Revising the History of the Battle of Lake Erie

Preliminary Proposal/Basic Bibliography: The Preliminary Proposal tells your audience what we already know about your specific subject and where specifically you will be making an original argument and contribution to the field. The Preliminary Proposal should target 1250 words, and no more than 1500 words and follow the formatting provided in the SampleProposal.pdf (attached). The Bibliography should be included as well, formatted correctly according to Turabian. The Proposal MUST contain the following five required sections: Statement of Purpose in a paragraph or two (no more than 250 words) explain the purpose of your thesis. This section must end with your 25-30 word Thesis Statement. Statement of the Problem and Research Questions without repeating what you may have already written, how would you explain your proposal as a problem. Be prepared to raise at least 6-7 research questions. Do not include any question for which the answer is yes or no. Significance of the Study don’t give away too much history but do explain why this topic is so important. This is the place you might want to at least begin talking about previous historical treatments by modern historians in very general terms. Methodology what sort of sources will you be using and more important, how will be using them? What sort of questions will you be asking of your sources? What do you want your sources to tell you? List of References this is a sampling of 8-10 major sources The first four sections of the Proposal should target 1250 words and no more than 1500 words. The title page MUST contain the following at the very bottom of the page: I propose the Thesis/Research Paper to Professor ___________, and to the Department a study of the following topic to be conducted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in American History: TITLE OF THESIS IN ALL CAPS. Your PPBB will be sent to the chairman of the department on Monday 2/2/26. He will then send them to all faculty members who will then choose a proposal. An interested Thesis Advisor (TA) will then contact me, and once that happens, I will contact you. This process can take anywhere from a day to a week, sometimes even a bit more. There is a special Discussion – Thesis Advisor Assignments – where I will post relevant information about TA assignments. These sources can be used.