Applied History
Part A
The topic is “The Voting Rights Act of 1965”.
I. Describe the historical event that you selected. Why is this event significant?
II. Describe at least two secondary sources that you could use to research your historical event. Your sources must be relevant to your event and must be of an appropriate academic nature.
· In your description, consider questions such as: What are the similarities and differences in the content of your sources?
· What makes them appropriate and relevant for investigating your event?
· What was your thought process when you were searching for sources?
· How did you make choices?
III. Based on your review of primary and secondary sources, develop a research question related to the historical event you selected. In other words, what would you like to know more about?
Part B
Question 1: What types of primary and secondary sources will you need to use to support the topic you are examining in your essay? You do not need the actual sources yet, but you should have an idea of what they might be (such as an eyewitness account of an event, for example).
Question 2: What are two or three keywords you could use to look for sources to answer this question?
Question 3: What subject terms can you use to continue your search?
Question 4: When you search for CONSTRUCTION, you get a lot of extraneous answers. What Boolean operators and corresponding search terms could you use to narrow your search.