HIS 100 Historical Context Chart
Prompt
: To understand your topic, you need to understand the world in which the events related to that topic took place. First, list your research topic and the
revised research question you plan to address moving forward. Then, choose two secondary sources related to your research topic and provide the citation for each
in the chart. You may use secondary sources from previous assignments.
Next, explain in the chart what each source tells you about the
historical context
of a
chosen event and how it relates to your topic. In the last chart column, explain how the context provided by the source will help you write your
thesis statement
,
answering your research question.
Replace the bracketed text with the relevant information.
Historical Context Chart
Research Topic:
[List research topic here.]
Selected Revised Research Question:
[Write the revised research question you would like to address here.]
Secondary Source Citation
Historica
l Context
of Event
Support
Your
Thesis
Statement
Tiang, H. (n.d.).
The Origins of China's Great-Power Identity
. PDF. Retrieved from
file:///C:/Users/Emily
%20Oravetz/Downloads/The_Origins_of_Chinas_Great_Power_Identi.pdf
.
This
source
tells me
about the
political
and
economic
stance of
China as
a country
when
Mao
Zedong
This
source will
help
support
my thesis
statement
and help
me answer
my
research
questions
because of
how in-
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