research guide (final)

Research Guide
1.What do you already know about your issue?
there is controversy about this subject. whether it be taking the pledge of allegiance completely out of schools and government, or removing the mention of God. in our community (SLC) it is an especially touchy subject due to the high population of religious individuals. in the past few decades our society has become more and more sensitive to what's politically correct and what isn't, which may be part of the cause for this controversy

2.What questions do you have about your issue?
who will this effect?
what groups are fighting for either side of this?
what are the pros/cons to taking away the pledge or the God references/

3.Who is interested in this issue?
religious people, and on the other side of the spectrum, non religious people.
parents/family, teachers/administrators, clergy, maybe the students themselves

4.Where do people read, write, talk, or hear about this issue?
community meetings (church, pta, town meetings, etc), online forums, newspaper opinion sections, political radio shows etc

5.Where will you look to find your secondary sources?
newspapers, magazines, personal interviews

6.Are you going to conduct primary research? If so, where? How?
not completely sure what this means. i guess my answer is yes, i will be conducting research. it is a research paper after all. how am i going to finish a research paper if i don't conduct research?
i'll use the library databases, internet web searches, and interview people on the subject

7.Create a timeline/schedule for completing your research.
7/19 choose topic
7/20 bibliography 1 and research questions
continue daily to finish by the due date