Lucas Kukulka
Process Note
Dear Reader,
This essay is research about my family history and about how the goals of your relatives are still present in today’s life. I intend to show a well, researched history of my relatives that immigrated to America. I want to show why they did and what their goals were when they left their home country. Hopefully my readers take in interest in their own history and try to find a connection between themselves and their history.
When I had to choose a topic for this assignment I had almost no idea what I wanted to do, but I liked the suggestion by my teacher to do a family history since I have a very large and diverse background. After I decided on my topic I created interview questions to give to my parents, aunts and uncles so I could gather as much information as possible. One challenge I faced was finding academic sources relating to family history. I decided to change my research topics from family history to research about where my family had come from to see what was going on when they fled their countries. This way I could see what my relatives were going through.
You effectively delineated the topic of the paper, which is family history. In addition, you clearly identified your method of research, which is through interview. Although the topic is evident throughout the draft and process note, I would suggest in further discussing what part of your family history is being researched. I felt as if the process note was lacking a valid description of the research process and the reasons behind the paper itself. You very briefly talk about why you are interested in the topic. It might be helpful to elaborate on your personal reasons behind the research, and why/how it is important to you.
ReplyDeleteThe rough draft and process note run in congruence. Although the paper's draft is somewhat short, the process note does effectively describe the purpose and the process of developing the research paper. However, I felt as if the paper's draft better identified what part of the family history was being researched. It could be beneficial to further discuss this in the process note.