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Current Issues

Current Issues. Research –- Read-- Evaluate . Choose Your Topic. Browse newspapers, online news websites for topics! Pick a topic area: the Environment Narrow it down: Global warming. Narrow it more. Ask a few questions to get ideas for a possible thesis:

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Current Issues

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  1. Current Issues Research –- Read-- Evaluate

  2. Choose Your Topic • Browse newspapers, online news websites for topics! • Pick a topic area: • the Environment • Narrow it down: • Global warming

  3. Narrow it more • Ask a few questions to get ideas for a possible thesis: • 1. What causes global warming? • 2. What are some controversies around global warming? • 3. Does anyone have a solution to global warming? • 4. What will be it’s effects over time on us? • 5. What will be the effects on our planet?

  4. Choose one or two questions to focus on: • For example: • What are the controversies around global warming? • What are the causes of global warming?

  5. Now you can brainstorm! • General Ideas • Global warming • Climate change • Causes • Controversies • Specific Ideas • Al Gore • EPA • Oil • Emissions • Coal

  6. Let’s go hunting! http://www.collegeofsanmateo.edu/library/

  7. Try the Pathfinders!

  8. On the Databases Page…

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