Thursday, November 5, 2009

Noo noos

Select a story from the following list of topics
Your assignment is to find out what the story's history is. And then follow the story to the present. Aside from the research into past stories on the subject, you will also be required to conduct an interview with a person directly involved in the story. You will need to prepare a set of thoughtful well researched interview questions to ask. After all of your research and interviews have been finished write a 400 word news article presenting the story for the school or local newspaper.

Here are the possible stories:

Resource Use Stories

Water Rights between Canada and the US:
Land being pulled out of the ALR in Langley.
What does the Sign across the street mean "Improving Farmland through Urban Development."

Where did all the Sockeye go?


Olympics

Homeless forced into shelters "when its cold."
Olympic village over budget
Iraqi athlete snubbed at games.
Is beuracracy going to kill the Games.

School

Where does our teachers Coffee come from?
Who makes our gym strip?
What is our school's carbon footprint?
What are the hidden cost of the Invisible Children Campeign

Langley Stories

 Sale of Property for the 208th overpass
Why is Langley a large parking lot
 Is Google Streetview an invasion of privacy.
Drug production and sale in Langley

Vancouver Stories

The new boat people; should they be allowed to stay?
H1N1 should we get the vaccine?
How many students at LCS have had H1N1?


....if you have another story you would like to chase that is related to issues of social justice just ask 

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