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Research a Local or Global Issue

Greetings 10th grade students!

Welcome to our class web site.  I hope you find it as stimulating and eye-catching as I do. Yesterday we brainstormed a list of issues which plague our community:

Littering

Homelessness

Crime

Global warming

Drunk driving

Texting while driving

Drug abuse

Gang violence

Video game addiction

Diabetes

Prostitution

Obesity

Food addiction

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Deforestation

Air pollution

Gas prices

Unemployment

Bullying

Sex trafficking

Fire suppression

Air quality

Flood control

Other means of transportation

Access to healthcare

Obesity

Racism

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Animal cruelty

In addition, we discussed the possibility of researching topics environmental and international issues, which can be found on these web sites:

http://www.nrdc.org/

http://sacpeace.org/

http://www.globalissues.org/

 

Begin researching your topic by using the Research Methodology and Source Evaluation approach described in the attached document.

At the end of class you should have at least two sources cited in your working bibliography.

Kind Regards,

Coey