Create a documentfor yourself where you can record your research findings and your thoughts about what you find. Let's call these research notes. Label each section, so it's easy for you to go back and use these notes in the future.
1.Milwaukee Issue:At the top of your document,write your and describe the Milwaukee issue, problem, or question you will research and write about in Segments Two and Three. In addition,write out a few sentences explaining why this interests you and is important to the Milwaukee area.(10 points)
2.Background Researchon your Milwaukee Issue so that you have a good understanding of the history, current situation, and some basic data. For each research note, make sure you include the source where you found that information.You should have several notes about the background of your issue and at least three sources. For each source, record all of the data and information that you want to remember about this issue.Remember to do a bit of research on each source you're reading; make sure you know its rhetorical situation, so you can determine how that might affect its information and bias. (10 points)
3.Your Thoughts on Your Background Research: During and/or after doing background research and taking notes on what you learned, you should also take some time to jot down your thoughts and observations about what you are learning. Maybe you notice how different types of texts provide different types of information. Maybe you notice a conflict in the data you found. Maybe you are surprised that you have not yet found x type of information about the issue. Researchers need to be savvy about reading and curating sources, but they also need to value their own thinking about the sources, information, and ideas they are finding. (10 points)