1: Project pitch
| Assigned | Due | Submit |
|---|---|---|
Mar 10, 2026 |
Mar 24, 2026 |
What you should submit
Your final project pitch should consist of a 2-page document, submitted in pdf or docx format, including three components:
- A 500-word, single-spaced, written proposal
- A wireframe mockup
- Three sources in a bibliography
Page 1
The first page of your pitch will include a written proposal—single-spaced, about 500 words, and no longer than 1 page in length—describing your current thinking about the project’s topical, conceptual, and technical registers. Please use headers to separate each of these sections.
Throughout the pitch, you must also reference:
- at least 1 primary source resource (e.g., historical map, dataset, text) for your topical register
- at least 1 secondary source resource (e.g., scholarly essay, article, book) for your conceptual register
- at least 1 methodology resource (e.g., an existing geospatial analysis) for your technical register
You aren’t turning in an annotated bibliography, lit review, or environmental scan for this project, but you will have to cite at least 3 sources across all of your text, maps, and graphics. So, this is a chance for you to get feedback on some ideas for sources.
Page 2
The second page of your pitch will include a wireframe mockup of how you expect the final product to look. This mockup, which speaks to the graphical register of your final project, can be digitally rendered or drawn by hand.
Your sources can appear underneath the wireframe mockup, underneath a header entitled “bibliography.”
Sample project pitch
I’m providing this sample pitch so you can get a sense of scope, format, and expectations for the proposal. The sample pitch extends the topics and methods introduced in Assignment 03 into a final project. Your submission doesn’t need to look exactly like this template, but it can!