Research!

In class today, we were introduced to the problem/proposal paper. We did the following in class:

* Looked at current Colorado legislation at this web sites:

http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2013A/csl.nsf/BillFoldersSenate?OpenFrameSet

and

http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2013A/csl.nsf/BillFoldersCom?OpenFrameSet

* Found a piece of legislation from the 2013 session that we found interesting.

* Visited news.google.com to find what the popular media had to say on the topic.

* Engaged in freewriting for 7 minutes on everything we know -- up to that point -- about the legislation.

* Engaged in academic research on the topic, such as: mandatory sentencing, wildfire mitigation, homeless discrimination, homeschool law, etc.

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YOUR HOMEWORK:

* Read three academic articles on your topic.

* Write and post a rhetorical precis for each article on your topic.

NOTE: You will need 4 academic resources for your paper + the legislation. You are welcome to include additional popular research to support your paper. These means 4 academic articles + 1 piece of legislation + whatever popular research supports your topic = your total research for this paper.

REMEMBER your task is to demonstrate that you understand the current conversations -- including academic conversations -- about your topic.