2. • Don’t just randomly start reading materials – plan
your research before you start
• Choose an overall topic – and then select at least
four specific factors to research
For example: To what extent was Britain a democracy by 1918?
• Who had the right to vote?
• The range of political parties to vote for
• The extent of education and newspaper influence
• Equality of public representation
• Secret ballots and political corruption
• Ability (or otherwise) of all adults to get elected

3. Idea
Work in groups to share your ideas about what
issues you could research as part of your project.
Summarise your ideas in a spider diagram.
Research topics