Capstone #2- Main inquiry question and sub questions

For capstone we have to chose a main inquiry question and subquestions to go with our topic. A main inquiry question is basically what you will be narrowing your topic down to. At first I thought my inquiry question should be “Why was the musical, Hamilton such a hit?” or “How did the musical, Hamilton attract such a modern audience?” But I thought those questions weren’t advanced enough, so with some help from Mrs. Edwards, I came up with this question: “What is the cultural impact of the play, Hamilton?” I really like this question because if you think about it, most people only knew that Alexander Hamilton was on the 10 dollar bill. After the show “Hamilton” came onto broadway, people were talking about Alexander Hamilton, himself, nonstop. After I did some research, I couldn’t stop doing research. I found so much interesting information that I would have never found if I didn’t chose “What is the cultural Impact of the play, Hamilton” for my main inquiry question.

Sub questions are narrowed down questions that help you answer the main inquiry question. You can do five or six sub questions. I had a lot of trouble thinking of sub questions. I had to do more research before I actually figured out what my sub questions would be. When I first started thinking of sub questions I could only think of one. After I thought of one, I just kept thinking of more. These are my sub questions:

  • How did the musical, Hamilton play a role in present day politics?
  • How did the musical, Hamilton impact children’s learning  of American History?
  • How will the musical, Hamilton have an impact on future broadway shows?
  • How has the musical, Hamilton changed people’s views of Alexander Hamilton?
  • What other historical figures besides Alexander Hamilton did the musical shed light on?

I think these questions will help me research my  main inquiry because they are related to my main inquiry question, but aren’t to similar to my main inquiry question. I also think these sub questions will be really fun to research.

5 thoughts on “Capstone #2- Main inquiry question and sub questions

  1. I think you should shorten it a little bit but you have a lot of suspecific details that makes readers understand about Inquiry questions more.

  2. This is really good you explain everything so clearly I also liked how you explained how you thought of your sub question.

  3. I like how you went in-depth as to why you made these sub-questions, and that you put your main inquiry question.

  4. I really liked your post. I thought you broke it down very well and it was good for the reader to understand.

  5. I agree with you; these sub questions will help you answer your main inquiry question. I like how you included your initial ideas for a main inquiry question because I think reflecting on your process is as important as the actual research findings. Hopefully, this will remind you that putting in the work up front pays off down the line when doing research.

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