Please do some preliminary research and pick a problem and that you would like to research. This problem should be some type of issue that is relevant to current day American society. Try to pick smaller bite size problems that you can discuss in 7-10 pages. The more narrow the problem, the easier it will be to find relevant research and come up with a solution. In about 1 page (MLA FORMAT), explain the problem to me and why this problem interests you. Discuss what you hope to discover while you are doing research and any possible solutions that you might already have in mind. As you write the proposal, think about this:

1. Pick a topic that interests you. The more interested you are in this and the more personally invested, the more enjoyable the assignment will be.

2. Think about what a "problem" is in the first place. Is it a source of frustration? A roadblock?

3. How would fixing this problem make things better? What might be one way to fix it?

4. Now that you have an idea, go ahead and do some research and see what experts are saying. How can they add to the conversation?