Presentation Progress Check – Social Factors Contributing to Drug Abuse Amongst Adolescence Today
Prompt: Throughout the first six modules, you have explored why the social science issue you selected in Project One (a research investigation) is of interest to
you personally, and you have begun to reflect on how your research related to your issues has changed your perspective on the topic. Specifically, in this
assignment, you will submit the Project Two elements listed below for review by your instructor.
In Module Four: Performing the Research Investigation (Continued), learning block 4–2 (page 1) and learning block 4–3 (page 3); and Module Five: Tailoring
the Message to an Audience, learning block 5–3 (page 3), you completed the following work:
I. Provide a brief overview of the social scientific background of your issue and research question. How is the issue situated within the social sciences?
In Module Five: Tailoring the Message to an Audience, learning block 5–2 (page 3), you completed the following work:
II. Explain how the issue impacts the audience. In other words, how is the issue relevant to members of the audience? Why should the audience care about
the response to your question or the outcome of your investigation? Support your response with specific examples from your research investigation.
In Module Six: Tailoring the Message to an Audience (Continued), learning block 6–1 (page 4), you contributed to the following prompt:
III. Describe the evidence you have to support your conclusions about the impact of the issue on you personally and on your audience. Support your
response with specific examples from your research investigation.
In Module Two: Exploring Social Science Issues (Continued), learning block 2–2 (page 4), you completed the following work:
IV. Explain why this issue is important to you personally. In other words, why did you select this issue to investigate?
In Module Three: Performing the Research Investigation, learning block 3–4 (page 1), you contributed to the following prompt:
V. Illustrate how your investigation of the issue impacted the way you thought about the issue. In other words, how did thinking like a scientist to research
and develop a question affect what you thought about the issue you selected? How did social scientific thinking change the lens through which you
viewed the issue? Support your response with specific examples from your research investigation
