Tuesday, 20 November 2012

Contemporary Issues Assignment

Below is the contemporary issues assignment (Please note that in the copying / pasting process, the format was changed). Tonight your homework is to complete the rough drafts for questions 1-3. You will have some time in class on Wednesday and Thursday to work on this assignment.


Contemporary Issues
Presentation

Work individually or with a partner. Choose an issue that interests you and complete research on the issue to present to your class in a five-minute presentation.

You may choose any issue that is approved by your teacher, to help you brainstorm issues, here are some examples: poverty, obesity, environment, global warming, pollution, water shortages, water pollution, education, bullying, healthcare, food shortages, globalization, etc..

Consider the following questions to help you organize and develop a thorough presentation:

·      What is the issue?
·      Is it a prominent issue in a specific country or a global issue?
·      What is the history of this issue? Has it been an issue in the past or is it relatively new?
·      What’s currently happening with this issue right now?
·      Does this issue have a lot of support from the public? What kinds of people support this issue?
·      Why is it an important issue?
·      Why is it a problem?
·      What can people do to help prevent this from becoming a larger issue?
·      What will happen if people don’t do anything about this issue?
·      What are your predictions regarding this issue for the future?

Checklist

I…
·      Chose an issue that interests me                                                       ____
·      Explain the issue                                                                                  ____
·      Determine its prominence in the world                                             ____
·      Explain the history of the issue                                                               ____
·      Explain recent events with this issue                                                      ____
·      Explain the issue’s support                                                               ____
·      Explain its importance                                                                        ____
·      Explain why it’s a problem                                                               ____
·      Preventative measures (what can people do to prevent the issue from becoming worse?)                                                                                 ____
·      Explain the consequences of this issue                                             ____
·      Voice predictions about this issue                                                      ____

Research Notes
Resource (book, website, magazine,)
























1.    What is the issue? Explain the issue. Why did you choose it?

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2.    Is it a prominent issue in a specific country or a global issue? List the countries this issue is most common in.
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3.    What is the history of this issue? Has it been an issue in the past or is it relatively new?

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4.    What’s currently happening with this issue right now?

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5.    Does this issue have a lot of support from the public? What kinds of people support this issue?

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6.    Why is it an important issue?

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7.    Why is it a problem?

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8.    What can people do to help prevent this from becoming a larger issue?

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9.    What will happen if people don’t do anything about this issue?

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10.What are your predictions regarding this issue for the future?

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