Researching a Potential Topic

Your purpose here today is to explore some topics for your project.
The answers to the following questions should be pasted on to your blog. It should be your second entry.

1. What is a social justice issue?
After reading the definitions, write a ten line poem telling me what your idea of 'social justice' is.

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=what+is+social+justice&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

2. Ideas for topics:
http://www.globalissues.org/issue

Browse this website of topics you might be able to use. Pick two that interest you for this question (they don't have to be the topic you eventually end up with). Read about them, click on the links, browse around. Congratulations, you have started the research process. Then write down:
Topic 1:
A. Which topic did you choose to research? Why is this the one that interests you?

B. What are ten interesting facts or ideas that you learned? You MUST put them into your own words.

C. Can you see this becoming your exit project topic? Why/why not?

D. What is a question you have after doing your reading?

Topic 2:
A. Which topic did you choose to research? Why is this the one that interests you?

B. What are ten interesting facts or ideas that you learned? You MUST put them into your own words.

C. Can you see this becoming your exit project topic? Why/why not?

D. What is a question you have after doing your reading?


3. Other ways to get ideas for topics is to BROWSE headlines.
http://www.globalissues.org/news
http://www.oneworld.net/
http://www.ipsnews.net/
http://www.democracynow.org/#atPick two of the news websites below.
Find three interesting topics. Why would they be interesting to do as an exit project? Explain what you learned.

1. Article 1
Title:


Could this be an interesting exit project topic? Why/why not?


What did you learn about this topic that you didn't know before, after reading the article?


What questions do you still have?



2. Article 2:
Title:


Could this be an interesting exit project topic? Why/why not?


What did you learn about this topic that you didn't know before, after reading the article?


What questions do you still have?