Grade 11 History-2024-25

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[CLASS XI HISTORY]: SUMMER VACATION ASSIGNMENT

 Research Proposal
History
Grade: XI A
Your research proposal is an important part of your Project. It summarises the question you
want to answer through your research. It demonstrates your knowledge of the subject area
and shows the methods you want to use to complete your research.
Instructions: -

A.

• Word limit: 1000 – 1500 Words

• Typed and Font - 12 Calibri
• SUBMISSION: 10 June through the mail – nilakshi.parihar@ggn.hxls.org
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B. What all should be there in your Research Proposal: -

1. Title of Research - a brief and meaningful title to your project
2. Objectives
3. Background and Rationale –
4. Literature Review
5. Research Questions/Research Hypothesis/Thesis Statement/Problem statement.
6. Methodology
7. Bibliography

1. Title of Research - A brief and meaningful title to your project

2. Objectives – A list of goals that will be achieved through the proposed research –
What are the benefits/impact that will be generated if the research problem is
answered?
(For example, if your topic is Architecture in Ancient India, then your objective can be –
To generate awareness regarding the significance of conservation of historical
monuments.)
3. Background and Rationale
Significance of the research. A description of the basic facts and importance of the
research area - What is your research area, the motivation of research, and how
important is it for the advancement of knowledge advancement?
4. Literature Review - provide a summary of previous related research on the
research problem and their strength and weaknesses and a justification of your
research - What is known/what has been done by others? (previous research) And,
why is your research still necessary?

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 • A literature review is an overview of existing literature (books, articles, dissertations,
conference proceedings, and other sources) in a particular scholarly area. It is a systematic
and critical analysis of the literature on a specific topic.
• A good literature review doesn’t just summarize sources—it analyses, synthesizes, and
critically evaluates to give a clear picture of the state of knowledge on the subject.
Examples of Literature Review:
a. Literature review of a research proposal on cyberbullying-
Cyberbullying is something that has become a new social phenomenon today. Faucher, Jackson,
and Cassidy (2014) performed a study on 1925 students across four Canadian universities that
found 24.1 per cent of students had been victims of cyberbullying over the last twelve months.
b. Literature review of a research proposal on Virginia’s Massive Resistance 1950s
The first studies of Virginia’s massive resistance, and those upon which all other research
on the subject are Benjamin Muse’s Virginia’s Massive Resistance and Robbins L.
Gates’s The Making of Massive Resistance, was first published in 1961 and 1962, respectively.
Relying mainly on primary documents and interviews, these classic accounts reveal the key facts
of the ordeal but offer little interpretation of the situation, lacking the necessary historical
hindsight to do so. (THIS IS CRITICAL ANALYSIS)

5. Research Questions/Research Hypothesis/Thesis Statement/Problem statement - It

provides a clear and concise description of the issues that need to be addressed - What is the
specific problem in that research area that you will address. You should formulate these clearly,
giving an explanation as to what problems and issues are to be explored and why they are
worth exploring.
• A hypothesis is a single-sentence answer to the Key Inquiry Question that clearly
states what your entire essay is going to argue.
For example –
Why the indigenous people of Australia were treated as second–class citizens until the 1960s by
the denial of basic political rights by the State and Federal Government?

(Before formulating your research hypothesis, read about the topic of interest to you.
From your reading, which may include articles, books and/or cases, you should gain
sufficient information about your topic that will enable you to narrow or limit it and
express it as a research question. The research question flows from the topic that you
are considering. The research question, when stated as one sentence, is your Research
Hypothesis.)

6. Methodology -
• Research methodology defines the research methods - What to do and how to
solve the problem and achieve proposed objectives?
• Which research methods (e.g., survey, case study …) will be used?
• Attach a project schedule table, How long it will take to do the research.
7. Bibliography-

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 A. For Books follow the pattern given below.

i.Author Last Name - Alexander

ii.Author First Name - Carol
iii.(Publication Year) - (2001)
iv.Title of the Book - Market Models: A Guide to Financial Data Analysis
v.Publisher’s City - New York
vi.Publisher Name - NY: John Wiley & Sons
vii.Page numbers - pp.200-220.

B. For Periodicals

i. Author Last Name - Salman

ii. Author First Name - William A

iii. (Publication Date—could be more than a year) - (July-August 1997)

iv. “Article Title “- “How to Write a Great Business Plan.”

v. Publication Title, Vol. #. (Issue #) - Harvard Business Review 74

vi. Page numbers - pp. 98-108.

* Notice article titles are put in quotation marks and only the publication title is
italicized or underlined.

Word limit and Font

• Word limit: 1000 Words
• Typed and Font 12 Calibri
B. For Online Sources - Type the link.

RUBRIC
0.5 1 2
Title Unclear Not so crisp but clear Crisp and clear
Background and Why the research is General background Specific background
Rationale significant is not clear. research is appropriately information provides a
cited but no specific context for why the current
justification given. project/question is being
investigated.
Literature Review & Information is gathered Information is gathered Information is gathered from
Bibliography from a single source. from a limited number of multiple, research-based
Citation not done. sources. Citation not done sources. Citation done in
in proper format proper format.

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 Research Hypothesis/thesis/purpos General Specific
Questions/Hypothes e/ question is present but thesis/hypothesis/purpos thesis/hypothesis(es)/purpos
is vague. e/ question is clearly e/ question(s) is clearly
articulated. articulated, and variables or
possible outcomes are
defined
Objectives Vague Clearly stated but doesn’t Clearly stated and
demonstrate the big idea demonstrated big idea
Total Marks: 10

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