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Define your community (county, city, neighborhood, or school), define the issue facing your community, and discuss how this issue affects your community. Provide a brief “road map” letting the reader know what you will be discussing throughout the paper.

1. Discuss the history of your issue from the perspective of your community.

a. How did the issue arise?

b. How long has the issue been affecting your community?

c. What, if anything, has been done at the national, state, or local levels to solve your issue?

2. Discuss the history of your issue from the perspectives of other communities.

a. Have other similar communities in Texas, the United States, or around the world faced similar issues, or is your issue unique to your community?

b. What have other communities done to deal with their similar issues?

 i. Were these efforts successful or unsuccessful?