Brainstorming

1937 Supreme Court

In order to come up with my topic for my senior seminar paper I had to go through a rigorous amount of brainstorming. The way I narrowed down the ideas for my paper was to go over the periods of history I liked or historical figures I enjoy studying. It is important when writing a paper to find something you are passionate about in order to make the writing more passionate. Some of the topics that I considered were: Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, World War II, the Civil War, Constitutional history, and the Great Depression. After going over the multiple topics I decided that I wanted to do my paper on FDR. I eventually decided that I wanted to do my paper on FDR and the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937. I picked this topic since I am interested in the balance of power within the Federal government and because I am interested in FDR. My next step was to pick a question to ask on my topic. I ended up choosing, “Why did FDR’s Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937.” Brainstorming played a vital part in finding a topic for my senior seminar paper.