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5-7 page research paper accompanied by a Works Cited page

5-10 minute class presentation PowerPoint visual aid

The goal of this project is to have you research a topic or an experience of interest to you and to write about and present your findings on the information you have investigated.

To provide an opportunity for you to read, write, listen and think in an adult, post-secondary school setting.

To discover new information about your interests.

To demonstrate a high school graduate level of proficiency writing and speaking informatively and persuasively.

History Inquiry Local Politics Inquiry Creative Arts Inquiry Health, Science, and Mathematics Inquiry

Sports Inquiry Literary Inquiry Computer Science Technology and Electronic Inquiry

Trade Inquiry

There’s only one: NO P.I.G. topics! Otherwise, the sky’s the limit!

An inquiry is an investigation or the act of asking. The best papers are ones that seek to answer

REAL questions that you have. Your thesis is the answer to the question you ask.

A thesis is a paper that works to prove a statement (reflecting an opinion) true.

You will have to pick a topic, form an opinion on the topic, and use evidence to prove your statement true.

Shea’s Performing Arts Center is a very important historical monument which represents and reflects Buffalo’s various struggles through history.

Country music sensation Rascal Flatts has been making music since 2000 and has positively influenced the music industry.

With all these medications available, and the influence of drug companies, doctors are prescribing drugs without thinking of alternative therapies, which is leading adults, children and the elderly to be overmedicated.

While the No Child Left Behind Act was created with good intentions, this policy must be eliminated.

What do you want to know more about? What will your topic be?