Sustainability Research Group Project Assignment
Instructions:
For this group project, you will have an opportunity to work in groups of 4-5 students. Your group must choose and explore one of the following topics in U.S. history and analyze how they relate or pertain to the economic, societal and environmental sustainability:
• Dawes Severalty Act
• Native American
Reservations
• John Muir
• U.S. National Park System
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Endangered Species
• Air/Water/Noise Pollution
• Great Depression
• Johnstown Flood
• Dust Bowl
• New Deal
• Upton Sinclair
• Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
• Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
• Dark Sky Parks
• Jane Addams
• Organic Foods/Drinks
• Landfills
• Wilderness Act
• Habitat for Humanity
• Civilian Conservation
Corps (CCC)
• Environmental Racism/Justice
• Deforestation
• Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)
• Bio-mimicry
• Suburbanization
• Rachel Carson
• Bike Share Programs
• Mass Transit Systems
• Electric/Solar/Hybrid Cars
• United Farm Workers
(UFW)
• Renewable Energy
• Occupational Safety and
Health Administration
(OSHA)
• Clean Air Act
• Great Society Programs
• U.S. National Wildlife
Refuges
• Soil Erosion
• Climate Change
• Recycling
• Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
• Victory/Home Gardens
• Conservation
Once your group has chosen an approved topic, the group will write and submit an annotated bibliography of sources. Your group is required to utilize a minimum of three primary sources and three secondary/tertiary sources. Each source must include an explanation of 4-5 complete sentences regarding the source's significance to your sustainability research topic within the context of U.S. history. Do not cut and paste or plagiarize from other sources to write your annotated bibliography. Instead, you must assert your own analysis and thoughts on what you have read about the source and why it may be relevant to your research topic.
Your annotated bibliography must be properly typed: 12-size font, double-spaced, in paragraph form with complete sentences, and one-inch margins. Use the Turabian or Chicago style of writing when formatting your annotated bibliography.