Task: Explore potential areas of interest within the theme of Food, Culture, and Identity. Begin reading and
researching material, and come up with a topic you would like to explore for your final paper. Make sure
the scope of your topic is suitable for a 4-5 page paper of 1200-1500 words.
Once you have decided the topic you want to focus on for your research paper, develop a guiding
research question and a working hypothesis to guide your research. Your question and your working
hypothesis should require you to analyze rather than describe (i.e., focus on how and why rather than
what).