Your goal in this task is to select an issue, consider your opinions, and conduct research based on the opinion and issue you selected. In the next task, you will form a thesis statement and write a persuasive research paper to communicate your opinions. Your thesis
and paper will address the following writing prompt:
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• How has the issue you selected changed your community, country, or world?
After you consider this writing prompt, you will select a topic to guide your research.
Think of the topics of the reading selections that you analyzed in this unit:
• Robert Ball's " Great Astronomers " (science and technology)
• The European Environmental Agencys " The Melting Arctic " (the environment)
• C. D. and K. E. ldso's "Energy., Carbon Dioxide and Earth's Future: Pursuing the Prudent Path e" (the environment)
• Abraham Lincoln's "First Inaugural Address C" and" Letter to James T. Hale " (national politics)
• john SnowsOn the Mode of Communication of Cholera C" (public health)