Exercise 1.1

Exercise 1.1 Step 1: Under each category make brainstorm a list of words that come to mind when you think about the topic. Places: home, school, park, street, Ireland, restaurant, sidewalk, bike path, driveway, woods, skate park. Trends: long hair, short hair, clothes, shoes, fashion, music, language. Habits: biting finger nails, biting lip, sucking thumb, scratching your head, slouching, maintaining eye contact, saying um in your sentences, posture. History: battles, world war 2, world war 1, civil war, Rosa Parks, separate but equal, the holocaust, Nazi, Joseph Stalin. Step 2: Chose a word from each list that seems promising. Places: Ireland Trends: clothes Habits: posture History: battles Step 3:Make a list of questions that you would like to explore about the topics. Places: Ireland: how did Ireland originate? What are some Irish traditions?, What is some Irish folklore?, How is Irish culture similar to American culture? Trends: clothes: How have clothes changed through out the years? Have clothes gotten more revealing? Why has the style of clothing changed? Habits: posture: Does posture show a persons personality? Does bad posture show you don't care? Does posture help or hurt peoples impressions of you? Why is posture so important? History: battles: What is the importance of battles? Are battles always bad or can good come out of them? Can battles change how a country is run?