Guest klstone Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Hi everyone,Is this a narrow enough topic:How did President Truman and the U.S. government come to the decision to drop an atomic bomb on Japan?Thanks! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deissi Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Most certainly not. It's very broad. You should perhaps think about researching how X (and Y) affected Truman's decision to drop an atomic bomb on Japan. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Lc~ Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 remember you only have 1500 words for a HI (or is it 2000 for European History?) anyway you don't have much space to chit chat about broad topics, and what you seem to have chose could be covered in a novel I would suggest u a topic myself, but I didn't do EU history sorry Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruan Chun Xian Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Too broad and without a focus. You're going to end up narrating the reasons with little analysis.HI is 2000 words Elsa. But that's practically nothing, veyr little to work on. Agree with deissi, pick 1-2 reasons and go along the line of: "How significant was (were) X (and Y) as reason(s) for the dropping on the atomic bomb on Japan?" Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Lc~ Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Too broad and without a focus. You're going to end up narrating the reasons with little analysis.HI is 2000 words Elsa. But that's practically nothing, veyr little to work on. Agree with deissi, pick 1-2 reasons and go along the line of: "How significant was (were) X (and Y) as reason(s) for the dropping on the atomic bomb on Japan?" mine was 1500 Hien! trust me, I know what nothing means lol Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scade Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 If I were you I'd try to specify in the question these so called "internal" or "external" forces (pick only one of them), so you wouldn't have to use space in your investigation for defining them. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eblake Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 (edited) too vague? meh. It's done now and it's come a long way since that question. My final topic: "This investigation seeks to determine whether, and to what extent, the Truman Administration (TA) is explicitly responsible for the American foreign policy to use atomic weapons." I don't even know what I'm asking anymore.Marks are out tomorrow. we'll see then. Edited December 5, 2008 by eblake Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivy12003 Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 It's "to what extent is the decision to drop the atomic bomb based on military considerations?"By decision I mean the action committed by Truman to drop the atomic bomb only - not when or where to drop it.I've done quite a bit of research and I've found several problems.. which are killing me.1. Some say there wasn't really a 'decision' on Truman's part, because Roosevelt had already left a legacy of atomic energy policy. All truman did was go along and not upset what's already meant to happen.2. It's boiling down to a judgment of character and whether or not you/I want to believe Truman dropped it out of necessity - because I have no justifiable way of finding out what he thought. This question is basically asking what was going through truman's mind, and his publishedmemoirs wouldn't necessarily be honest.3. Even if I look at all the major options and considerations i.e. moral, military, diplomatic-political, domestic-political, I don't know how much he was exposed to each option; as in, this way the question boils down to who influenced him the most? Which is still unanswerable and not very historical.HELP MEEEEEEI agree with Mark; "To what extent is the decision to drop the atomic bomb based on military considerations?" seems VERY vague. If you decide to drop an atomic bomb, it is in essence, a military consideration. You may want to ask something such as, "To what extent was Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb influenced by Roosevelt?"BTW, your first and second point seem to be contradictory of each other. If Truman "went along with what was already meant to happen," doesn't that immediately boil down to how you're saying he might have dropped it out of necessity? It seems very awkward to me.Gd luck on your history IA... my draft is due next week! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirentu Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Responsibility is a very challenging thing to determine objectively in history. So many factors are relevant, and in order to prove that "explicitly" part of your question, you'd have to prove that there were no outside influences or vice versa. It would probably be wise to take a less absolute path with your question. Nevertheless, it's an interesting topic, and good luck with it! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi7 Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Hi, I'm doing my History IA on the Atomic Bomb and whether Truman was justified in dropping it. I am at Part B and have no idea what the format should be for it, I don't mean whether it should be in continuous prose or bullet points, I mean what I am supposed to do exactly... Do I repeat the question and have evidence fo each argument??? or do I just take notes on the sources???Thanks! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinuxBeta Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 I'm surprised you guys aren't supplied with this info at your school. Summary of evidence: This section should consist of factual material that is:-drawn from sources that are appropriate for the investigation-correctly and consistently referenced-organized thematically or chronologically. NB: must be paragraph style or point form. Info must be cited. Just evidence/facts/narrative facts. -This section should be approximately 500 words in length. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi7 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) Thanks but, say I wanted it to be point form;Do I say the argument (scope) at the top, then list my evidence in point form at the bottom of it? and so on for the other 3 arguments...? Edited March 19, 2009 by Mahdi7 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinuxBeta Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 As long as you cover all the bases listed above, it's fine. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi7 Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Ok thanks!By the way, do you know where I could find an example History IA?I would appreciate it, thanks. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinuxBeta Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 I have no clue. Give it a good google search. Our teacher provided us with an exemplar from IB, which was useful. Don't have it anymore though...sry. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-2-3 Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 Ok thanks!By the way, do you know where I could find an example History IA?I would appreciate it, thanks. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazz Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 I found this website to be of help when I did my HI.http://www.asmilan.org/teachers/rmarjerris...vestigation.htm Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlotteee Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 This website has two sample History IA's, with official marks from the IB so you can see where they earned/lost points. Hope it helps!http://www.eca.com.ve/hsclassweb/DerekSmit...amples%2007.pdf 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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