Proposal



**United States History**
 * Step 1, Research Proposal **

Individual Topic Choice is due in Bb Proposal Discussion Board.

This history course will require a research project that demonstrates the ability to think critically about history. As part of gaining historical knowledge, everyone is required to research and interpret historical information.
 * Research Project Purpose: **

For this reason, this research project will provide you the student of history, the opportunity to discover, think critically about history, and share historical information with our learning community.


 * Step 1 Proposal Instructions **
 * Review the provided research topics found in Research Topics in our Bb discussion board.
 * After reviewing all the topics, you will need to choose a topic/question from the provided topics found in this discussion board.
 * Choose the topic you will use to create your research project around.
 * Claim your research topic by being the first to reply to a research topic thread after this discussion board opens.
 * One topic per student only.
 * Topics will be available on first come first serve basis.

Everyone will receive facilitator's approval through Bb Research Proposal grade area (click on grade to view instructor’s comments) to continue to the next step of the building process of your research project.

** Step 1 Instructions ** Step 1 will be completed in two parts.
 * Part 1 Step 1 Individual Topic Choice Discussion Board **
 * First, claim your research topic choice by being the first to reply to an instructor provided research topic found course BlackBoard-Step 1 Topic Choice Discussion Board.
 * As part of choosing your topic, include in this post a short explanation describing why you have chosen this topic. There is no minimum or maximum word count for this Step 1 of the research project.
 * Please understand that your topic choice must be approved by course instructor, in writing, as a reply through the same Step 1 Topic Choice Discussion Board in order for you to continue using your topic choice as a basis for your research project.