A. Defining the topic
Use your decade statement to formulate a key inquiry question to drive your research:
What drove the ‘70s’ to be the decade that ‘ended innocence’?
B. Framing sub-questions
Sub-questions should relate to one or more parts of the key inquiry question and allow a focused investigation of evidence to be undertaken:
1. Why was there an uprise in serial killers?
2. How did the media become so dedicated to the killings that they formed cults?
3. What was the psychological long-term effects of the drug use on people after the hippie era?
4. How did the impeachment of Richard Nixon change the generational political views?
5. What was the influence of female sexuality and liberation in the culture of the 70s?
C. Initial Hypothesis Statement
What is your initial hypothesis statement (the answer to your key inquiry question)?
The ‘70s’ were a corrupted decade disguised by peace, love, and innocence.