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Homework
TOPIC AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. Write down your Topic. Be specific. Explain if you are going to look at a problem and possible solution OR if you are going to explore an arguable issue (whether or not…)
2. Write down your 5 to 8 research questions here.
Make sure you research questions :
-help identify the issue/ problem you might be researching (ex. gentrification in Williamsburg, etc)
-help determine the scope of your research project (how big or small a focus will you have—are you looking at gentrification in just Williamsburg or all of Brooklyn)
-help you figure out the sub-topics or areas that you want to research (will you look at how gentrification affections housing and cost of living and community relationships)
FIND 3 SOURCESÂ
1. Find your 3 sources. Maybe even try to find one of the sources from the library website! Remember, don’t choose the first 3 sources that pop up on Google!
2. Put a link to the 3 sources here. Link them exactly so you can find them again!
3. Identify the GENRE of each source. Make sure EACH SOURCE IS A DIFFERENCE GENRE!
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Topic- Racism in Dominican Republic
My paper is on a problem and possible solution.
Research questions Why don’t Dominicans want to admit they are black? How does colorism in Dominican Republic effect the justice system? Why don’t Dominicans like Haitians? When did the feud between Dominicans and Haitians start? What are the social and financial effects of racism in the country? Where does racism in Dominican Republic stem from?
Resources Interview: Lives on Hold for the Dominican Republic’s Haitian Minority July 8, 2015 3:15PM EDT https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/07/08/interview-lives-hold-dominican-republics-haitian-minority
Podcast: A Border Drawn in Blood Latino USA https://www.npr.org/programs/latino-usa/556207850/a-border-drawn-in-blood
Blog: Dominican Colorism By Claudio E. Cabrera, Contributor https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dominican-colorism_b_3900808
Topic: Should whether transgender people be able to serve in the army?
Question:
Source:
Spoehr, Thomas. “Rolling Back Military Transgender Policy Would Be a Grave Mistake.”
Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection, Gale, 2022.
Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints,
link.gale.com/apps/doc/HJBTDT752338621/OVIC?u=cuny_nytc&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=77d8d4c8. Accessed 16 Oct. 2022. Originally published as “Will Biden Place Political Correctness Ahead of Military Readiness on Transgender Policy?”
Daily Signal, 21 Jan. 2021.
Genre: Essay
“Transgender Rights.”
Gale Encyclopedia of American Law, edited by Michael J. Tyrkus and Carol A. Schwartz, 4th ed., vol. 10, Gale, 2022, pp. 90-91.
Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints,
link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX8276204399/OVIC?u=cuny_nytc&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=94917c2e. Accessed 16 Oct. 2022.
Genre: Encyclopedia
“Transgender.”
American Law Yearbook 2016:
A Guide to the Year’s Major Legal Cases and Developments, Gale, 2017, pp. 221-224.
Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints,
link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3633800093/OVIC?u=cuny_nytc&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=72cb2b54. Accessed 16 Oct. 2022.
Genre: Journal
Topic: Should women have access to abortion?
Questions:
Sources:
1.My topic is “should everyone be vegetarian? I’m going to look at the problem and possible solutions.
2.Questions:
-How do vegetarianism affect one’s life? (health, diet, supplements…)
-What can vegetarianism do for the environment?
-What are the different types of vegetarianism?
-What place does vegetarianism take in different countries?
-How would a more vegetarian society affect the economy?
-Why are we slaughtering so many animals? Why is it done in such an inhumanly way?
3.Source 1: Google (informative article) (magazine)
-source 2: Youtube video
-Source 3: City Tech Library (research report)
https://www-sciencedirect-com.citytech.ezproxy.cuny.edu/science/article/pii/S0195666313003863
Topic: Electric Vehicles Vs Gas Vehicles
Exploring whether or not we should switch from Gas to Electric in Vehicle transportation.
Sources:
1.“Saving on Fuel and Vehicle Costs.” Energy.gov,
https://www.energy.gov/eere/electricvehicles/saving-fuel-and-vehicle-costs
Informative Article
Academic Journal
Literature Review
Topic: Deforestation
Question:
How does deforestation affect the world?
what the range of consequences of deforestation is around the world .
Sources

My project 2 topic is :Should the NYC transportation system be improved?
And my research question is:
1.Do people really need to improve the subway environment?
2.How does taking the subway affect our lives?
3.Can we live with the inefficiency of the subway?
4.Should the MTA devote a significant amount of human and financial resources to a major overhaul of the transportation system?
5.What are the areas that make the public feel uncomfortable and need to be improved?
6.Where does the cost of maintaining the subway come from?
And my three sources from internet;
Topic
Is there enough programs for undocumented immigrants.
Question
1 Is there enough programs for immigrants?
2 Would they be able to afford medical care and other things?
3 Would they be able to have education?
4 Are they able to get a job
Source
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15362940802479920
Frank K, Hou F. Over-education and well-being: how does education-occupation mismatch affect the life satisfaction of university-educated immigrant and non-immigrant workers? Ethn Health. 2018 Nov;23(8):884-901. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2017.1316832. Epub 2017 Apr 17. PMID: 28415851.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15362940802479920
Grace J. Yoo (2008) Immigrants and Welfare: Policy Constructions of Deservingness, Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 6:4, 490-507, DOI: 10.1080/15362940802479920