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Thinking Critically About History
Thinking Critically About History
This particular Touchstone gives you an opportunity to practice the skill of problem solving. It will show that you
can work through the steps of the critical thinking process as you identify historical challenges and approaches
to and strategies for solving those challenges, identifying their appropriate historical context, and relating them
to current issues.
Touchstone 2: Thinking Critically about History
SCENARIO: Imagine you represent your company at a service organization dealing with one of these two
issues:
Facing Economic Change
Engaging Civil Rights
Your supervisor has asked you to research information related to the history of one of these issues for your
organization to help new employees and volunteers understand it better. Eventually, you will make an oral
Airport Master Planning Project Assignment
Airport Master Planning Project Assignment
For this activity, you will compile all the information you have gathered, to complete your paper. Oftentimes in
research, the literature reveals trends or unique elements that had not been previously considered in light of
existing constraints. This is the heart of research! Looking at things from a slightly different perspective can
make all the difference. It can expose opportunities that have not yet been fully explored. The project size will
be approximately 6 to 8 pages of text in length.
Review the following for the order and requirements for each section of this assignment:
Title page.
Abstract: An abstract is a brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of the paper, including your
conclusion and recommendation.
Introduction: A brief overview of what you are researching, why, and an overview of your research process
(including the main topics you will review). This should be approximately one paragraph.
Background: Describe what led to the problem, explain the extent of the problem, and why it is necessary to
research and resolve the problem. This should be 2-3 paragraphs.
Literature Review: Provide historical background on the area you are researching, provide a contemporary
context in which your research is situated, identify any trends in the literature related to your problem, identifies
gaps in the literature, draw conclusions based on the literature (what we know about the problem). This should
be 2-3 pages.
Data Analysis and Results: Through the analysis of data, state your findings. This should be approximately one
page.
Conclusions: Based on the results of your data, interpret what they mean in the context of your problem and
from an industry perspective. This should be 2-3 paragraphs.
Recommendation: Based on the results and conclusions, state your recommendation to address the problem.
This should be 2-3 paragraphs.
global change
You’ve learned about a lot of potential approaches to address climate change–diet, population control, geoengineering, renewable energy, nuclear energy, etc.
Flex your creativity and out-of-the-box thinking… what is one potential technology (rarely mentioned) that you think could be developed/deployed to address global change issues?
Provide a short paragraph and links to support your argument!