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Week 1 May 8/9 Pick partners, discuss a direction and begin collecting sources. (Start with 2ndy sources.) Think of potential places to find primary sources and interviewees. May 11/12 Focus your direction and continue collecting sources. (May I recommend the index card method?) By May 12, have a direction approved and begin focusing on it. Continue thinking of potential sources. And make an outline of where you want to head. Week 2 May 15/16 Collect secondary sources and look for your field trip. We may have a research day at NEIU this week so come prepared. Look at other online museums or documentaries to get ideas on organization. May 18/19 Think of questions you would ask your interviewee, but do not become married to your questions. Ask followups as they happen and have an actual conversation. Week
3 May 22/23 Schedule appointment with interviewee and talk to them in person or over e-mail. Prepare transcript or digital file and put into context. Begin analyzing your material and answering the question of your thesis. This is like a super DBQ. May 25/26 Make sure interview is done by now or you might regret it later. If you are done, think of how you would weave your interview into your history. Begin technical work on Frontpage or other program. Week
4 May 30/31 Make sure you are working on the technical side and organizing your web. We may save some time in the computer lab this week so you make sure you are on top of these things and so I can help. June 2/3 Double-check your citations. I may ask you to turn them in this week. Continue technical work on project. Week 5 June 4/5 Make sure you are almost finished. Tie up any loose ends. June 5 is the final deadline for seniors. June 7/8 I may introduce your work to a Euopean classroom for review. June 8 at finals time is the final deadline for the project for juniors and sophomores. It should be turned in on a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. |