Background Blog Due 1/14

The purpose of your blog is to inform each other. This is important: your audience is the other students in class. You need to carefully select information and present it in interesting ways that will help other students understand and make decisions about their world-- don't waste their time! Also, the information on this blog can be used for your research report, so be sure to take the time to really research and learn about your issue because it will save you time when you are writing the report.

So, what should you write in your first blog? An introduction! Not about you, but about your topic-- tell us: the background information you know about this topic, the current state of affairs for your topic and any future projections about your topic.

Your thesis question should include the BIG question you hope to explore and maybe answer during your research this semester. Remember that a BIG question does not have an easy yes or no or factual answer. A BIG questions makes you think and really have to dig in to figure it out.

The blog should be 300-500 words in length and include at least two reputable sources that are cited both within your blog and also in a Works Cited section at the bottom of your blog. It should also contain at least one graphic.