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** Step 2 Research Project ** For this part of the research project, you will be considering the areas you will be research to create your research project.

Course instructor will decide if presented research sources are acceptable.
 * First, provide a preliminary opening paragraph that describes what topic you will be researching and why this topic is important to the examination of this history for you.
 * Include a bulleted outline of the strategy you plan utilizing while researching this topic.
 * Next, provide a minimum of three correctly cited MLA course acceptable sources you will be utilizing in completing this research project.
 * Briefly describe the areas (bullets) you will be looking at to build your research around; for each bullet point, include a short explanation for the relevance of this area for your research.
 * Note: a minimum of two of these required sources are required to be derived from academically acceptable books, history journal articles, or academic eBooks. Contact any ICC reference librarian for assistance in finding research sources.
 * The third required research source for your Step 2 may be derived from any academically acceptable online source. See course syllabus for acceptable research sources.
 * Include a MLA bibliography/Works Cited section at the conclusion of your Step 2.
 * Use Citation Machine or other citation assisting programs.
 * See 'Citation Made Easier' in Bb course information link, or see ICC library link for 'Citation Help' if you need help or instructions on how to cite your sources correctly.

All online sources are required to be cited with a direct live link to the exact location where you will be borrowing information.

Lastly, provide an informal preliminary conclusion paragraph describing how you plan to re-address your research and summarize your body of historical information that you discovered during the creation of your research project.

This preliminary conclusion paragraph more than likely will change by the time your have completed your step 3 of your research project, but, it's a good idea to have something written to use as a starting point that will tie your research together.