Term+Paper+Topic+Selection+Questions

o Your assignment is to gather data and analyze it, not to summarize.
==== o Make a “map” of your topic, listing possible themes/ideas/individuals who will be important to your topic. This might make you focus more on an aspect of the topic rather than a broad general area. ====

o If your topic is a question that could be answered yes or no, refocus.
==== o Above all, this is a historical research paper, you need to select a topic that emerges from traditions, social, political, and/or economic forces that you are going to identify and analyze. Think about what these forces are for each topic. ====