Time to do some Research:

Your job is to play the role of a uncommitted town citizen. You don't have a solid opinion on if the plant should be built. You need to investigate the problem from all sides.

Questions the Town Member Team Must Answer:

A Summary:

You need to open the dossiers of each group and study all sides of the issue.

  1. Decide on what the two most important questions each presenter will need to answer. For example, the owner of the company should be prepared to respond to the local economic benefit of a nuclear power plant.
  2. You need to find artifacts that will assist you in all sides of the issue.

Value Assessment

  1. What public values or beliefs underlie nuclear power, and might create a bias one way or the other on the importance of nuclear power in the US.

Team Responsibility Assignments


Team Leader
Internet Research Team
Library Research Team
Writing Team
Presentation Engineer
Presenters

Action Plan

You must now present your Special Report to the town in the form of a brief (10 minute) informational summary of your findings. Create a detailed, 4 step, process on how the town should proceed. Remember, not everyone understands nuclear fusion and there exists many misconceptions about it.

Presentation Advice

Because your task is to create a concise presentation, consider the following strategy:

  1. Prioritize what you think the most important issues are. This will take some detailed and supported discussion among team members.
  2. Identify the two or three most important issues.
  3. Develop a main strategy that addresses these top two - three issues.
  4. Order a series of steps that shows the Action Plan you suggest Seaside should take.
  5. Explain where compromises took place and why you made the decisions you did. For example, if you choose to promote business investment, show why this is more important than focusing first on the effects on the environment.
  6. Create an informative and engaging presentation of your "Special Report." You can do this with Power Point and/or butcher paper diagrams and charts.

Project Requirements


Complete the Responsibility Form
Create a Brainstorm Outline of Resources Available.
Synopsis/Significance of One Internet Artifact from each role. Don't investigate the moderator. Use the following format:

  1. State Title and Author of artifact
  2. Cut and paste the excerpt from the artifact and transfer in to a word-processing application
  3. Italicize the excerpt
  4. Write a brief synopsis
  5. State why this information supports our task.


Formulate Two questions for each role that you can ask during the town meeting. Write a solid value assessment.
A Town Action Plan
A Synopsis of One Artifacts not found in the Internet related to each role (see instructions for Internet artifacts above)

Good Luck. The town is counting on you!

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