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Research PaperStep 1: Getting Started

Part A Exploring possible topics
Directions: Get one computer for you and your partner. Do some quick, initial searches on the leaders below and
then circle an interest level for each topic. Note: Do not Rank them until you finish Part B.
Leader

Time

Place

Pericles
Alexander the Great
Qin Shi Huang
Queen Isabella
Leonardo da Vinci
Martin Luther
Queen Elizabeth I
John Locke
Toussaint LOuverture
Catherine the Great
Napoleon Bonaparte
Simon Bolivar
Otto von Bismark
Vladimir Lenin
Ho Chi Minh
Jomo Kenyatta
Mao Zedong
Mother Teresa
Nelson Mandela
Fidel Castro

495-429 BCE
356-323 BCE
260-210 BCE
1451-1504
1452-1519
1483-1546
1533-1603
1632-1704
1743-1803
1762-1796
1769-1821
1783-1830
1815-1898
1870-1924
1890-1969
1891-1978
1893-1976
1910-1997
1918-2013
1926-present

Athens
Macedonia
China
Spain
Florence
Holy Roman Empire
England
England
Haiti
Russia
France
Venezuela
Germany
Russia
Vietnam
Kenya
China
India
South Africa
Cuba

Interest level
very interested
very interested
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very interested

kind of interested
kind of interested
kind of interested
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kind of interested
kind of interested
kind of interested
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Rank
not interested
not interested
not interested
not interested
not interested
not interested
not interested
not interested
not interested
not interested
not interested
not interested
not interested
not interested
not interested
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Part B Narrowing your focus
Directions: Respond to the questions and tasks below. Note: When you get
to #5, you should ask the teacher for some suggestions!
1) Which leader did you research in Part E of the Introductory Activity?
2) What are you currently reading during your Independent Reading time?
3) Are you more interested in learning about a leader from your own culture
OR learning about someone totally new? Explain your answer.
4) Are you more interested in exploring ancient (really old) history OR more
contemporary (recent) history? Explain your answer.
5) Use the table in Part A to Rank your top 5 leaders. Put the number 1
by your first choice, the number 2 by your second choice, etc.
Part C Selecting a leader
Directions: When you are ready to choose the leader that you will research
for this paper, confirm you choice with the teacher. Note: You may not get
your first choice so make sure that you have ranked your choices!

Our leader:
Part D Setting up your Google Doc for the research paper
Directions: For this research paper you will be collaborating and working
online using your @inths.org Google Drive. Follow the directions on page 3
to set up the Google Doc and share it with your partner and teacher.
Note: Only one of you will need to create and share the Google Doc!

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1. WEBSITE: Go to: gmail.com
2. LOG IN Enter your information:

3. LOCATE YOUR GOOGLE APPS Click on

4. FIND YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE Click on

5. START A NEW APP Go here

6. STARTING A GOOGLE DOC Go here

7. RENAME THE DOCUMENT:
a) Go to File
b) Find Rename
c) SAVE YOUR WORK AS: Research Paper-Leaders name

8. SHARING THE DOCUMENT Go here

Share your presentation with the teacher and your
partner:

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