Friday, April 1, 2011

Blog Post #3 -

Please make your third blog post a small research paper on one of the topics we have been reading about and discussing in FFN.

Research news articles on one of these topics:

  • fast food company history
  • surburban communities
  • problems with teenagers working
  • bad working conditions for workers at fast food companies
  • crime in fast food restaurants
  • (or if you want to do another related topic, please ask me about it, I need to approve it)

    Use the following websites to search for articles on the topic you choose:
    The New York Times
    http://www.nytimes.com/

    The Wall Street Journal
    http://online.wsj.com/home-page

    USA Today
    http://www.usatoday.com/

    The LA Times
    http://www.latimes.com/

    Colorado Springs Gazette
    http://www.gazette.com/

    The Orange County Register
    http://www.ocregister.com/

    Please write a short essay (at least 3 paragraphs) describing the information you found when researching and linking to at least 2 news articles that include information on the topic you are interested in.


    • Write at least 3 paragraphs
    • Include at least 2 links to different articles


    You should write the paragraphs in your own words (not copying from the websites or articles) but you can quote from the articles.

    Example of quoting:

    This article discusses why people are protesting the plans to build a new fast food restaurant in Pleasant Hill, California.  According to the article, people say that "the chain 'will bring noise, pollution, crime, odors and traffic to their neighborhood." The people do not want to have the problems that the new restaurant could bring to their area.


    http://fastfood.ocregister.com/2010/09/20/another-california-city-protests-in-n-out-burger/74122/


    Example of paraphrasing (saying what the writer said in my own words):

    Reporter Nancy Luna writes that the government had stopped In-N-Out from building a new restaurant due to problems it would cause for traffic in the town San Juan Capistrano.

    http://fastfood.ocregister.com/2010/09/20/another-california-city-protests-in-n-out-burger/74122/

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