Preliminary guidelines for the final paper/project

Write a 5-page proposal for a public history project: a documentary film, a museum exhibit, an oral history project, or a website (if you can think of a project that does not fall into any of these categories, let me know). You proposal should discuss:

1. Main subject and main historical question of the project, and why this question is important

2. The medium and genre of the project (documentary film, art exhibit, etc.)

3. Potential audiences and how you plan to address them (general public, students, etc)

4. Your sources (oral histories, documents, artifacts, photographs, etc.) and how you plan to collect these sources

5. Annotated outline of the project (oral history questionnaire, plan of the exhibit, chapters of your documentary film, or sections of your website (I.e. if you plan to include a section for website visitors to leave comments, explain why it is useful for your project)

6. For extra credit, you may provide examples of research material or a demo version of the project (interviews, photographs, etc.)

7. A bibliography of secondary sources relevant to your project, 2-5 sources on your subject ("Canadian's view of history" or "the blues") and 2-5 sources on your medium (oral history, museums, documentary film, digital history).