GLOBAL WARMING ISSUES

• Choosing a Topic The Global Research Project has a number of important goals, and it will take you the entire semester to assemble the project. The project has the following goals: • o To introduce you to the valuable online databases to which NYIT subscribes. o To further develop your understanding of academic disciplines, research methods, and evidence. o To develop a deeper understanding of a global issue , and take a stand on the issue, using both journalistic and academic sources. The first step is to choose a topic conce rning a global issue that interests you and describe it below. 1. Describe the topic/issue in your own words (100 word minimum): 2. Why does this topic interest you and/or why it is important? (100 word minimum) • Collecting Data In the second step of the process you will begin collecting data from 2 main kinds of sources: • o Newspapers (in particular, the New York Times that you already subscri be to as part of the class), and o Academic, refereed (peer -reviewed) journals available to you through the NYIT library database. The school librarians will work with you in searching through databases. For each source that you cite you must provide basic citation material including date of publication, author, publication name, and page numbers. 2. 0. Summarize and cite 5 articles on your topic from respectable journalistic sources: New York Times, The Atlant ic, The Economist, Aeon Magazine, New Republic, Jacobin Magazine, Salon, The Guardian, NPR, BBC, etc. 1. Summarize and cite 3 articles in 3 different disciplines on your topic (for a total of nine articles total ) Just to further clarify, that's 5 articles from journalistic sources, and 9 articles from peer -reviewed journals, for a grand total of 14 articles . Make sure to put the findings in your own words because this program will check for plagiarism. Research Methods Analysis In this section you will demonstrate your general awareness of research methods. 3. 0. Describe the research methods in both the popular and academic sources that you have assembled in step 2. (By research methods we mean archival work, fieldwork, experiments, observation, statistical analysis, etc.) 1. Describe the types and quality of evidenc e that these research methods produce. • Editorial -Persuasive Essay In the final step of this project, you will "take a stand" on your topic using the material you have gathered this semester. • Remember that in addition to the data and evidence you're presenting, you are also arguing in favor of a particular thesis using the tools of logic, statistical analysis and proper reasoning we learned throughout the semester. • For your individual points you must refer to findings in the professional journals and journalistic sources. You are not required to agree with the findings, of course, but you must make them part of your final submission. • This article will form the basis for your oral presentation on the "take a stand" project, which will be delivered as an oral presentation in class.