. Recycling: new technologies, challenges, innovative solutions, model countries such as Japan

§ Begin with an introduction. Explain [your topic]. What is it? Is it controversial? What is the background or history? What are the pros and cons, costs and benefits, or opposing positions concerning [your topic]? Who is benefited? Who is harmed?

§ Identify the key leaders of [your topic] and the key opponents or detractors. Have either of the major political parties come out in support of or opposition to [your topic]?  If not, speculate on what the party position might be given their party platform or other indicators. Do any celebrities publicly contribute their face and/or fame and/or fortune to [your topic] or to its opposition? If so, whom? How long have they been involved? What visible support do they give? 

§ What kind of funding does [your topic] get? Public, private, donations, individual? Follow the money, especially Big Money, such as corporations, industries, lobbyists, and wealthy private citizens. Again, think about who or what is benefited? Who or what is harmed?

§ Does [your topic] use social media to engage its followers, such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc.? If so, sign up to follow them during this project and include a summary of their social media activity in your report.

§ Has [your topic] been featured on TV programs or in movies, and if so, by which channels and when? Was this representation positive or negative concerning [your topic]? As part of this assignment, find and view a sample of these or other videos which may be included as one or two of your required minimum 12 “works cited” and as a segment in your oral presentation (not to exceed 5 minutes of your oral presentation).