Issues in Contemporary Society
Topic: The issue of balancing between localization and globalization
Should include these events: Suez Canal Crises, Ukraine vs Russia war, etc First Definition Section (6 pages)
1) Genesis: Did the author provide historical context to better understand the roots of the issue? Ways to improve?
2) Denotation: Was a thoughtful selection of key terms presented? Should more be added, or any deleted (too common)? 3) Connotation: Were ideas included on how the core topic and “issue” are important in this current day? Were current events and news stories, that both inform and illustrate why this issue is one to discuss and debate, also included?
4) OPPOSING / DIVERGENT VIEWS: Were divergent perspectives to broaden the understanding of viewpoints on the issue and why people hold them introduced?
5) SYSTEMS / MODEL / THEORIES: Adequately provides charts, graphs, systems, models, and images to help further the understanding of the issue.
Thesis (1 page)
A) Did the author use clear, descriptive writing to outline the issue they were looking at, how they were going about their research, and offer conclusions they were going to make?
B) Does the stated ideas show insight, risk, and/or require capstone-level research?
C) Any directions they should push their paper or ideas to look into?