Day 18: Narrowing the topic for the GRP

Objectives:
* To discuss the narrowing of of a topic
* To choose the narrowed topic for the GRP
* To choose the organization we will analyze for the GRP.

1. These are the suggestions you made for a narrowed topic and organization for the GRP.

tips for narrowing a topic

narrowed topic

Let's vote on a tentative narrowed topic.

2. In groups of three we will look for information on
a. background information
b. organizations
c. solutions given to the problem

3. Now we need to decide the organization we are going to investigate. Take a look at the handout Guidelines for the Guided Research Paper. Go to the websites of the organizations proposed and answer the questions.

4. We need to decide what solution to the problem this organization has devised we are going to analyze and evaluate.

In your folder GRP, open a new folder where you write:
a. the narrowed topic
b. the organization
c. a tentative solution to analyze/evaluate


Homework:
1. For the GRP, go to the Googledoc we worked on in class today and go over the proposed narrowed topics again. Choose two, you can choose your own of course. Write them down and upload this on Dropbox by Tuesday 29, at 6:00 PM.

2. Narrow the topic for your IRP. Use the same procedure we have used for GRP. Upload it on Dropbox by Wednesday, March 1, 8:00 AM.