This instructional video is the first of five videos on preparing the Descriptive Article Project Proposal. There are four parts to the Project Proposal: the Topic Description, the Sources, the Images, and the Storyboard. This video covers all that is needed to complete the Topic Description section of the Project Proposal, including walking students through the first phases of their research, brainstorming topics, initiating their research, and narrowing their topics, to completing the Topic Description section of their Project Proposal.