The purpose of this assignment is help you prepare for debates one and two by thoroughly researching all
important aspects of an exigent ( urgent) problem. You may select your own problem to research, but be
careful to not take on too large of a topic, like world hunger, but rather limit your focus to a more manageable
topic like childhood food insecurity in Los Angeles. Ask me if you need help framing your topic or goal for
research.
5-8 pages. 100 points for the paper itself.
Bibliography- 25 points 7 source minumum
Format: APA. 25 points for format
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Address these questions/topics- They will be your headings.
What is going on right now with this issue that makes it urgent or exigent? ( This can be your abstract)
What are the controversial issues?
What are the current policies?
What are the facts in this matter? ( numerical and non-numerical)
What do the experts say?
What does the common person say? ( lay testimony)
What are the important value issues surrounding this topic?
Summarize the positions of people in opposition to one another on this topic.
What are policies or solutions that people are suggesting?
What are the responses to those ideas?
Are there any organization or agencies that support some aspect of this issues? (Provide their name, position
and contribution to the cause.)
What common ground, if any, can you find in the various groups?
End with a summary of what you learned through this exercise.
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