Start with your topic
May 21, 2015
Start with your topic
Narrow it down by adding a sub-topic
Think of other ways to narrow it down, like time…
or place…
More ways to narrow it down
• Add more sub-topics and related topics• How your topic affects a particular group or
sub-group• A research methodology• A school of thought• A controversial, unusual or new point of view
Your narrowed topic is where all of these aspects overlap.
FOR EXAMPLE…
Topic: women’s daily lives
…middle- and upper-class
…in the early- to mid-19th century
HOW WOULD IT LOOK IF YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT MEN’S DAILY LIVES?
Draw it yourself:
HOW WOULD IT LOOK IF YOU WANTED TO COMPARE WOMEN’S DAILY LIVES IN JAPAN AND ENGLAND?
Draw it yourself:
HOW WOULD IT LOOK IF YOU WANTED TO STUDY THE TOPIC BY READING NOVELS WRITTEN BY WOMEN IN THAT ERA?
Draw it yourself: