Start with your topic

Narrow it down by adding a sub-topic

Think of other ways to narrow it down, like time…

or place…

More ways to narrow it down

• Add more sub-topics and related topics• How your topic affects a particular group or

sub-group• A research methodology• A school of thought• A controversial, unusual or new point of view

Your narrowed topic is where all of these aspects overlap.

FOR EXAMPLE…

Topic: women’s daily lives

…middle- and upper-class

…in the early- to mid-19th century

HOW WOULD IT LOOK IF YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT MEN’S DAILY LIVES?

Draw it yourself:

HOW WOULD IT LOOK IF YOU WANTED TO COMPARE WOMEN’S DAILY LIVES IN JAPAN AND ENGLAND?

Draw it yourself:

HOW WOULD IT LOOK IF YOU WANTED TO STUDY THE TOPIC BY READING NOVELS WRITTEN BY WOMEN IN THAT ERA?

Draw it yourself: