Unit 2 Project Pre-Writing

Begin by creating a new Google Doc titled [your name]’s Unit 2 Project. Create a table with 3 columns, much like you did for your Feeder 2.1 pre-writing.

The Unit 2 Project assignment asks you to make a claim about the relationship between your family’s history and the place you studied in Feeder 2.2. Think about this relationship and brainstorm 2 or more possible claims that might form the crux of your Unit 2 Project thesis statement. Place these ideas in the left column.

In the center column, make a list of things you already know that will help you to prove these claims to your reader. These might be facts you discovered in your research for Feeder 2.2, things you already know about your family, or information from other sources.

In the right-hand column, make a list of other information you will need to find in order to prove your claims. Some items in the list might involve secondary research (such as academic texts on the history of your town, prominent figures within the town, etc.), or might involve primary research (such as interviews with your family members, searching through old photographs, etc.). 

After you have completed the activity, share your work with one of your group members. Discuss which claim(s) seem(s) the most promising, how they might be revised, narrowed or expanded, and what other types of research might prove fruitful both in proving your claim and in making it relevant to your blog’s readership. Revise and add to your lists as you discuss.