HIS 100 Topic Exploration Worksheet
Part 1
Select a research topic area for Project 1 based on which of the following areas interests you the most.
You will explore the selected topic a little later in this theme. Mark your selection in the right-hand
column.
Topic Selection
Drafting of the U.S. Constitution X
Mao Zedong’s Rule Over China
South African Apartheid
Choose Your Own Topic (insert pre-approved topic here)
In the space below, replace the bracketed text with a short paragraph about what you already knew
prior to this course about the topic you selected, based on your personal history or experiences. This
may include assumptions, beliefs, or values related to the topic. Be as detailed as possible.
The US constitution was drafted buy a lot of portent people in the government at the time. The document has multiple articles
with important things that the government should not hold against you for doing. It includes the Amendments. EU S
constitution was formed to give the people of EU S rights that shouldn't be infringed on.
1
, Part 2
Now that you have identified your topic and described what you already know about the topic, what
questions do you still have about the topic? Replace the bracketed text with your answers.
Question Response
what's sparked the drafting of the U S constitution?
Identify one question about the
topic that you are curious
about.
I would like to know why the constitution was created.
Describe why this question
matters to you personally.
History repeats itself. So maybe society needs to know if the
government is infringing on our rights.
Describe why this question
matters to society.
how did these people that drafted this include what should be rights
and what shouldn't?
Identify a second question
about the topic you are curious
about.
this info could help in the future if they try to amend EU S
constitution. This might give me a better idea behind the
Describe why this question constitution.
matters to you personally.
If anything happens in the future, our rights may be at risk. This
would make people understand what gave them the rights that we
Describe why this question have today. Without freedom of speech, for example, society would
matters to society. be very different
2
Part 1
Select a research topic area for Project 1 based on which of the following areas interests you the most.
You will explore the selected topic a little later in this theme. Mark your selection in the right-hand
column.
Topic Selection
Drafting of the U.S. Constitution X
Mao Zedong’s Rule Over China
South African Apartheid
Choose Your Own Topic (insert pre-approved topic here)
In the space below, replace the bracketed text with a short paragraph about what you already knew
prior to this course about the topic you selected, based on your personal history or experiences. This
may include assumptions, beliefs, or values related to the topic. Be as detailed as possible.
The US constitution was drafted buy a lot of portent people in the government at the time. The document has multiple articles
with important things that the government should not hold against you for doing. It includes the Amendments. EU S
constitution was formed to give the people of EU S rights that shouldn't be infringed on.
1
, Part 2
Now that you have identified your topic and described what you already know about the topic, what
questions do you still have about the topic? Replace the bracketed text with your answers.
Question Response
what's sparked the drafting of the U S constitution?
Identify one question about the
topic that you are curious
about.
I would like to know why the constitution was created.
Describe why this question
matters to you personally.
History repeats itself. So maybe society needs to know if the
government is infringing on our rights.
Describe why this question
matters to society.
how did these people that drafted this include what should be rights
and what shouldn't?
Identify a second question
about the topic you are curious
about.
this info could help in the future if they try to amend EU S
constitution. This might give me a better idea behind the
Describe why this question constitution.
matters to you personally.
If anything happens in the future, our rights may be at risk. This
would make people understand what gave them the rights that we
Describe why this question have today. Without freedom of speech, for example, society would
matters to society. be very different
2
