1. TED Talks Brainstorming and Researching

2. Topics & Keywords 1. Identify TWO main keywords to describe your topic. 1.Going Green2. Supermarkets

3. Topics & Keywords 2. Generate lists of synonyms. 1. Going Green2. Supermarkets Eco-friendlyWasteful HealthyPreservatives Chemical-freeInefficient Farm-raisedFactory produced

4. Working Thesis 3. List problems connected to your keywords. 1. Not everyone can grow a garden 2. Most people think going to the department store is faster and easier 3. Not everyone knows how to grow a garden 4. People think going green is a hippy thing to do.

5. Working Thesis 4. List your own ideas about your keywords. 1. I believe that going green can help the environment 2. I believe that going green and planting your own garden can make you healther. 3. I believe that you can have fun going green 4.I believe that going green isn’t as hard as people think

6. Working Thesis 5. Merge your best "problems" with your best "ideas." 1. The supermarkets are wasteful and not eco-friendly hey should supply their stores with a majorty of locally grown products. These support the local farms and are fresher and healthier for you.

7. Research Questions 6. Identify what may already be true about your working thesis. 1. Some stores already fill their shelfs with locally grown products. 2. More stores are providing biodegradable bags. 3. Locally grown products are healthier.

8. Research Questions 7. Identify additional keywords and subjects you need to learn more about. Eco-friendlyTelling beginners how to start going green Healthy options at the store RecyclingHow not eating healthy leads to obesity Shipping industries How to spread the wordOverhead, what it takes to run a super market vs. overhead of a farm. Supply and Demand

9. Research 8. Visit the subject guide on the library website: http://libguides.wsulibs.wsu.edu/. List the areas relevant to your working thesis. http://libguides.wsulibs.wsu.edu MarketingIndustry ResearchEnvironmental Sciences & Resource Planning Crop and Soil SciencesNatural ResourcesHuman Development HorticultureFood sciencesHuman Nutrition

10. Be Radical 9. Rewrite your working thesis as an imperative with exaggeration. 1. Without a varity of local farm fresh products in the supermarkets people will become obese.

11. Be More Radical 10. Say it again. 1. Americans will become obese and unhealthy, if they do not have fresh healthy products that are locally grown in their super markets.

12. Draw It Out