Agent Orange in the Vietnam War: To what extent is the US Government to blame for the effects.

My initial resources will be... I will start my initial research on 3 points I wish to structure my essay around; Napalm, Agent Orange and the My Lai Massacre. I will use resources like google scholar, books (literature and information), and online journals. I have already started my research on Napalm, and have mostly been using newspapers from both the time of the war (1955-1975) as well as modern newspapers, for example ‘Vietnam War 'girl in the picture' reunited with journalist who saved her life’ from The Telegraph by Nick Collins on 18 May 2010. Also, in January I plan to create an online survey inspired by a paper from The American Political Science Review, Volume 61 No. 2, June 1967. The paper was Public Opinion and the War in Vietnam, and it included a survey asking citizens across America various questions about their opinion on the government handling of the situation in Vietnam. I plan to reproduce this and adjust it for modern day to compare how opinion has cha...

Online courses Future learn EdShare (University of Southampton) Open University Jstor Effective research will help time management. Improving writing skills ensures you produce a good extended essay for your EPQ. Marks can effect university choice. Successful students… Have a range of effective search strategies. Effectively use a variety of resources – high quality and unbiased. Use a bibliography. Note taking – Cornell Notes Keywords help with search terms. Make sure to include synonyms. This also helps to find similar articles. Books Authors, editors and referees recognised as experts in their field. Have an unbiased view point. Will clarify understanding and enable you to find more information on that topic on the internet more easily. Internet  Up-to-date. Wealth of information. However, you are the editor and must check for reliability and bias. Evaluating websites Look at the… URL Author Statement of purpos...

The Napalm Girl The Napalm Girl June 8, 1972 Taken by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut http://100photos.time.com/photos/nick-ut-terror-war#

The Napalm Girl The Napalm Girl June 8, 1972 Taken by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut http://100photos.time.com/photos/nick-ut-terror-war#

My summary of the comments and advice from my supervisor Whilst developing my initial project idea, my supervisor inquired about what academic literature I would be using to support my essay and to use for research, and he advised me that I should not just use informal sources. He suggested using sources such as google scholar. Furthermore, he encouraged me to consider the reliability of a source before I use it for research, in particular for some of the literature I was using. Also, he mentioned that it would be difficult to find sufficient primary sources for the essay for the topic I have chosen. Although part of it would be covering modern times, that is only a small fraction of my essay and for the rest there is little to no opportunity to find primary sources like a survey or questionnaire. However, as a result of a conversation with my supervisor, I concluded that it would be too difficult to cover the entire of history for the essay tittle ‘The history of sexism and how it...