1. Write for Your Life Project As you watch the presentation, think about which option you would like to further your research.

2. Trash Island http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean /critical-issues-marine-pollution/

3. What is Trash Island?  Research sponsored by the National Science Foundation has found that the affected area may be just twice the size of Texas.  The size is determined by a higher-than normal degree of concentration of debris in the pelagic (open ocean) water.  This area is characterized by high concentrations of plastic, chemical sludge, and other debris that have been trapped by the currents of the North Pacific Gyre.

4. Sudan http://insidedateline.msnbc.msn.com/_new s/2010/11/29/5544546-dec-3-winds-of-war- george-clooney-in-sudan

5. Sudan  Jan. 24, 2011, New York Times  Sudan has been at war with itself for almost its entire post-colonial history, starting in 1956.  Nearly 99 percent of southern Sudanese voters chose to split off from northern Sudan and form their own country, according to preliminary results of more than 3 million votes, which brings the largest country in Africa a step closer to splitting in two.  http://www.enoughproject.org/multimedia/winds- change-sudan http://www.enoughproject.org/multimedia/winds- change-sudan

6. Sudan  http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalglobe- imagery/sets/72157625789759157/show/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalglobe- imagery/sets/72157625789759157/show/  Slideshow of the Sentinal Project – Enough Project has a goal of shedding light on the border area of Sudan. The purpose of this is to tell the Sudanese that we are watching and will be a witness so that violence doesn’t happen again.  http://www.satsentinel.org/blog/putting-sudan-six- oclock-news http://www.satsentinel.org/blog/putting-sudan-six- oclock-news  Watch video clip

7. N. Korea  Video overview of N. Korea Video overview of N. Korea  http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/expl orer/videos/inside-north-korea/?source=vidcarousel http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/expl orer/videos/inside-north-korea/?source=vidcarousel  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/13/world/asia/n orth-korea-nuclear-test.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/13/world/asia/n orth-korea-nuclear-test.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0  Nuclear weapon testing and development

8. N. Korea  Human rights violations  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/kim/th em/defector.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/kim/th em/defector.html

9. Gun Control  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/gun-control/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/gun-control/  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/jan -june13/guns_02-01.html http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/jan -june13/guns_02-01.html

10. Iran  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/geos/ir.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/geos/ir.html  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east- 14541327 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east- 14541327  Between The U.S., Israel And Iran, Who Blinks First? http://www.npr.org/2012/03/04/147904579/betw een-the-u-s-israel-and-iran-who-blinks-first http://www.npr.org/2012/03/04/147904579/betw een-the-u-s-israel-and-iran-who-blinks-first

11. Injustice Options http://www.globalissues.org/article/4/poverty-around- the-world http://www.tutu.org/ http://www.unicef.org/ http://www.amnestyusa.org/ http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/index.ht ml http://www.worldwildlife.org/home-full-4.html

12. More choices  http://www.splcenter.org/ http://www.splcenter.org/  http://www.innocenceproject.org/ http://www.innocenceproject.org/  http://www.clearwaterinitiative.org/ http://www.clearwaterinitiative.org/  http://www.epa.gov/ http://www.epa.gov/  http://fyb.umd.edu/HeLa/night-doctors.html http://fyb.umd.edu/HeLa/night-doctors.html  http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/9716.aspx http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/9716.aspx