Research Questions

5/10/2013

This is the place for you to share your research questions with the grade. You will have a chance to offer and receive feedback, coordinate with people with similar topics, and learn more about Latin America. Thanks for posting!

88 Comments

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 10:13:51 pm

Write in your research questions!

Nick Flores

5/13/2013 10:42:52 pm

How does the Mexican drug trade harm the citizens of Mexico and its bordering countries?

Nick

5/13/2013 10:47:49 pm

*Mexican Drug War

Jackie Nguyen

5/13/2013 10:45:00 pm

how does global warming hinder the cats in the Amazon Rainforest?

Zachary Holland

5/13/2013 10:47:02 pm

hinder is not the right verb

Pat Lynch

5/13/2013 10:48:44 pm

Try to capitalize the first letter of the question.

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 11:03:54 pm

Be thorough in your proposal... I'm not convinced this topic is going to work

AJ Murray

5/13/2013 10:45:27 pm

How does the increase of Dominican baseball players impact the Dominican Republic's economy?

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 10:49:43 pm

What do you mean by increase?

AJ Murray

5/13/2013 10:55:14 pm

Right now 25% of all minor league baseball players are Dominican which is about 1600 players so the there has been an increase in Dominican players in the MLB.

Michael Purvis

5/13/2013 10:50:54 pm

Chose a side. Does it help, or does it harm?

Yamairys Charles Moreno

5/13/2013 10:45:52 pm

To what extend have the courts and laws slowed the Mexican Drug Trade down?

Liz Kelley

5/13/2013 10:49:18 pm

extent* and instead of saying slowed down maybe say hindered ?

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 10:52:03 pm

Try "Mexican courts..." instead of "Mexican drug trade"

Tyrone

5/13/2013 10:54:32 pm

too general be more specific, what kind of laws?

Hannah Murphy

5/13/2013 10:46:04 pm

How does Mexican immigration to America impact Mexican life?

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 11:02:43 pm

Are you focusing on Mexico in general or just the border region?

Hannah Murphy

5/13/2013 11:07:41 pm

Mexico in general

Sam Mastrogiacomo

5/13/2013 10:46:21 pm

How did the United States influence baseball in the Dominican Republic?

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 10:53:01 pm

During what time period?

Sam Mastrogiacomo

5/13/2013 10:54:38 pm

How did the United States influence baseball in the Dominican Republic in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century?*

Sean Murphy

5/13/2013 10:55:37 pm

Influence what? The game, the players, the revenue taken in, etc?

MaryKate Folan

5/13/2013 10:46:35 pm

How does tourism in Latin America impact the daily lives of the Latin Americans?

Sean O' Mahoney

5/13/2013 10:48:52 pm

a little too general thanks :)

Sean Murphy

5/13/2013 10:50:09 pm

too general, Marykate

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 10:53:35 pm

Either specify what type of tourism or what places or both

Kerrin Sheehan

5/13/2013 10:46:47 pm

How does drug trafficking hinder daily life, culture, and views on Brazil?

Sam Mastrogiacomo

5/13/2013 10:49:35 pm

Try to use a better verb

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 11:03:25 pm

Your preposition is off .... "on" doesn't make sense in the sentence

Tyrone Smith

5/13/2013 10:46:47 pm

How does honor affect the aggression of the lucha libres?

Zachary Holland

5/13/2013 10:56:28 pm

aggression towards what? others?

Tyrone

5/13/2013 11:03:39 pm

yes towards others because they will most likely fight more aggressively when their honor is on the line

Trey Wilson

5/13/2013 10:46:54 pm

How does soccer benefit Latin American countries?

Pat Lynch

5/13/2013 10:50:46 pm

Lets try to be a little more specific.

Sean o

5/13/2013 11:06:48 pm

Economy, daily life, interactions with others? etc.

Pat Lynch

5/13/2013 10:47:12 pm

How did the dream of being in the Major League Baseball motivate the youth of the Dominican Republic

trey wilson

5/13/2013 10:52:12 pm

what do you mean on the dream

Zachary Pessia

5/13/2013 10:52:44 pm

What kind of dream

Pat Lynch

5/13/2013 11:05:23 pm

The dream of goal of being in the MLB

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 10:55:47 pm

questions need question marks

Pat Lynch

5/13/2013 10:56:28 pm

Alanni Powell

5/13/2013 10:47:43 pm

How does societal roles and economy influence genocide?

Yamairys

5/13/2013 10:50:25 pm

What genocide? Are you speaking about a specific one or generally? I think you should be more specific and focus on one specific genocide..

Alanni Powell

5/13/2013 11:03:31 pm

How can societal roles and the economy of a country lead to genocide such as in Guatemala?

Yamairys

5/13/2013 11:15:47 pm

Yeah that's better because its specific to one country.

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 11:05:31 pm

Subject-verb agreement!

...and specify where. Are you talking about Guatemala?

Sean Murphy

5/13/2013 10:48:06 pm

How does human trafficking benefit the traffickers in Mexico?

Pat Lynch

5/13/2013 11:08:10 pm

What do you mean by human trafficing?

Sean Murphy

5/13/2013 11:10:12 pm

Human trafficking: "Human trafficking is the trade in humans, most commonly for the purpose of sexual slavery, forced labor or for the extraction of organs or tissues"
Wikipedia.com's definition

Michael Purvis

5/13/2013 10:48:45 pm

How does the time period contribute to the amount of deforestation in the Amazon?

Sean Murphy

5/13/2013 11:04:11 pm

What time period?

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 11:06:36 pm

I wonder if by saying "amount" you're limiting yourself to just the numbers. Are you also thinking about investigating the economic, cultural, etc. effects of deforestation?

Kristina Choukas

5/13/2013 10:49:07 pm

How did Holocaust refugees coming into Latin America harm the daily lives of the Latin American citizens?

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 11:08:11 pm

I'm concerned you might have difficulty proving this. Are you thinking that the influx of refugees harmed the economy? Or what? Do you have an initial idea of how they harmed daily life?

Jackie Nguyen

5/13/2013 10:49:18 pm

How does global warming harm the cats in the Amazon Rainforest?

Eric Markland

5/13/2013 10:49:29 pm

How Does The Colombian government contribute to the rise of the Colombian drug trade?

trey wilson

5/13/2013 10:54:52 pm

capitalization errors

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 11:09:04 pm

You might want to consider including the past as well here. I wonder if you'll find more information if you broaden the time period in your research question

Brianna Lindsey-Vaughn

5/13/2013 10:49:42 pm

How do the traditions, celebrations, music, and language of Brazil and Venezuela compare and contrast to each other?

Jackie

5/13/2013 10:51:53 pm

a little too wordy..

Zachary Pessia

5/13/2013 10:50:27 pm

How does baseball impact the culture of the citizens of Central America?

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 11:02:02 pm

Work on the wording... "culture of the citizens" seems wordy

Pat Lynch

5/13/2013 11:11:28 pm

What do you mean by impact because that's general.

Zachary Holland

5/13/2013 10:51:28 pm

How does Disney's goal to trademark a Mexican holiday devalue the importance of why it is celebrated?

Tyrone

5/13/2013 10:53:19 pm

kind of confusing

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 11:07:03 pm

specify the holiday

Nic Flohr

5/13/2013 10:52:32 pm

How do Mexican gangs ruin the daily lives of the Mexican citizens?

Liz Kelley

5/13/2013 10:54:27 pm

How does the Colombian drug trade harm daily life in Colombia?

Sam Mastrogiavomo

5/13/2013 11:06:02 pm

capitalize the "Colombian Drug Trade"

Nick Kammer

5/13/2013 10:54:45 pm

How did Argentina's many football rivalries impact the people living there?

Sean o

5/13/2013 11:04:48 pm

Economy or how they live their daily lives and how they shape it around football?

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 11:10:03 pm

You're focusing on the past tense? Then specify the time period. If you also want to include the present then you need to work on the tense of your question

Sean O'Mahony

5/13/2013 10:55:19 pm

How does the pay of a football player differ in South America to United States' athletes?

Nic Flohr

5/13/2013 10:56:40 pm

Is that enough to write about Sean?

Seanj o

5/13/2013 11:08:49 pm

Yes it is nic as i will include statistics and how some football players compared themselves to others and feel underpaid

Pat Lynch

5/13/2013 11:14:32 pm

Are you talking about football or futball

Wilmairy Tejeda

5/13/2013 10:56:07 pm

How does baseball in Dominican Republic benefit its' pride and daily life?

Sean Murphy

5/13/2013 11:06:02 pm

its not its'

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 11:10:42 pm

Personification error!

Brianna Lindsey-Vaughn

5/13/2013 11:02:32 pm

How do the traditions, music types, and languages of Brazil and Venezuela compare and contrast to each other?

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 11:12:00 pm

Wordy! Aren't traditions, music, and languages all part of culture? Are you really asking how do Brazil and Venezuela differ culturally?

Brianna

5/13/2013 11:14:56 pm

Yes, but I wanted to specify which parts of culture

Trey Wilson #2

5/13/2013 11:02:44 pm

How does soccer negatively impact Latin American countries?

eric markland

5/13/2013 11:10:57 pm

how did the Colombian government contribute to the rise of the Colombian drug trade?

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 11:13:23 pm

time period needed!

Nick Kammer

5/13/2013 11:11:37 pm

How does Argentina's many soccer rivalries change how citizens there view the neighboring countries and those they have a rivalry with?

Ms. Feldman

5/13/2013 11:12:55 pm

I really like where you're going with this but it's really wordy. Are you really asking about soccer's impact on foreign relations?

MaryKate Folan

5/13/2013 11:13:55 pm

How has tourism in Central America impacted the daily lives of the Latin Americans during the 21st century?

Research Questions

Leave a Reply.

Feldman

Archives

Categories