Alex

=__**Research Project 2011**__= =__**Alex Knoll**__=

//**Subject:**// The siege of Leningrad. //**Research Statement:**// The Russian goverment's role in the siege of the city of Leningrad.

[|My Research Proposal]
 * To view my research proposal please follow the link below; **

__**Week One:**__
//**Monday (31/01)**// Listened to Mr. Street give an introduction into stage two research project and outline the differences and workload between last years lessons. //**Tuesday**// **(01/02)** Joined this wikispace and started my journal. This year i really need to make sure keep this up to date and well presented so I have all my information at hand. I also thought about my topic while home last night and decided on the siege of Leningrad. I have also narrowed down my hypothosis to the mistakes Joseph Stalin made leading to, during and after the siege of the Russian city. //**Thursday (03/02)**// - **(Lesson not to be attended).** As I am involved in a school-based apprenticship this year I will not be attending school any Thursday or Friday this year. I should have this sorted by next week so that i get the correct amount of time for this subject for the year. //**Friday**// **(04/02)** - **(Lesson not to be attended).** While i did not attend this lesson, I have still been organising my research topic. I have spoken to Mrs. Hewwitson and she has agreed to give me extra tuition so i do not miss out on to much during my working days. she explained that I was going about my research the wrong way and she told me about qualitative and quantitative research. she also told me about research methodology. I had only been taught the scientific approach not the interpretive way. She set me on the right path and I now can structure my research correctly.

__**Week Two:**__
//**Monday (07/02)**// I am currently working on my Research Proposal that Mrs. Hewitson gave me to complete. It should be done fore her to examine and help refine in the next few days if I get a chance to work on it at home. Also today I worked with Mrs. Hewitson to created and refine my focus questions. This is what I came up with;

__**Focus Questions**__ ** 1) ** What was the political, social and economic situation of Russia prior to the invasion of the Germans?

** 2) ** What events precipitated the siege?

** 3) ** What was the Government’s initial response?

** 4) ** What were the actions of the Government in the longer term?

** 5) ** What were the consequences of these actions?

** 6) ** What was the role of the Government in the siege of the city?

//**Tuesday (08/02)**// Mr. Street gave me a sheet today to help me choose my topic. I have done some below. //2)// Metelurgy //3)// Musical Artists //4)// The Construction Industry || //2)// Metelurgy - What is the chemical makeup of Tungsten and what are its uses? //3)// Musical Artists - Who is regarded as the all time most skilled musician? //4)// The Construction Industry - What are the better jobs avaliable in the industry? || This next segment goes into more detail on my two favoured topics. What did they do about the situation? What was there initial response? || Books. Internet. Historians. || What qualifications are required? Can anyone do these jobs? || Construction workers. Newspaper job section. Internet. || //**Thursday (10/02)**// - **(Lesson not to be attended).** //**Friday (11/02)**// - **(Lesson not to be attended).**
 * __**5 Areas of interest to Me.**__ ||
 * //1)// World History
 * __**Interest Questions.**__ ||
 * //1)// World History - What was the role of the Russian Goverment in the siege of Leningrad?
 * __**Focus Question**__ || __**Points to Discover**__ || __**Sources of Information**__ ||
 * What was the Russian Goverment's role in the siege of Leningrad? || How did they react?
 * What are the better jobs in the industry? || How are they obtainable?

__**Week Three:**__
//**Monday (14/02)**// Today was uneventful really. I continued with my research proposal, with some help from Mr. Street. It will be done by friday easy. //**Tuesday (15/02)**// Today I continued my work on my proposal. I have now finished it and will only touch it up in the next few days. //**Thursday (17/02)**// - **(Lesson not to be attended).** //**Friday (18/02)**// - **(Lesson not to be attended).**

__**Week Four:**__
//**Monday (21/02)**// - **(Lesson not to be attended).** This week will be my first week of going to trade school. I will be absent the entire week, but thats O.K. because I get paid for going to trade school, what a happy notion. //**Tuesday (22/02)**// - **(Lesson not to be attended).** //**Thursday (24/02)**// - **(Lesson not to be attended).** //**Friday (25/02)**// - **(Lesson not to be attended).** $360 for me.

__**Week Five:**__
//**Monday (28/02)**// - This week I continued my research into my topic of Lenningrad, Stalin and Soviet politics. I read my book on the siege of Stalingrad and found information on internet sites. I feel that i will be continuing this tomorrow also. //**Tuesday (01/03)**// - I was correct, I did the same thing as yesterday this lesson. //**Thursday (03/03)**// - **(Lesson not to be attended).** //**Friday (04/03)**// - **(Lesson not to be attended).**

__**Week Six:**__
//**Monday (28/02)**// - Unfortunately I was not able to attend this lesson as I had to do some music work that could nnot wait. I appologise to everyone i affected by my decision. //**Tuesday (01/03)**// - Today I heard my first about the interview we must attend to check up on our progress, it is found in the link below. __**Interview Times.**__ //**Friday (04/03)**// - **(Lesson not to be attended).**
 * //Thursday (03/03)// - (Lesson not to be attended).**

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