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On October 4, submit a Proposal and Annotated Bibliography for the Daily Lives Paper.  (See the syllabus for a more in depth description of this assignment).  Essentially, provide three sources minimum for the bibliography. 

In short, take the info from the biography (time period, place, occupation, some historical context both global but more regional) and weave it together with outside sources to create an imaginary day in the life of the character (you can actually write about a longer period of time if you choose). ~A. Dunn

A very basic research approach should work for just about any topic:

1. Explore topic context (casual web searching)
2. Learn basic topic information (library catalog: books)
3. Find a "niche" by the current scholarly conversations (library databases: articles)
4. Synthesize your ideas with previous scholarship (source citation)