Process Paper
My topic for this year’s NHD project is The Rights and Responsibilities of Kings, Nobles, Knights, and Serfs in Medieval France. This topic fits perfectly for this year’s theme “Rights and Responsibilities”. This topic was chosen by looking through the sample topics in the NHD packet. As I was reading through the list of topics, this sample topic caught my eye. It seemed like a very interesting topic to research because it allowed me two research things I like such as medieval times and how cetin people were treated. These are the reasons that I chose this topic for my project.
I used many sources to conduct my research. I searched for each group of people separately because I knew it would get me the most results for my research. I used the internet mostly because I could search for what I needed and wanted to know. Even though the internet was my main source of information it wasn’t my only one. I also used books for my research. When I searched for books to use, I looked for books that were general to the topic like “Kings” or “Knights” because I knew that if I searched for a certain king or certain knight it would not give me the information I needed to know about their rights and responsibilities. I didn’t find many books that held these specifications. This is the way I conducted my research and found my information.
I chose a website as my project category because I seemed like a fun option. All the other categories seemed less fun. Also, I felt like websites were more interactive than the other categories. Another reason I chose the website is because I thought I could get creative with it. Also, the website can be fixed if I make a major mistake. If it was an exhibit you could not fix it unless you get another board.
When I was creating my project, I made sure it looked good. I did not want it to look messy because it was a website and I picture website to look professional. I wanted there to be plenty of pictures because last year I lost points because I didn’t have enough pictures. I did not want that to happen again. Also, when creating my project I paid special attention to my content because I did not want leave out anything. Also, made sure I mentioned what was required of the project. I also wanted to add a little background information on all my people to inform the people that look at my project.
My topic is perfect for the theme of this year’s NHD because I was researching the Rights and Responsibilities of King, Nobles, Knights, and Serfs. Since this year’s theme is Rights and Responsibilities in history it seemed like the perfect topic. I got my topic from the sample topic section in the NHD packet I got. I knew I could not lose points researching the wrong topic.