By: Shivani Trivedi |
Investigate the world
Students initiate investigations of the world by framing questions, analyzing and synthesizing relevant evidence, and drawing reasonable conclusions about globally-focused issues.
Subpoint 1:
Identify, describe, and frame questions about an issue, and explain how that issue is locally, regionally, and/or globally-focused.
For this component, I chose my research paper from English 1301 on whether or not America should abolish the death penalty. I had to research different academic journals to provide evidence for both sides of the argument for the issue. In our Bill of Rights, the 8th amendment keeps the government from inflicting cruel and unusual punishments on its citizens, yet we still have the death penalty. What justifies the death penalty and who receives it? Is race a big factor in who receives the death penalty? I posed many questions such as these in the beginning of my paper and I found journals to help me answer these questions. This issue affects only the United States because only we have the cruel and unusual punish clause in our Constitution, but I cannot speak for other countries.
Subpoint 4:
Develop a position that considers multiple perspectives, addresses counter arguments, and draws reasonable conclusions.
For my ENGL 1302 class, our teacher wanted us to write an essay on why fewer Evangelical Christians condemn gay marriage today than they did five years ago. I used the HCC database to find articles that I could as supporting evidence along with the original article where my teacher go the idea from, which was from TIME magazine. Each article stated my supporting points and the counterarguments to those points. Each article brought a new point of view to my paper even though they all had the same overall idea. At the end of my paper, I concluded that more and more Evangelical churches will become accepting of the gay community in their congregation.
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