How to Narrow Your Topic and Determine Some Keywords for Research
Broad Topic: Communication in World War II
What: radio, newspaper, propaganda, code, new inventions
Where: Pacific Arena, Europe, Africa, United States
When: leading up to the war; leading up to US entering the war; specific battles; end of the war; post-war
Who: generals, troops, leaders, civilians, artists
Final Narrower Topics:
- Development and use of the Navajo language for use as code language in the South Pacific arena of World War II.
- Methods used by Alan Turing to crack the German Enigma code in the European theater of World War II.
- The impact of Hedy Lamarr's frequency hopping technology developed during World War II.
Keywords:
- Development and use of the Navajo language for use as code language in the South Pacific arena of World War II
- Methods used by Alan Turing to crack the German Enigma code in the European theater of World War II.
- The impact of Hedy Lamarr's frequency hopping technology developed during World War II.
