SullivanTopicTalk

List five facts that you already know about this topic: 1. Military policy is constantly changing.
 * Topic Choice: The Army in 2012**

2. We are no longer in Iraq, where do we stand now?

3. Many of the current GOP candidates are looking to reverse progress recently completed.

4. The Army is currently suffering many budget cuts.

5.Growing countries like China start to pose a threat to our military.

The United States Army has been used to influence the turning of global politics for the last century.
 * Answer these questions about this topic:**
 * 1) How did it/will it impact the world?

It is a key part of what allows American people to live daily life the way we do. Millions of families have at least one member who serves in a branch of the military.
 * 1) Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?

I am an Army Cadet.
 * 1) Why are you interested in researching this topic?

I have always been interested in how the military is influenced by political issues. What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other? Articles, recent studies, and government documents will help me research.
 * 1) How do you personally connect with this topic?
 * Resources**

List five facts that you already know about this topic: 1. Sigur Ros, Bjorn, Of Monsters and Men are all popular Icelandic bands.
 * Topic Choice: Modern Icelandic Music**

2. The music is culturally influenced.

3. It both differs greatly and is relatable to modern American music.

4. Centered in or around Reykjavik, Iceland.

5. The environment and natural beauty of the world is always a main theme in Icelandic music.


 * Answer these questions about this topic:**
 * 1) How did it/will it impact the world?

Adds another set of genre and style to the already huge and diverse collection of modern music we have today.


 * 1) Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?

The music often changes with peoples interests, although Icelandic music has always interested those with unique tastes in music.


 * 1) Why are you interested in researching this topic?

I enjoy looking at culture from certain places and countries, and viewing how it is expressed through an artform.

I have always loved the music of Sigur Ros.
 * 1) How do you personally connect with this topic?

What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
 * Resources**

The resources that will be most helpful to me with probably be articles about Icelandic bands and their backgrounds, as well as books on the areas they lived in to understand how their environment influenced what their music grew into.

Please explain.
 * Once you have completed worksheets for __TWO__ topics, please answer these two questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class:**
 * 1) Of your two topic choices, which one do you think you will find the most information about?

There is probably more information about the Army so far in 2012, and its goals and achievements thus far than there is about Modern Icelandic Music. Modern Icelandic Music is a much more narrow topic, and that presents its difficulties, but it is not so far narrow that I can no longer do anything with it.

I think I would prefer to do the Icelandic Music topic only because it is such a small and unexpected thing that I should be able to include a lot of interesting things with it.
 * 1) Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain.