1.) If you have not already done so, select a specific literary work to be the main focus of your research paper. You will be referring to this work throughout your paper. 2.) Develop a research question that considers a particular approach and specific aspects of the work of literature. This should be refined from the annotated bibliography project, based on what you found during your research. 3.) Turn your research question into a thesis statement in which you attempt to answer your research question. It should be specific, persuasive, direct, and innovative. 4.) Use your sources to support, defend, or contest your claims. Some will be primary sources (the literary work[s] itself). Some will be secondary sources (articles about the literary work, writing on aspects of literature, history, politics, current events, etc.). Or you may incorporate more creative texts, like songs, films, TV shows, etc. that you’re connecting to your literary work somehow. Every source should further your innovative, thought-provoking analysis of the literature in some way. 5.) Organize your writing with an introduction, body, and conclusion. Since this is a large, complex paper, an outline is necessary to keep you organized. Every paragraph should have a clear topic sentence that should directly support the thesis. 6.) Include a Works Cited page detailing your sources, all of which must be cited parenthetically and accurately incorporated within the body of the paper. 7.) In the last week of the class, volunteers will present their papers in informal class presentations. Just explain your main point and summarize the most compelling evidence you used to prove it. Your paper should be 6-7 pages long (not including the Works Cited page), double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font, with page numbers and 1” margins all around. Remember that you are adding something new and innovative to the study of your literary work. Do not just mimic another essay; add to it in some meaningful way. Make connections to other texts, historicize the time period of the author or work, address more recent issues and texts, and/or focus on a particular aspect of the work (gender, race, symbolism, psychoanalysis, etc.), and so on. . You could fail the paper if you are not careful about differentiating between your words/ideas and your sources’.

As Hite and Seitz (2016) discuss in Chapter 9: Alternative Futures, developed and developing countries that have access to the planet’s resources (because they can buy those resources from others or because those resources exist in abundance in that country) continue to grow at a fast pace, placing a tremendous strain on the availability of nonrenewable resources.Briefly, what non-renewable natural resources are most at risk of depletion?Discuss some sustainable development models that have broad applicability to the needs and consumption demands of both developing and developed countries.

Visit this site of the House of Representatives (link to https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative), and find who represents you within the House of Representatives. Visit the website of your representative, and then share with the class the name and anything else you found to be interesting about your representative. Did you already know he or she represented you in Congress? Additionally, discuss one policy or issue that your representative supports that you agree with, and one that you do not agree with. Do you think this member of Congress represents you and your district well? Why or why not?