wroten+topic+talk

Chloe Wroten

** Topic Choice: Mobsters/ Mafia  ** List five facts that you already know about this topic: 1. Being “made” is a big thing to mobsters 2. There are many different cultures that have Mafioso’s not only the Italian culture 3. Some of the most famous mobsters are Italian 4. Most mobsters either end up in jail or dead 5. Many mob families get involved with drugs ** Answer these questions about this topic:  **  1. How did it/will it impact the world? The mafia movement is not only here on the east coast of the united states but all around the world in all different cultures  2. Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it? There is still interest today because even though there isn’t much talk about it in the news as it was 20-30 years ago it is still alive just low key  3. Why are you interested in researching this topic? I am interested in researching this topic because I find it interesting, fascinating, and entertaining.  4. How do you personally connect with this topic? I personally relate to this topic because I went to school in south Philadelphia and in that area is where mafia activity was large ** Resources  ** What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other? Interviews will be helpful while researching this topic. Films such as The Godfather and Goodfellas will also help being as though these are movies about my topic and a show called mobsters will also help me  ** Topic Choice: suicide ** List five facts that you already know about this topic: 1. Suicide is a big problem in the world 2. a person could commit suicide a number of ways 3. teenagouut of everyone that commit suicide teenagers are the leading age 4. there aren’t as many deaths as there are attempts 5.  ** Answer these questions about this topic: ** 1. How did it/will it impact the world? Suicide results from a number of things including depression and bullying and these types of things happen to everyone 2. Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it? I feel as though suicide will never stop 3. Why are you interested in researching this topic? I am interested in this topic because I want to inform people of the facts about suicide 4. How do you personally connect with this topic? I personally know someone who has committed suicide ** Resources ** What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other? I find books about this topic useful as well as statistics and films ** Once you have completed worksheets for __TWO__ topics, please answer these two questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class: ** 1. Of your two topic choices, which one do you think you will find the most information about? Please explain. I feel like I would find the most information about suicide prevention because this topic is far more important than mobsters 2. Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain. Out of both of my topics I like my mobsters topic the best. I feel like this topic is very entertaining and I wanted to do and entertaining piece and suicide is more of a serious topic.