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  Prompt: What challenges did your group face while selecting and analyzing sources, and how did you overcome them? Be specific about how your group communicated and worked through disagreements. Our group faced the challenge of deciding on each other's sources because of how good each other's sources were, we had to narrow it down to the best and most accurate to the point. Today in class, we worked with our group to decide on the sources that we are going to use for the final part. Today in class I understood different sources through my group's research.

  Prompt:  Reflect on your research topic and identify the most compelling issue connected to it. Clearly explain what the issue is and discuss why you find it particularly interesting or important. Support your response with specific details from your research. My topic is about wheter US immigration policies are working and the main issue is that strict rels may control the border but also hurt migrants some sources showed migrants stuck in shelters or deteionion this matters because immigration affects real people Today in class, we looked at each other's sources that we found and decided what we wanted to use for our final project. Today I learned how my sources compare to others sources from my group and how my sources could have been improved to hit the reasearch question more.

  Prompt: How has completing the annotated bibliography changed or clarified your understanding of your research topic? Discuss how your sources connect to one another and how they are shaping your argument moving forward. Compleating my annotated bibligraphy has helped me understand the sources better as well as more sources taht I didnt use and it helps me see diffrent viewpoints and opinions on the matter. Today in class we worked on our annotated bibliography Today I understood just how effective the modern immigration policies are and how much they have reduced immigration into the united states.

  Prompt: Which part of the annotated bibliography (summary, reflection, or evaluation) was the most challenging for you, and why? Explain how that challenge helped you grow as a researcher and how it will help you when writing your research paper. The most challenging part of the annotated bibliography was the summary once I got that written it was easy to write the relection and evaluation. Today in class, we worked on our annotated bibliography. Today I learned my sources better and summarized some of them.

  Prompt: As you gathered sources, you were expected to find multiple perspectives on your topic. What differences did you notice between your sources? Explain how these differences helped you better understand the complexity of your issue. Sources vary based on what side they favor and that changes how they can approach the same topic and how they choose to look at it. Today in class we reasearched more sources. Today I understood new viewpoints of diffrent sources.

  Prompt: Think about your experience using GALILEO to find sources. How was this different from how you have searched for information in the past? Explain how using specific search strategies and evaluating sources impacted the quality of what you found. I used specific search terms to narrow down to the exact topic that I wanted. Today in class, we researched sources for border control/ immigration. Today I looked through political cartoons and I understood some new viewpoints of how people think

  Prompt: Political cartoons often use exaggeration and symbolism to make a point, and they can also serve as important visual sources for analysis. What is being criticized in this image? What does this source suggest about the issue, and what does the cartoonist want the audience to question or reconsider? In this image the big buatiful bill is being criticized and so is ice the cartoonist wants the audince to consider what is really happining in the world. Today in class we looked over a reasearch paper on the USPS and discussed each part of it. Today I understood how diffrent sources can contribute to your research paper and how they can make a person who is readig them think.

  Prompt: Think about how you have searched for information in the past compared to what you practiced today. How is creating specific search phrases different from just “Googling” a topic? Explain how this strategy will improve the quality of your research. Creating specific search phrases is diffrent from just googleing becuase you can target the specific topic that you want. Today in class we did our common lit. Today I learnt about what the dream of hollywood is and how it doesnt fully apply in real life.

Prompt: Your research question is designed to explore a complex issue. What makes this topic difficult to answer or solve? Identify at least two different perspectives or factors related to your topic and explain why understanding multiple viewpoints is important. What makes this topic complex is the fact that you have to weigh in all the opinions that you find and think about what is morally right to both sides and who deserves what, and you need to weigh all that in to your decision. Today in class, we looked at how to find sources using Galileo. Today I came out with some research terms like asylum seekers in America that I could use for our research.

  Prompt: Reflect on your past experiences with research in school. What challenges have you faced when working independently or in a group, and how did you handle them? Explain how those experiences will influence the way you approach this current research project. My past experience last year with my research project was not good because I missed the first week due to illness, but I ultimately finished the assignment. Today in class, we talked about what our group research project is and what are going to do. Today I understood the goals of the project we are working on and what to do.

  Prompt: If you could plan the perfect spring break with no limitation, money, time, or responsibilities—what would it look like? Where would you go, who would you bring, and what would you do? If i had the perfect stpring break I would want to just spend it studying in nice sceneic locations like paris because ap exams are coming up. Today in class we finished worked on a common lit. Today I learned about how students can optimize for their learning in college.

  Prompt:  McCandless set out to live independently in the wilderness, but his death reveals the harsh reality of nature and survival. In your blog post, analyze how his desire for independence contributed to his death. Then, connect this idea to your own life by explaining a time when you wanted complete independence or control over a situation. Did things go as planned, or did you face unexpected challenges? McCandless’s desire for complete independence led him to ignore risks and refuse help, which ultimately contributed to his death, and similarly, when I tried to handle everything on my own in a situation, I realized things didn’t go as planned, and I faced challenges I couldn’t manage alone. Today in class, we read the rest of the book and watched the rest of the movie. Today I understood the reason that finilized chris's death of eating the moldy seeds.