group make a list of key words • 2. Each person in the group makes a list of 5 research questions • Social • Political • Economic • Cultural • 3. When approved by Laures, get in a group and create a total list of 5 (by choosing the best 5)

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