Use your completed Topic Exploration Worksheet to explore the historical context and develop an introduction. You will choose one of your research questions and do some secondary source research, speculate on primary source needs, and use the information to write the introduction and thesis statement for a possible research paper.

I. Write your introduction.

A. Write your introduction. Be sure to incorporate your background information and to conclude with your thesis statement. B. Based on your primary and secondary source research, turn your research question into a thesis statement that addresses your topic and how it has been influenced by its historical context.

II. Use primary and secondary sources that address the historical context of your topics to respond to the following critical elements. Be sure to cite your information using the most recent version of APA guidelines. Based on the sources you have selected, address the following questions:

A. Summarize the topic using primary and secondary sources. In other words, what was going on in the world/area/society around the event?

B. Discuss how the historical context impacted the topic. For instance, what was happening in the world/area/society around the event that impacted how it occurred?

historical context and introduction should be 2 to 3 pages in length

APA citation

Guidelines and Rubric are Attached, Introduction Template To complete Attached, Project 1 Topic Worksheet attached