Modern History Essay Log
April 6 (15 minutes) Began
constructing a list of possible essay topics
April 9 (20 minutes) Decided on Topic
9- “An Age of Catastophes: Depression, Dictators, and the Second World War c. 1929-1945”, focusing particularly on
Hitler’s rise to power
April 12 (45 minutes) Began vaguely
researching primary information surrounding
Hitler’s rise to power
April 21 (45 minutes) Began refining
essay questions
Began research
Began
compiling a bibliography
April 30 (15 minutes) Finalised a working question “‘The critical factor of Hitler’s rise
to power in Germany by 1933 was the turbulent and anarchical nature of German
politics at the time’ To what extent is this question accurate?”
May 26 (45 minutes) Compiled information and began writing dot points about the four
major areas concerning Hitler’s rise to power; military, social, economic and
political
May 27 (90 minutes) Began constructing
a rough timeline of the consequences of World War One, continuing more research
on Hitler’s rise to power
May 31 (60 minutes) A mind-map was
created, further references collected
June 2 (15 minutes) Continued
question refinement
June 4 (30 minutes) Began an essay plan, continued bibliography
June 20 (30 minutes) Continued research
July 7 (20 minutes) Continued research
July 10 (20 minutes) Continued research and note taking
July 18 (60 minutes) Further developed an essay plan
July 19 (3 hours) Completed research, updated bibliography and essay plan
July 20 (3 hours) Completed essay plan, began writing essay, updated bibliography
July 21 (2 hours) Continued essay
July 26 (20 minutes) Continued essay
July 27 (60 minutes) Continued essay
July 28 (70 minutes) Continued essay
August 3 (30 minutes) Completed essay
August 4 (45 minutes) Began proof reading essay and cutting wordcount
August 5 (30 minutes) Proof read essay, cut wordcount
June 20 (30 minutes) Continued research
July 7 (20 minutes) Continued research
July 10 (20 minutes) Continued research and note taking
July 18 (60 minutes) Further developed an essay plan
July 19 (3 hours) Completed research, updated bibliography and essay plan
July 20 (3 hours) Completed essay plan, began writing essay, updated bibliography
July 21 (2 hours) Continued essay
July 26 (20 minutes) Continued essay
July 27 (60 minutes) Continued essay
July 28 (70 minutes) Continued essay
August 3 (30 minutes) Completed essay
August 4 (45 minutes) Began proof reading essay and cutting wordcount
August 5 (30 minutes) Proof read essay, cut wordcount
August 16 (40 minutes) Began to fix draft
August 30 (50 minutes) Added information,
revised draft
September 1 (30 minutes) Revised draft
September 4 (20 minutes) Revised draft
September 7 (70 minutes) Gathered more information to
add to essay, updated blog
The log is OK. It is off and running. And, yes, I do like the background image. Not sure how it fits into the essay theme, but it looks great!
ReplyDeleteLog has been updated. Good.
ReplyDeleteGood to see the log has been updated in preparation for Friday's deadline.
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