On 5/6/02 11:53:00 AM, sara douglas wrote:
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>Exercise 2.1: Finding the
>Questions
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> 1.
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>In the space below, write the
>title of your tentative topic
>(e.g. Internet addiction)
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> pirates
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> 2.
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>Briefly state why you chose
>this topic.
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>I chose this topic because
>I've always wondered what a
>pirates life was really like.
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> 3.
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>Spend about five minutes
>listing what you already know
>(if anything) about your
>topic. For
>example, are you aware of any
>interesting facts, common
>misconceptions, your own
>assumptions, important people
>or institutions involved, key
>schools of thought, the extent
>of
>the problem, current trends,
>etc.?
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>Each pirate captain had his
>own jolly roger that is no two
>flags were the same.
>Pirates actually had a code of
>conduct.
>When a pirate did something
>that was considered
>inappropriate to the other
>pirates he would be marooned
>on a deserted island.
>There were women pirates.
>There was no such thing as
>walking the plank
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> 4.
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>Now spend at least fifteen
>minutes brainstorming a list
>of questions about your topic
>you’d
>love to learn the answers to.
>Make this list as long as you
>can, and don’t worry whether
>every question is a good one.
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>Did pirates take their
>families out on raids?
>How much income did a pirate
>earn on an average raid?
>Was poverty a motivating
>factor in choosing piracy as a
>means of income?
>How did a pirate get employed
>by royalty?
>Was Blackbeard aka Edward
>Teach as bad as his
>reputation?
>How much fortune did
>Blackbeard acquire in his
>lifetime.
>Is it true that pirates buried
>their treasures.
>Where was a pirates most
>favorite place to party after
>a long trip out too sea.
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> 5.
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>If you’re working in a
>computer lab (or generating
>hard copies of the exercise),
>your
>instructor may ask you to
>comment on other students’
>responses to Steps 1-4. Focus
>particularly on what your
>classmates did in the fourth
>step. For each you view, do
>two
>things: add a question you
>would like answered about the
>student’s topic, and mark the
>question you find most
>intriguing.
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1) A question I have is what time period were
pirates most common?

2) The question I would like to know is what is the
average income of a pirate back in the day?