1-Introduce your topic: Why should I be interested in your topic?

Try to talk me into being interested. Why are you interested in your topic?

Which of the provided options have you chosen and what is your specific topic?

2-Explain your RP approach: What is your thesis?

What ideas or concepts are you going to use to reduce your vast research topic to a comprehensible discussion?

Which of the three kinds of papers (thematic, geographic, or era) will you be writing?

(Make sure to incorporate any feedback you receive from the Research Project Thesis Statement Assignment.)

3-Explain your RP focus: What main points would you like to bring up?

Do you have a cohesive plan to include at least two of the three required elements (transnational, transtemporal, transthematic)?

If you have a RP paper outline, feel free to include it here.

4-Explain your RP research: What kind or research plan do you have?

What kind of sources will you use? Where will you find your sources?

List at least two, specific, scholarly sources beside the textbook which you will use in your research. How will you use those sources specifically to further your research?

How do they help develop your thesis?