HIS 100 4-2 Short Response: Research Plan Preparation Worksheet

Prompt: Applying what you learned about narrowing research questions, revise your research questions from your Topic Exploration Worksheet. In the tables
below, list the original question, the revised version of that question, and one to two sentences explaining how you approached your revisions for that question to
give your instructor insight on your revision process. Then, answer the question about your primary sources below the tables.

Research Question 1:
Original Question Revised Question
What type of men wrote the Constitution and what walks of life are they from What type of men wrote the Constitution?
or are they all rich important men?
Write 1-2 sentences explaining how you approached your revisions for the question above.
The original question was too vague and asks for too much information. The revised question narrows down what is being asked and it makes it
easier to define what it was asking for.

Research Question 2:
Original Question Revised Question
Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution? Way was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

Write 1-2 sentences explaining how you approached your revisions for the question above.
I do not think the original question needs to be narrowed down as it is asking why the Bill of Rights was added to the US Constitution.

1. Applying what you have learned about comparing primary sources and analyzing secondary sources, revisit the primary sources you listed in Part 3 of your
Topic Exploration Worksheet, listing them below and describing what each of these sources adds to your understanding of your selected topic:

1. Name of primary source: Library of Congress – History

Author: History.com Editors
Hyperlink: https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/library-of-congress
What this source adds to your understanding of your selected topic: This source explains who founded the US Congress and who was the
founding fathers and what kind of men they were.
2. Name of primary source: The Bill of Rights: A Transcription
Author: National Archives
Hyperlink: https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript
What this source adds to your understanding of your selected topic: This source helps me understand what was added to the Bills of Rights and why
they were added. It makes it easier to understand the real purpose of adding the Bill of Rights to the US Constitution.