Paragraph 1 Theme (e.g., Motivation/Practical Importance):

Content to be included in Paragraph 1 (e.g., what statistics you might include, what is the policy problem?):

Paragraph 2 Theme (e.g., Overview of Policy):

Content to be included in Paragraph 2 (e.g., important features of the particular policy you are looking at; how does it attempt to address the policy problem?; research question):

Paragraph 3 Theme (e.g., Hypotheses):

Content to be included in Paragraph 3 (e.g., what do you expect about the relationship between the policy and your outcome(s)?; justification/reasoning for these hypotheses):

Paragraph 4 Theme (e.g., How You Will Answer the Research Question):

Content to be included in Paragraph 4 (e.g., what types of journal articles do you plan to examine?; if research not found on particular topic what other areas of research might you look into to inform your research question?):