Description
Choose a research topic, brainstorm the topic, find some reliable sources on your topic and read these. Your research and reading will help you to think of a clear research focus and research thesis.
Your instructor will set an assignment to check your research and reading. This may include some of the following elements:
Evidence of your brainstorming
Some of the search terms you have used
Brief summaries of some reliable sources you have found
An annotated bibliography of sources you have found interesting.