FIELDWORK PROPOSAL

Due __________ (see syllabus)^th

Please develop a plan for your fieldwork research by answering the following questions.  Answer in full sentences, but be brief.  Type the answers to the questions.  I will post this on the websites, so that you may copy/paste the questions onto a blank document and not have to retype them.

1. Give Your Research Project a Working Title

2.  Describe the mystery you are investigating, including a brief synopsis of the background/legend/story behind it, and telling why it interests you.

3.  What specific questions are you trying to answer in your investigation?

4.  What resources are you using to answer each question?

5.  Whom will you interview?  What questions do you think you will be asking each person?

6.  What do you think the experts say about your topic?

7.  What have you done, so far, to look into the topic of interest?

8.  What opinions and assumptions/beliefs do you already hold about your topic?

9.  What do you expect to find out or learn about your topic?

10.  What problems do you anticipate in your project?