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Performance Task #1 Instructions

Social Issue Website
1. Choose an issue that you are interested in, believe in or are passionate about.
    Take a look at the following websites for some ideas or look at the brochures that students have created in previous years.
        Pro-Con, Vision, Yahoo! Kids, Youthink!, or you can do a Google, Bing or Yahoo! search for "Social Issue"

2. Fill out this form by 11/23 to choose an issue that you will develop a website about:

3. Create a graphic organizer to brainstorm some ideas about the issue.

4. Create a website that explains BOTH sides of the issue using FACTS only.  DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR OPINION. Use this website checklist to make sure you have everything you need to inform your audience.

5. Your site map should look like this:
|_>Home - Social Issue Introduction Page

|_> Pro Page

    |_> Pro Page 1 (reason + 3-5 examples)

    |_> Pro Page 2 (reason + 3-5 examples)

    |_> Pro Page 3 (reason + 3-5 examples)

|_> Con Page

    |_> Con Page 1 (reason + 3-5 examples)

    |_> Con Page 2 (reason + 3-5 examples)

    |_> Con Page 3 (reason + 3-5 examples)

|_> Sources Page (use easybib.com to format in MLA)

|_> Graphic Organizer Embedded



Your website MUST be linked to your web portfolio by 12/11. 

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