Topic Approval Form

Student Name: ________Ronaldo Padilla Period: __3______

Topic Statement (full sentence): Many people view homeless people as trash and may not understand that they
have been through alot. My group and I are going to homeless shelter to volunteer to show our support in what
their going through.
Answer the following about your topic:
1. What is your prior knowledge about this topic?
Homeless people had something that changed their life which made them the way they are and don’t
have the same life as they were intended to and now need the support of people of who care for them and
want to support them in harsh times. Shelters care for the people in need and want to make the lives of
homeless meaningful and have a reason to keep going no matter how hard life is.

2. What problem(s) could you attempt to solve/address in connection with this topic?
The problems that we would try to attempt to address is that homeless people are like who have been
cheated out of life by someone or something and has a negative output on their life. We also want to show that
they are not alone and that there is people in this world that care for them.

3. How can you attempt to solve one of these problems at Poly or in the local community (not globally)?
What type of product do you anticipate completing (see ideas for final product).
I can attempt to solve these problems in the community by helping out at homeless shelters to make a
difference in the ones in need of help.

4. Explain how you might spend a minimum of 10 hours outside of the school day in the community
working toward this solution.
I can go and volunteer at the shelters during the weekends and go sometimes during the week to give
as much help to these people that are need of help to change their life as much as possible for the better.

5. Explain how you might provide evidence of your work throughout the experience.
I will be recording and my group will be recording as well to show that we care for these people and are
there for them no matter how challenging life can get.

6. Explain any obstacles you might encounter in your attempt to address this problem.
Problems that might occur is that the shelter won’t let us record while we help out or the homeless
people might not like us recording and will not let us record peacefully.

Your topic is Approved __________ Your topic is NOT Approved ________

Your next step is to complete the research questions. Recommendations:

Remember, if you change your topic, you must
resubmit this form for your NEW topic.
You will need to revise your topic and resubmit this
form BEFORE you begin work on the research
questions.
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Date: ___________________