Overview

Professionals in the social sciences investigate human behavior and society for the purpose of understanding why people act the way they do. This investigationcan help address a wide variety of social issues, such as the role of social media in the Arab Spring protests, the impact of social skills on future success, racialfactors in police violence, and how partitioned grocery carts can help shoppers purchase healthier foods. Social scientists can help address issues such as thesethroughresearch andinvestigation.

For the second project in this course, you will build on the work completed in Project One and develop a presentation for the audience you identified in ProjectOne. In your presentation, you will explain how social scientific thinking has affected you and discuss the impact of the issue on your audience, supporting yourclaimswithevidence.

ProjectTwo addressesthefollowingcourseoutcomes:

• Illustratetheimpactofsocialscientificthinkingonpersonalandprofessionalexperiences
• Communicateeffectivelytospecificaudiencesinexaminingfundamentalaspectsofhumanbehavior
• Utilizeevidence-basedapproachesindrawingconclusionsabouttheimpactofcontemporaryissuesonindividualsandsociety

Prompt

In Project Two, you will use the research investigation you wrote for Project One to create a presentation that explains how social scientific thinking has affectedyouanddiscussesthe impactofyour selected issueonyouraudience.

Besuretoincludeyourresearchquestiononthefirstslideofyourpresentation.

Specifically,thefollowingcriticalelementsmustbeaddressed:

1. Provide your issues research question. In a brief overview, how have the social sciences previously examined your selected issue? Include which socialsciencedisciplineshavepreviously beenusedtoresearchorexplainyour issue.
2. Explain how the issue impacts the audience. In other words, how is the issue relevant to members of the audience? Why should the audience care abouttheresponsetoyourquestionortheoutcomeofyourinvestigation?Supportyourresponse withspecificexamplesfromyourresearch

• Describe the evidence you have to support your conclusions about the impact of the issue on you personally and on your audience. Support yourresponsewithspecificexamples fromyour research

3. Explain whythisissue isimportanttoyou personally.Inotherwords,why didyouselectthisissueto investigate?
4. Illustrate how your investigation of the issue impacted the way you thought about the issue. In other words, how did thinking like a scientist to researchand develop a question affect what you thought about the issue you selected? How did social scientific thinking change the lens through which youviewedtheissue? Supportyour response with specificexamples fromyourresearch
5. Explain why using evidence-supported research can give you both a personal and professional advantage. In other words, what is the value ofsupportingyour workwithevidence?

• Communicate your message in a way that is tailored to your specific audience. For instance, you could consider your vocabulary, your audiencespotentialcurrentsocial science knowledgeor lack thereof,andwhatis specifically importanttothe

Be sure to include speaker notes for each slide of your presentation. The speaker notes should help you address the critical elements and should reflect whatyouwouldsaywereyoutobegivingthis presentation.