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Your research question
Your preliminary thesis statement
Your thesis statement
Step 1: Keywords
Who, What, Where, When
| Who? | Gender, age, class, race, nationality, political or religious group, key historical figure |
| What? | Specific event, cultural idea, innovation, treaty, law, political movement |
| Where? | Country, region, empire |
| When? | Time period or era, reign, specific date |
Step 2: Viewpoint and Approach
How, Why
| Viewpoint | Culture, society, politics, economy, military, art, race, gender, religion, revolutions, science and technology, legal, colonialism |
| Approach | Compare and contrast; Analyze cause and effect; Consider the relationship between two or more factors |
Step 3: Questions
| Rule 1 | Produce as many questions as possible |
| Rule 2 | Do not stop to judge, answer, or discuss any questions |
| Rule 3 | Write down every question exactly as you state it |
| Rule 4 | Change any statement into a question |
| Rule 5 | Categorize questions into open or closed |
| Rule 6 | Identify the most promising and interesting questions |
Topic: The Salem Witch Trials
Step 1: Keywords
| Who? | Puritans, Cotton Mather, Tituba, Giles Corey, Women, Putnam family, Porter family |
| What? | Malleus Maleficarum, Court of Oyer and Terminer, Mass hysteria, Spectral evidence, Witch cake, Puritanism |
| Where? | Mass Bay Colony, Hartford, Salem village, New England |
| When? | 17th century, 1600s, 1692, Colonial America |
Step 2: Viewpoint and Approach
How, Why
| Viewpoint | Culture, society, politics, economy, military, art, race, gender, religion, revolutions, science and technology, legal, colonialism |
| Approach | Compare and contrast; Analyze cause and effect; Consider the relationship between two or more factors |
Step 3: Questions
| What role did gender play during the Salem Witch Trials? | |
| Were there actual witches in Salem? | |
| Were any men accused, found guilty, and executed for being a witch? | |
| Why did some of the accused confess to being witches, and others did not? | |
| What was the public response to the Salem Witch Trials (throughout New England and in England)? | |
| Why did the Salem Witch Trials last for so long and spiral out of control? | |
| To what extent did conflict with Native Americans impact the Salem Witch Trials | |
| How did the events in Salem change court proceedings in Colonial America? | |
| How did the 16th and 17th century witchcraft trials in Europe effect Salem? | |
| What was the relationship between the church (led by Reverend Parris) and the rest of the community? |