I struggled a bit with starting the outline. I just couldn’t figure out how to put what I was thinking on paper, but once I figured out the angle I wanted to use, writing the outline was pretty easy. I’m used to doing them for myself and I’ve had to hand them in for other classes. Generally I find them useful so I didn’t really mind doing the outline.
The notes are a different story. I don’t find the format very useful at all. Since these sources aren’t very long and there are a pretty limited number I prefer to write right on the sources. That helps me put together the main ideas and if I need a specific fact it’s pretty easy to find. Maybe the notes will be more useful when I’m using a larger number of sources?
As far as the research project goes I’m curious about the effect of the Depression on children. Specifically I’m interested in the effect on education. Some questions I would like to know about include:
How was public education funding effected by the economic crisis?
How did the effects of the Depression on education differ in different regions and states?
What affect did the Depression have on children’s access to public education?
How did schools deal with the increasing number of students who were living in poverty?
Just a thought/question: I always have a hard time staying in the past tense when writing. I've found that to keep from slowing down I just write how I naturally would and then go back and change the tense later. I'm working on that now. However when I'm discussing writings should those stay in the present tense. After all, the writing continues to exist in the present. For example, "Roosevelt’s writings and speeches suggest that overall he was..." Should it be "suggested" because they were written in the past? I am leaning toward using the present tense because I am the one saying what they suggest and my analysis is ongoing in the present. Thoughts?
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