His 100: 7-1 Project Submission

1HIS 100: 7-1 Project SubmissionJennifer Hubbard-GarciaDepartment of History Southern New Hampshire UniversityHIS 100: Perspectives in HistoryInstructor: Deirdre LannonDecember 11, 202227-1 Project SubmissionPart 1: Creating a Research Question: The quality of research often depends on the quality of the question driving it. It is important to understand how personal opinions, perspectives, and historical sources all play a part in developing and examining a research question. Complete the following steps to discuss how you developed a strong research question about your chosen historical event.1. Describe how your assumptions, beliefs, and values influenced your choice of topic.a. How might your own perspectives and opinions impact the topic you chose and how you may approach studying it?The historical topic I chose for my final project was climate change and environmental issues, more specifically Chernobyl because it really intrigues me since Im studying Geosciences. I believe humans have a great impact on Earths system and have the capacity to change it for better or worse. As technology grows, it allows humans to move in ways that can behighly destructive, or highly sustainable, depending on the choices made by each of us (McCann,2022). The actions of all involved in the Chernobyl incident will always be relevant