The production log that helped me score 50/50 in my EPQ. The layout and categories may be helpful as a starting point for students to create their own as well as understanding the level of detail that is needed to acquire higher marks.
W/C Tasks/objectives Findings/Comments
26/9/22 -research background context -the origins of fairy tales as
Hours spent on the origins of fairy tales originally folk tales passed by
3 -decide on the writers I will mouth, it would only when
Resources-"...Happily Ever focus on in my essay they became written down
After" (or What Fairy tales that they indoctrinated female
Teach Girls About Being stereotypes. When discussing
Women) (hawaii.edu) how the perceptions have
Gender Roles Indoctrinated
changed over time, it will be
Through Fairy Tales in Western
important to comment on the
Civilization (rutgers.edu)
origins and how deep rooted
-
the tales are in society. I did
not expect how indoctrinated
fairy tales have been within
culture and communities, this
will influence my research as it
is important to acknowledge
the different impacts that the
portrayal of women has had
on different cultures. My next
steps are to focus specifically
on the Grimm Brothers.
Evaluation
The initial reading on my chosen topic allowed me to develop a greater understanding to carry
into my research. Whilst the project log will be a useful way to keep track of what I am doing, I
wish to develop an easy way to track the sources I am using.
W/C Tasks/objectives Findings/Comments
3/10/22 -Research into the Grimm -At the time when the Grimm
Hours spent Brothers and their portrayal of brothers were writing society
3 women was underpinned by strict
Resources- patriarchal confinements
The Grimm Brothers tales of; hence why the female is
snow white, Cinderella and passive whilst the male is
little red riding hood active. I will research these
Marcia R. Leiberman, “’Some
confinements in more detail in
Day My Prince Will Come’:
later weeks. All female
Female Acculturation through
protagonists are described as
the Fairy Tale,”
-To marcia Lieberman beautiful which highlights the
“Cinderella plays as passive a importance of beauty in a love
role in her story. After leaving relationship. Not only does the
her slipper at the ball she has beauty of female characters
nothing more to do but stay lead to male attention but it
home and wait” also leads to jealousy from
other females, this made me
think about an interesting link
to how side characters, who
, are also female, are portrayed
negatively. In my initial
research whilst I expected the
portrayal of the main female
character to be superficial I did
not account for how this can
also manifest in side
characters who are not always
deemed as relevant, especially
when male side characters are
viewed as heroic and
beneficial to the continuation
of the plot.
Evaluation
I focused on three main fairy tales; snow white, Cinderella, little red riding hood. By focusing on
three main tales it allowed me to manage my research however in the future, I may wish to
branch out from these tales.
W/C Tasks/objectives Findings/Comments
10/10/22 Draft EPQ introduction and I have a rough draft of my
Hours spent finalise sub questions. introduction depicting why I
2 chose the question as well as
Resources- Marie Louise Von the basis for three sub
Franz, Interpretations of Fairy questions. I have chosen my
Tales, (Boston: Shambala, sub questions to be in
Random House, 1996), 27. chronological order of what
period the author was writing
1. Brothers Grimm
2. Hans Christian
anderson
3. Modern fairy tales and
retellings
I may have to change the
wording of the actual
subtopics as at the minute
they all follow the same layout
however these are the main
topics they will follow.
Evaluation-
I have decided to split my essay into these three main sections and then within the sections, have
structured paragraphs. This may change in the future and nearer to the time of writing the essay I
will revisit this plan.
W/C Tasks/objectives Findings/Comments
17/10/22 Begin evaluating sources for As my EPQ is based mainly on
Hours spent literary review secondary research, I have
2 begun collating any articles
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