Proposal

 **Springfield ****Township High School **

 **Graduation Project Proposal **

**__Project __**

Briefly describe your intended project. //What will you do? Where will you “work”/volunteer? With whom will you work/volunteer? // I will shadow my recruiter Staff Sergeant Wertz to learn more about the military and see the role of women as soon as they express interest in the military. Also I will interview some veterans and survey members of the military and civilians to see what their opinions are about women in the military and then try to send those results to my congressman because I know that they are debating it in congress right now.

Project Outcome or Goal //What products will result from your “work”/volunteerism? Describe how you will use the product in order to demonstrate your topic and experience. // I’m not sure what “products” will result from my “work.” I know that if I do actually interview and survey people, I will have to compile the results and send them to the congressman. If that works and I can indeed contact him, then I hope that he can use this information to have some impact on the ultimate decision made by congress. That would be cool.

Project Completion Strategies //How will you go about completing your project? Describe your plan for implementing and completing your project. // I willl have to talk to Wertz about shadowing him for a day, and I will use that time to also talk to him, along with interviewing others, about their ideas about women in combat and then use that information and the information I get from my articles to compose a survey to give out to both civilians and people in the military. I will have to talk to all of my military contacts and ask if they can pass out the survey, and I will have my parents and others pass out the survey to civilians. I am going to try to reach as many people as I can, both in and out in of the military. I will also need information on my congressman, who I think is Allyson Schwartz, and get her contact information to send the survey to her.

Project Resources and Materials //What will you need to complete your project? Describe materials, resources, people, hours, etc. that are necessary for you to complete your project. // I don't think I will need a lot of materials, other than paper and ink. My main resources will be information that I can find about what Congress is doing and what exactly they are debating. I will also need to talk to lots of people, again both in and out of the military and ask them to help me reach as many people as possible.

**__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Research __**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in dotted 6.5in; tabstops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in dotted 6.5in;">Research Topic: //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Briefly describe the topic of your research and why you chose this topic.. // I chose this topic because I have enlisted in the Marines and I heard that they are debating this issue in Congress right now. So, as a female in the military, this topic is especially relevant to me.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in dotted 6.5in; tabstops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in dotted 6.5in;">Essential Question: //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">State your essential question. // My question is: should women be allowed in combat?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in dotted 6.5in; tabstops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in dotted 6.5in;">Prior Experience: //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Have you had any prior experience(s) with this topic? If so, please describe. // My only other prior experiences would be any experiences that I have had being enlisted in the Marines. But I have not had any experiences in combat.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in dotted 6.5in; tabstops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in dotted 6.5in;">Research Benefits: //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Who or what will benefit from your research investigation? // I'm not sure if anyone will benefit from my research investigation, but I hope if I can actually get this survey idea to work and I can indeed send it to my congressan, maybe it would have an influence on Congress' decision, just maybe.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in dotted 6.5in; tabstops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in dotted 6.5in;">Potential Sources: //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">List and describe potential reliable sources (people, organizations, etc.) for information about your topic. How will you contact them? What will you hope to learn from them? // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in dotted 6.5in; tabstops: .5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in dotted 6.5in;">My most reliable sources would mostly be people and interviews and I will definitely check news sources often.