 A responsible citizen needs to understand historical developments and their economic impacts to make informed decisions about their lives, the nation, and the world today.  Using appropriate historical research practices,  you will write an analysis of how a technological change that occurred in history impacts our lives today. (3-5 pages)

 What is your position on the effects of________________?(your topic goes here)  Create a thesis statement that gives your position.

 Choose two of the following social science perspectives:  Geographic (climate, land use, population, natural resouces)  Cultural (way of life, arts & leisure)  Political (government)  Economic (use of resources, $)  Sociological (relationships between people, groups)  Psychological (behaviors, mental states)

 Identify key words and phrases  Set up your EasyBib project  Print—library catalogs  Databases—school and public libraries  Google

 Use EasyBib as you search, recording every source you use (start with their research beta)  Use EasyBib to record your notes—quotes can be pasted right into a notecard and then paraphrased and organized into the structure of your paper.

 How well have your sources supported your thesis? Do you need to go back a step and find more information?  Are you using TurnItIn.com?  Draft your paper and revise as needed  Create bibliography

 Thesis statement: The fork has contributed to the epidemic of obesity in the western world, causing ballooning health care costs and a change in the American way of life.

 Economic…cost of health care and the creation of antidotes to obesity-everything from the weight-loss industry to the invention of the $99 Hapifork.  Cultural…Americans are gaining the reputation as a portly nation, obsessed with food and body image.

 Identify key words and phrases: fork, eating utensils, obesity and the cost of health care, food network, diet industry, more will occur to you the more you research!  Go to EasyBib.  Create project. Start with EasyBib’s ResearchBeta.  Create MLA 7 bibliography and check out the use of notecards on EasyBib  Check out the databases on the websites of libraries  Are there any useful print materials?