‘The 1984 Research Paper Skeleton Outline As you have seen through your writing this year, every successful paper requires an outline, You will need a skeleton outline and a sentence outline for this project. Since everyone is doing a different project, we prepared a list of general topic areas for you to cover in order to fulfill a thorough research paper project. For your research paper, you will be required to become an “expert” on several characteristics of your diotator/activist's life. They are as follows: L I. mm. Rise to Power This section of your paper will be devoted to supplying readers with relevant, background information. Questions you must consider finding the answers to are: + How did their family/educational/socictal/economic/religious situation affect their beliefs? Did any events change their motivation for power? What government, military, social positions did they hold on their way to power/influence? + Who supported them (domestic and intemational) and how was this support used? ‘+ How important is money, education, connections, religion or class in this individual’ rise to power? Resistance Every one of the people studied met resistance in some form or another. This section of your paper will be devoted to discussing the political/religious/ or other opponents that faced the individual throughout his/her reign, Appropriate questions are: * Who opposed him/her? What groups of people especially? ‘What motivated the person towards change? + How were his/her ideologies similar/different than previous government? ‘+ How did individual manage resistance? Maintaining Power or Drawing Attention to Issue (if you have an activist) ‘What gave this individual popularity? (money, military power, religion) Identify the decisions the person made to promote his/her campaign Discuss the techniques used fo build popularity or promote nationalism How did individual utilize media or propaganda? Focus on key events that demonstrated control What did individual use to motivate people and build morale? Pay special attention to common enemy/bero techniques