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1. Key Components of Your Research Plan Outline
Research Question
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a.Has more than one possibleanswer (itis debatable
or controversial)
b.Has scholarly resources availableto answer it
c.Is appropriateto your subjectarea (history,film, etc.)
d.Can be answered in 4000 words
Introduce and describethe signifanceand worthiness
of investigation of your topic
Why should anyonecare about your topic? This should
not be personal.
Outlinethe Plan of Investigation thatyou will useto
develop your arguments These arethe subquestions
that need to be addressed in order to answer your
main research question & and describehow you will
go about findingthe answers,by describingthe kinds
of sources you’ll useto answer those questions.
a.State your firstsubquestion
b.Describe the type of sources you will useto answer
your firstsubquestion,statingboth 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 useto answer
your second subquestion,statingboth the type of
sourceand a short(4-10 word) summary of the source
e.State you third subquestion
f.Describe the type of sources you will useto answer
your third subquestion,statingboth the type of source
and a short(4-10 word) summary of the source
e.Repeat as necessary
Favoriteanswer to your research question Remember that your research question needs to have
multiplepossibleanswers.Pick theanswer that you
agree with at this time.
Sections of your extended essay. Based on your subquestions,outlinethe main
arguments and counter arguments of your paper.
Annotated Bibliography At least4 scholarly sources.No wedsites that you
found through Google. You need books & scholarly
journals fromdatabases such asJSTOR. Do a short
OPVL for each source (1 sentence per letter)