Now that you have completed your PRP, it is time to move forward to your analysis essay. Below is the first step to creating that essay – the Analysis Checklist. This page also includes a student example to help you envision your own work. But, remember that your work might look very different from theirs, and don’t feel your work needs to match theirs. This student is double-majoring in History and African American Studies, so their research was of specific interest to them. Think about what interests you (whether you have declared or not), and look for ways to make your research of interest to you. 

Instructions

Use the checklist below to evaluate the status of your objects and research. Once your analysis is complete, you will be asked to select a single object that best represents your collection, purposes, and hypotheses.

Title of Your Collection (what you call it):

A. Type of collection (Person first/item first):

B. Focus of the collection (**If person first, then who is the focus of the collection – individual, community, organization, etc.; if objects first, what are the connections between objects, or what is the thread (commonality)?):

C. Overriding topic of the collection- be specific (e.g., early manufacturing and labor; medical discrimination; grass-roots communication; etc.):

D. Provide two developed hypotheses or research questions that this collection posits:

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2.

 

Fill out the following completely:

Object in Collection (list full name of object, e.g.: 59 cent button, ca. 1970s)	Importance/value to collection Evaluate (critical, significant, etc.) and then explain (links earlier movement with second wave movement)	Availability of Research to Collection Detail and include info about where research found (e.g. both popular and scholarly easily available; little info found; etc.)	Does this object connect to either of the research questions? Yes, No, “ish” and then briefly detail what questions or hypotheses.

 

Student Example

Title of Collection: Persecution

1. Type of Collection: Person First
2. Focus of Collection: The focus of my collection is the communities and the people that were troubled and burdened by persecution through racism, violence, and the denial of rights and freedoms.
3. Overriding Topic of Collection: Human and Inalienable rights; Discrimination
4. Hypotheses/ Research Questions:
   1. How did the persecution and discrimination that these communities endured lead to them taking actions to influence and change the world around them?
   2. What were the origins of the idea of God given rights and how has that effected modern day social and political institutions?

 

Object in Collection (list full name of object, e.g.: 59 cent button, ca. 1970s)	Importance/value to collection Evaluate (critical, significant, etc.) and then explain (links earlier movement with second wave movement)	Availability of Research to Collection Detail and include info about where research found (e.g. both popular and scholarly easily available; little info found; etc.)	Does this object connect to either of the research questions? Yes, No, “ish” and then briefly detail what questions or hypotheses.
“The Army of God” Sculpture	Artistically tells the narrative of those that supported abortion rights were persecuted and even killed.	Research easily available.	Yes, the question about how those convicted influenced change.
“God Given” T-shirt	Details the connection between all rights and that they are all God given.	Research easily available.	Yes, deals the origin of the idea of God given rights.
“Stop Racist Violence, Anti-Klan Legal Project Atlanta, Georgia, 1981” T-shirt	It was a shirt worn during many Anti- Klan movements in Atlanta and against the discrimination and violence they represented.	Research easily available	Yes, the question about how those convicted influenced change. This deals with how they made change through protest and gatherings.
“Want Ad” placed by the Ku Klux Klan in The Orlando Sentinel-Star, 1942.	This picture is like a snapshot of the persecution that was going on during that time period.	Research easily available.	Yes, it details an example of the persecution some went through.