Reflection sheet

Year 11
Historical
Investigation
Project

Name: Isabella OHalloran

1. What do you already know about historical inquiry?
Historical inquiry is the process of investigation conducted through research for
historians to understand a past event, figure or concept. Steps in the inquiry process
include posing questions, locating and analysiing the reliability and usefullness of
soucres and using evidence from sources to develop an informed explanation about
the past.

2. What areas or topics of history are you interested in investigating

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further?
Holocaust (Nazi Germany)
Terrorism; in particular 9/11
Berlin War
Burma/Myanmar Civil War (Internal Conflict)
The Great Depression
Russian Revolution
Fall of Communism in China
Fascist Italy
Indian Partition
China (Mao)
Dissolution of Ottoman Empire

3. When you do research, what do you generally find easy to do? Please list
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as many things as you like.

To find relevant sources in books and handouts given to us by our teacher.
Using the Internet efficiently to find information on certain historical topics.
Gathering a general overview of a topic, finding background information.

4. When you do research, what do you generally find difficult to do? Please
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list as many things as you like.

Locating relevant online sources.
Finding reliable and accurate sources that support my argument.