Assignment: Concept Map & Short Paragraph
Before you begin, take a moment to look ahead to Week 7 Assignment. Read the assignment carefully. Shape your work in this Week 2 Assignment, and all other assignments, around the goal of producing a multi-media presentation.
PART 1: Choose a career interest topic for your final project due later in the course. Your career interest topic should be realistic and one that you are actually interested in learning more about. The career interest might be a field in which you could become employed after completing your APUS degree program or additional training.
Using your career interest topic, create a concept map OR an outline to define the task in your research process. Use the process of outlining or mapping the topic for your final project so that you can focus your topic and determine the nature and types of information you will need later in our course. This assignment is a brainstorming activity, not a research task.
In your outline OR concept map, include the following:
One (1) topic sentence stating which career interest/discipline you will explore
Four (4) or more specific, critical thinking questions about your career interest that can be later answered through source searching and presented in your final project
For each question, two or more supporting detail statements that describe the type of information needed to answer the question (the actual answers are not yet needed)
For each detail statement or statement pair, a description of what kinds of sources might be helpful in providing the information you need
Format appropriately designed for either an outline or concept map
Formal, detailed outlines are useful organizational strategies--the more detail you include, the easier the final project will come together. If you choose to use an outline, it must be very detailed. Consider searching outlining strategies and designs.