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Researching Social Issues Assignment

This document outlines the steps for a final article assignment, including choosing a topic to research from a list of options, finding a relevant article using an online database or search engine, summarizing the article, identifying the main idea and supporting details, and further researching the problem by describing it, explaining why it is important and should be addressed, considering possible solutions, and choosing the best solution.

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Researching Social Issues Assignment

This document outlines the steps for a final article assignment, including choosing a topic to research from a list of options, finding a relevant article using an online database or search engine, summarizing the article, identifying the main idea and supporting details, and further researching the problem by describing it, explaining why it is important and should be addressed, considering possible solutions, and choosing the best solution.

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Final Article Assignment

1. You will pick a topic/problem to research. You may choose one of the following topics. Please
circle or highlight your topic.
Bullying, Childhood Obesity, Drug Usage, Racism, Poverty, or Terrorism
2. Find an article to read about your topic using one of the databases or a search engine like
google. Make sure your article is at least a page and half long.
3. Write the name of the article

4. Write the name of the database or search engine where you found the article.
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5. Write a summary of your article.

6. What is the main idea of your article?

7. What are some of the supporting details?

For the next questions you will have to do more research. Make sure you write down what source you
use to answer each question.
8. Describe in detail the problem that you are researching.
a. What is the problem?

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b. Who does it affect?

_____________________________________________________________________
c. When did it become a problem?

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d. Where is it a problem?

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9. Why is the problem important?

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10. Why should we care about the problem?

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11. Why do we need to solve the problem?

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12. What are some possible solutions?

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13. Which solution do you think is best? Why?

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