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Analyze and Present: Possible Scenarios / Futures: Extended Study Formulate Possible Courses of Action Develop Evidence-based, personal response, demonstrating self-awareness [|Source:]
 * Never copy information directly from a source into your coursework. That is plagiarism: presenting someone else’s work as your own.
 * Note information shorthand instead, and then incorporate the information into your work in your own words. Do not just switch out a few key words with synonyms.
 * If you must use a part of someone else’s work, do it sparingly and cite the source. This use of someone else’s work will be apparent by your use of quotation marks and proper citation at the end of the quote.
 * Use real examples to demonstrate your points or illuminate perspectives. These real examples should come from the excellent sources you have found and studied.
 * Analysis should emphasize multiple perspectives of the issue you are investigating.
 * The issue you are investigating is your Thesis.
 * A basic outline for presenting findings might be:
 * Title:
 * Introduction
 * Use the writing from the focusing stage to form an introduction. This can be an explanation of why you chose the area of study, a relevant personal anecdote, a summary of your knowledge of issues under the area of study.
 * Transition to your topic and state your question.
 * Body
 * Show analysis of the issue through facts and real, relevant examples, representing a wide range of perspectives. In an essay, the body should consist of two or three such detailed sections.
 * Conclusion
 * Your Thesis Statement, as the result of your analysis, forms the basis of your conclusion.
 * Identify a broad range of scenarios based on the evidence you have collected. Evaluate the likelihood of possible outcomes (effects).
 * If this **cause** continues this way, the **effects** may be…**because**…How likely is this?
 * But if the **cause** is altered by this action, the **effects** may be…**because**… How likely is this?
 * But then **if this happens** instead, then the **effects** might be…**because**… How likely is this?
 * Possible modes of expressing this step could be
 * Artwork or Comic strip
 * Cause-effect chart
 * Detailed, organized, multi-level bullet-point list (as in this document).
 * A well-written paragraph for each course of action, descriptive narratives or poetry.
 * For the extended study, complete a basic study and add on the following two steps:
 * How might some of the problems surrounding the issue be solved or altered? A detailed proposal might include
 * What the action is
 * Who would perform or organize it, and why
 * What resources or support that person or those people would need
 * What impact the action might it have
 * Formulate at least three courses of action. Think personal action, local / national (community or political) action, global community or political) action.
 * Possible formats for presenting these course of action could be
 * Detailed, organized, multi-level bullet-point list (as in this document).
 * A well-written paragraph for each course of action.
 * Paneled comic strips.
 * This step can be interpreted in many ways, but an adequate response to this step could be to:
 * Discuss or show how completing this study changed the way you feel or think about the issue, or how it made you more aware of the impact you personally have on the issue. Give reference to the specific parts of the research that have strongly influenced this effect.
 * This response would already be interwoven into a well-constructed study; this step is then a focused summation of that personal response. A paragraph, comic strip, song, artwork, poetry or other modes could be used to present this step.