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Senior Capstone Project
Goal: Demonstrate arelationshipbetween a current topicand its impacton thecommunity historically, politically, and socially
Example topics to be argued
Is global climate change man-made?
What are the best environmental automobile solutions, ethanol, electric, or hybrid?
Are there more positive or negative effects as the natural gas consumption in America increases?
Should Animal Experimentation for Medical Research be banned?
Should the minimum wage be raised or lowered?
What is more humane, Life Imprisonment or the Death Penalty?
Should the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports be legalized?
Why are Americans rapidly becoming more obese?
Are low carbohydrate diets or gluten free diets beneficial?
Do violent video games cause people to act out violently?
Does music impact society, or does society influence music?
Are law enforcement cameras an invasion of privacy?
How should we respond to the global problem of illegal immigration?
Should military spending in America increase or decrease?
Should colleges abolish reliance on SAT and ACT scores in admissions?
Process: As this Capstone Project is developed, there will be multiple stages of tasks that need to be completed.
Stage One: Develop an open-ended research question of interest in the box below? (Remember this is a debatable question. Do not provide your claim statement!)
Stage Two: Choose three (5) articles that relate directly to your question. Copy the URL’s in the box below.
Stage Three: Compose a10% Summary foreach of the five (5) articlesproviding four central ideas that focus on the author’s claim andreasoning.
Stage Four:After reading the sources, andconsidering your own viewson the topic, develop a well-structured claim statementthat answers your research question and type it in the box below. (Remember to provide a why statement in the claim.)
Stage Five: Complete an Annotated Bibliography according to the Guidelines and Rubric
Stage Six:Combine your claim/thesis withyour analyticalunderstandings in a well-developed argument essay meeting the provided FCA’s. The organization of the final product should follow the format presented in the table below.
Final Product Organization1. Cover page with: Name, Date, Class, FCAs, and Research Question
2. Completed Essay
3. Works Cited page following MLA format
FCA’s:
FCA #1Demonstrate arelationshipbetween a current topicand its impacton thecommunity historically, politically, and socially. (45 pts)
FCA #2Synthesize at least five (5) sources that work to establish the relationship identified in the claim (25 pts)
FCA #3Compose a well-written introductory paragraph with a clearly stated debatable claim statement (10 pts)
FCA’#4Organize the final product according to the three (3) requirements listed (10 pts)
FCA #5 Explain your claim and findings to the class in a prepared presentation (10 pts)
OTHER RESOURCES:
MLA CITATIONS FOR WEB SOURCESCORNELL MLA WORKS CITED GUIDE
READ, WRITE, THINK INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC ORGANIZERMODEL GRAPHIC ORGANIZER MAP
PRINTABLE ARGUMENT GRAPHIC ORGANIZERARISTOTELIAN ARGUEMENT FRAMEWORK
ASSIGNMENT DEADLINE CHECKLISTASSIGNMENT / DATE DUE
STAGE 1 Open-ended research question
STAGE 2 URL’S offive (5) articles
STAGE 3 10% SUMMARY x 5
STAGE 4 Claim statement
STAGE 5 Annotated Bibliography
STAGE 6 Final Product
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