Muckraking in a Modern Age

A social issue is a problem that affects many people in a society and is often the subject of public debate.

Your Job:

Become an investigative muckraker. You are dedicated to improving conditions in the United States by exposing an issue of your choice. First, you have to consider problems you believe exist socially, politically, or economically in our society. Then, come up with a way to address and potentially fix these problems.

Things to Consider:

• What movements have taken place over the last 20 years that you could reference in trying to bring awareness or change to a particular issue?

• What caused the issue you’re focusing on in the first place? (think: Gilded Age)

• How will your actions lead to progress in society? Are the changes beneficial for all?

Cite Your Sources!

• NoodleTools 

  • Create a new project:

    • Title: Modern Muckraking

    • Style: MLA

    • Level: Junior

• Create Website citations on Noodletools

• Create Database citations using the shortcuts Mrs. Stump showed you!

  • Gale: send citations over from Gale

  • Worldbook: copy and paste citations from Worldbook into Noodletools

Source Options

Databases: Database Keywords:

Gale in Context: Global Issues Reference: General Overview and Background Information

• Issues around the Globe   Viewpoints: Ways of looking at the topic and the issue

Gale in Context: High School News & Magazines: How the media represents the topic

• General Information Database  Statistics: Data and numbers to back up why your topic is an 

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints issue to focus on

• Issues in the United States

Worldbook: Advanced 

• Encyclopedia for background information

Librarian-Vetted Websites: