topic+talk

Topic Talk: Event, Issue, or Other Topic of Interest

Topic Choice: Religion in School 1. Some people are offended by saying "under god" in the pledge of allegience 2. its unconstititional 3. no where in the constitution does it say religion is allowed to be in schools 4. muslims are discriminated against because they are of a different religion 5. quakers dont say "under god"

Answer these questions about this topic: 1. How did it/will it impact the world? it will hopefully change the policies in schools, and make children feel more at home and save when they go to school everyday. 2. Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it? because its a topic that will always be debated. some parents dont care, and some care a lot. 3. Why are you interested in researching this topic? I've had personal experience with religion discrimination. 4. How do you personally connect with this topic? I've had personal experience with religion discrimination.

Resources What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other? some of my best sources for this will be documentarties, movies, music, books, magazines, and newspaper. Also you can use the internet

Once you have completed worksheets for __TWO__ topics, please answer these two questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class: 1. Of your two topic choices, which one do you think you will find the most information about? Please explain. I've ultimately chosen religion in schools because although its a difficult topic to research, I am passionate about this and I have good genre's to start off the project.

2. Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain. At first I was going to do teen depression but after researching other topics, I decided that religion in schools seems like such a controversy and the only people who know about it are the ones being effected by it.