Open Your Eyes Gifted Freshman Research Project

The purpose for this project is to get you to ‘open your eyes’ to problems in the world that you did not know about before – and broaden the scope of you world-view in the process. You will conduct your research through the CHHS online databases, organize your findings in an electronic presentation format and present your findings to the class.

Procedure: 1) The Problem Identify and research a problem in the world. The problem must be one that is global (outside the borders of the USA), must affect people directly, and be one that is not currently making headline news. (See below for a list of possible topics.) Include the following in your search: 1. historical background of the problem and why it is a problem 2. where it is 3. who and/or what is responsible for creating it 4. who it affects and how it affects them 5. what is being done to address/correct the problem and the possible future of the problem

2) Annotated Bibliography  Read to find out about the problem using CHHS Media Center databases (and other sources with teacher approval).  Create an annotated bibliography of 5 articles relating to the problem (using Easy Bib). An annotated bibliography is a collection of article summaries, each with a citation in MLA format. One entry follows the next (in alphabetical order); do not put each entry on a separate page.  The articles must come from a credible and reliable source…not a pop magazine, an online blog, or Wikipedia. Databases on our school’s media center website are all credible and reliable. Prior teacher approval is required for the use of any other sources.

3) Electronic Presentation  Present your findings to the class using an electronic presentation format. Use Prezi or PowerPoint, or another format with my approval.  Include the following in your presentation: 1. historical background of the problem and why it is a problem 2. where it is 3. who is responsible for creating it 4. who it affects and how it affects them 5. what is being done to address/correct the problem and the possible future of the problem  You must cite all sources (of facts and pictures) that you include. Print sources must be listed on a separate Works Cited slide. Pictures and other images must include the URL on the same slide. Open Your Eyes Possible Topics

CONFLICT AREAS Africa  Somali piracy  Somali civil war  Northern Mali conflict  Darfur genocide Asia  Kashmir  Chechnya  Korean peninsula Refugee issues  Kakuma/Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya War  Conflict diamonds  Child soldiers

HUMAN RIGHTS  Human trafficking (sex trade, sweat shops)  Working Conditions 3rd world countries  Child labor  Tibet and the Dalai Lama  Burma and Aung San Suu Kyi

3 RD WORLD POVERTY  Clean water availability  Disease eradication  Effective cook stoves  Food insecurity

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS  Bopal disaster 30 years later  Fukashima Nuclear Disaster  Clean water problems in 3rd world countries  Commercial whaling