Gimme Five!
Choosing a Topic for Your Synthesis Essay
Synthesis - The combination of multiple ideas to form a theory.
Goals for Today
- Explore five potential topics for your synthesis essay.
- Collect two facts for each topic.
- Investigate one essential question that you are interested in answering.
- Record the citation for each topic you examine.
Exploring Issues
Exploring Issues - database with detailed information of current controversial issues such as video games, abortion, and school shootings.
Topics - choose 5 topics that look interesting
Overview - read the overview and record two facts
Essential Questions - choose one essential question that you are most interested in answering.
Citations - copy and paste the citation from each page you examine
