I have been reading the Pedagogical goals of each unit, although I will admit that I focus more on completing the assignment given rather than taking in the assignment as acknowledging how the goals could further build upon each other. The most recent pedagogical goal the folder of unit three is “ In this unit, we will work on extending our writing skills. We’ll look more deeply at sources as we continue our research and synthesize the information we have found about our topics. We will enter the conversation!”. This Pedagogical goal does align with my own goals for this class because I want to be able to adequately analyze and research on y own topic that I am actually interested in. I hope to learn further about current events of the political topic we have chosen to have a better understanding of my surrounding and worldviews. These goals might help my participation in the academic community because by accomplishing these goals I’m becoming more aware and experienced in a skill that I had not previously been able to master which could open opportunities to new understanding and perspective of issue or topics.

The topic I chose to encompass for my research paper is conservative feminism and how it is not self-contradictory. The reason as to why I think this is an important topic is because conservatism itself and feminism, are two separate concepts that are constantly evolving and changing. Both concepts have different meanings for different people. That is why I choose to define conservative feminism, regarding gender, not determining a woman’s political or feminist ideology, therefore a woman can be both conservative and feminist. I also chose this topic because I consider myself a feminist and I struggled to understand the perspective of a millennial conservative woman. I didn’t think it was possible for a woman to share Republican ideologies while supporting the empowerment of women, mostly because of republican representative arent knew for supporting feminism. Some sources that I’m planning to attain are from the archive and research center and include primary and secondary sources.

For my research paper, the first topic that piqued my interest, in the blog post, has to do with what the public can do to help prevent climate change and if climate change is real. To make the climate change topic less general I want to focus on meat consumption to answer the question; Can the public prevent climate change? Another topic I had in mind was how does social media affect adolescents to participate in political events or want to be more politically active? Another topic I had in mind was conservative feminism, and if it is possible to be both conservative and a feminist. I would have biases for all the topics listed because I don’t eat meat and I’m a feminist adolescent who believes that climate change is real. For example when Gerard states, “ I didn’t know a thing about the Civil War when I started. I hope my sense of discovery comes across when the reader discovers it”, is what I imagine I’ll be going through because although I am aware of certain topics, I haven’t dived into them enough to know an exact answer. Similarly, Bittner dives into his research without knowing what his ideal outcome will be and enjoys bird watching rather than analyzing through scientific investigation. I also have strong opinions about conservative ideologies and how conservative representatives in no way shape or form support feminist values. To prevent myself from assuming outcomes or answers to my topic, I would research multiple viewpoints and perspectives. In order to make my paper different, I must choose multiple sources to research and analyze different perspectives that go along with my topic.