Topic Stuff for Research -- Due on a separate, typed sheet
Thursday 5/8.
First. No: skateboarding, surfing, particular cars or planes,
snowboarding, mass murderers/criminals, bios of sports stars or celebrities,
rock or rap stars, animals just because they're cute, mafia/gangsters,
guns/weapons, video games, Disney or Disneyland, topics you already know
"everything" about or have reported on before...
Second. If you choose to do a biography, it must be about a
person who has had a major impact on society. Your thesis /controlling
question (see below) should be about what that impact was. This person
should, in most cases, be dead.
Third. On a separate, typed sheet (save it on your computer,
or here at school), write four paragraphs that explain:
1. What you already know or think you know about this topic.
2. Why you're interested in researching this topic. (Why you care.)
3. What you want to find out. Ask at least five (5) in-depth questions
(not yes/no type). Ten or more would be better.
4. Several possible sources of information, besides the internet.
Then, in a final paragraph, tell which of your questions will
be your "controlling question," and what you think you
might find out. This will be the "point" of your research.This
will become your thesis. Examples:
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My controlling question will be, "Have any UFO sightings been confirmed
as being spacecraft?" I think, based on what I've already read and heard,
that the answer will probably be that almost all sightings can be explained
by something else. Almost.
-
My controlling question(s) will be, "Do dolphins communicate? How? And
can we communicate with them?" I believe that...
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My controlling question will be, "Why did the Titanic sink?" As I said
before, I saw the movie, and I know it's just a movie, but in it...so I
think...
-
My controlling question will be, "What was Rosa Parks' role in the civil
rights movement?" From what I can tell, she...
-
My controlling question will be, "Should we allow drilling for oil in the
Alaskan Wildlife Refuge?" I think that since we...that we should...
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My controlling question will be, "How did the Egyptians build the pyramids?"
I think there will be several theories...
Topic Stuff for Research -- Due on a separate, typed sheet Thursday
5/8.
First. No: skateboarding, surfing, particular cars or planes,
snowboarding, mass murderers/criminals, bios of sports stars or celebrities,
rock or rap stars, animals just because they're cute, mafia/gangsters,
guns/weapons, video games, Disney or Disneyland, topics you already know
"everything" about or have reported on before...
Second. If you choose to do a biography, it must be about a
person who has had a major impact on society. Your thesis /controlling
question (see below) should be about what that impact was. This person
should, in most cases, be dead.
Third. On a separate, typed sheet (save it on your computer,
or here at school), write four paragraphs that explain:
1. What you already know or think you know about this topic.
2. Why you're interested in researching this topic. (Why you care.)
3. What you want to find out. Ask at least five (5) in-depth questions
(not yes/no type). Ten or more would be better.
4. Several possible sources of information, besides the internet.
Then, in a final paragraph, tell which of your questions will
be your "controlling question," and what you think you
might find out. This will be the "point" of your research.This
will become your thesis. Examples:
-
My controlling question will be, "Have any UFO sightings been confirmed
as being spacecraft?" I think, based on what I've already read and heard,
that the answer will probably be that almost all sightings can be explained
by something else. Almost.
-
My controlling question(s) will be, "Do dolphins communicate? How? And
can we communicate with them?" I believe that...
-
My controlling question will be, "Why did the Titanic sink?" As I said
before, I saw the movie, and I know it's just a movie, but in it...so I
think...
-
My controlling question will be, "What was Rosa Parks' role in the civil
rights movement?" From what I can tell, she...
-
My controlling question will be, "Should we allow drilling for oil in the
Alaskan Wildlife Refuge?" I think that since we...that we should...
-
My controlling question will be, "How did the Egyptians build the pyramids?"
I think there will be several theories...