5904 Directed Research

DATE	TOPIC	HOMEWORK
Week 1	Paper topic selection Library Shelf Walk	Booth, Section I
Week 2	First Words on Paper Journal search	Williams, Introduction and Chapters 1 and 2. Booth, Section II. Paragraph on your topic with tentative thesis.
Week 3	Historiography Primary Evidence	Trouillot, Chapter 1 Booth, Section III
Week 4	More Words on Paper Method, Footnotes and Bibliography	Williams, Chapters 3 and 4 Suggested Reading: Cronon Trouillot, Chapter 2 Annotated Bibliography (minimum 15 citations) One page on your topic, including thesis and types of supporting evidence
Week 5	Theory and History Questions and Warrants	Trouillot, Chapter 3 Booth, Section III Outline for final project
Week 6	State of your research report Introductions	Trouillot, Chapters 4, 5 Booth, Section IV Your draft Introduction and notebooks
Week 7	State of your research report	Notebooks
Week 8		First Draft Due
Week 9	Discussion of Draft
Week 10	Independent work
Week 11	Independent work
Week 12		Notebooks and revised draft
Week 13	Independent work
Week 14		Notebooks and revised draft
Week 15	Independent work
Finals Week	Final Draft absolutely positively due. Notebooks too.