Day 14: Choosing a Topic for the Guided Research Paper

Objective:
* To start the process of research by choosing the topic of our investigation.


1. Choose an issue that affects a specific group of people (i.e. children, teenagers, women, etc.) in your local community, state, country, or region of the world.
Example: Topic/problem: Endangered Species
website 1
website 2

2. Choose an organization or policy maker that has addressed or tried to solve that problem in the past.
Example of organization that deals with the problem of endangered species:
The World Wildlife Fund

3. Brainstorm a list of problems you are interested in or that you know affect you or other in your community. Select one or two.

4. Begin your search o the web. (Don't forget: you need a problem and an organization or policy maker that has been working on solving the problem.

5. Once you have a topic and an organization, please submit your proposal in writing:

1. Your name:

2. The topic/problem you propose to research:

3. Submit a couple of websites for background information on this topic.

4. Organization or policy maker which has tried to deal with/solve the problem:

5. Website:

Give proposal to instructor.


Homework:
Remember that the final draft for the diagnostic essay is due Monday, February 20, at 12:00 midnight.