PERLS204 Lecture : Essay Proposal notes.docx
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The term-paper proposal includes three main components: (1) title page, (2) a two-page written essay proposal plus citations (endnotes), and (3) a preliminary list of sources. The proposal is a one-page essay that identifies the following: A subject of study: women and sport, for example, or early lacrosse, or the parks movement, etc. the scope of the study: Time period: set reasonable parameters; eg. interwar canada, 1917-1939. Region in question: a place (jasper national park or edmonton); a province (quebec); or a region (atlantic canada) Persons: abby hoffman, nancy green, or phil esposito. Organizations: amateur athletic union, banff ski club, or the montreal curling. What are you going to specifically look at (events, opinions, ideologies, acts, documents, etc. ) The list of sources is a preliminary review of literature that will be used to support your thesis argument. It should include a range of documents, popular and academic.