Milestone One Guidelines
In Milestone One you will work on the first element of your final project. In this assignment, you will identify and summarize a contemporary social issue of your choice. This social issue will become the main topic of your final project, and you will focus on the issue throughout the course as you work on your final project.
You can choose a social issue from the topic list below, or you can select a social issue of your choice. After selecting your topic, provide a brief history of how the issue began, and provide an overview of the issue by answering the following questions:
• What is the impact of the issue?
• Who is affected?
• What do people think about it?
• Are there any debates surrounding the issue?
For this assignment, you may research an issue from the list provided below, an issue of interest you find in the news or media, or a social issue you have
encountered in your daily life.
• Bullying
• Crime
• Violence
• Discrimination (racism, sexism, ageism, or discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity)
• Drug and alcohol abuse
• Income inequality and wealth distribution
After selecting your topic, explain what is happening with the social issue—what is its impact? Who is affected? What do people think about it? Are there any debates surrounding the issue? Also, provide a brief history of how the issue began.
This milestone and your final paper are research based. You must use scholarly sources to show what research says about your topic and include in-text citations to reference the source of the information you summarize. Additional sub-topics of interest within these larger issues are included in a Supporting
Resource List.
You will need to refer to not only your text, but also additional supporting resources as you work on this project. SNHU’s Shapiro Library and the Pew Research Center are great starting points to assist in your research. If you are selecting your topic from the provided list, reference the Supporting Resource List handout for additional research recommendations.
