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 * Topic Talk: Event, Issue, or Other Topic of Interest**

List five facts that you already know about this topic:
 * Topic Choice: Safety/Helmets in Bullriding**
 * 1) Helmets are not mandatory in the pbr


 * 1) After you sustain a concussion, each one thereafter has a huge impact.


 * 1) Head injuries are one of, if not the most common injuries sustained in the pbr


 * 1) Second impact syndrome is a serious problem that comes from getting hit in the head a short time after getting a concussion


 * 1) There are a lot of bullriders in the pbr that don’t wear helmets

Anyone that rides bulls has one goal- to ride in the PBR. So the professional bullriders are heroes or role models to younger kids, so if they’re not wearing helmets, they’re setting an example that they’re not needed, which isn’t true.
 * Answer these questions about this topic:**
 * 1) 1. How did it/will it impact the world?

There is still interest in this today because its still ongoing. After Lane Frost was killed, they mandated the use of safety vests. Apparently someone has to die from a situation before safety measures will be taken. Statistics must not be enough.
 * 1) 2. Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?


 * 1) 3. Why are you interested in researching this topic? My cousin rides bulls, and the first time I saw him ride with a helmet, I was petrified. Riding bulls is a scary thing, and I personally want to see every safety measure possible taken.


 * 1) 4. How do you personally connect with this topic? My cousin and a lot of my friends ride bulls, and I would be furious with them if I saw them ride without helmets. A helmet could save or end their life in a single ride.

What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other? I think a lot of interviews and magazines will be helpful, as well as online sites.
 * Resources**

List five facts that you already know about this topic:
 * Topic Choice: Manson Murders**
 * 1) Charles Milles Manson- leader


 * 1) Tate/LaBianca murders


 * 1) Manson believed that the Beatles’ White album was a message to him about a race war, and Manson believed that he was going to start it.


 * 1) Charles Manson, himself, only actually murdered the LaBianca’s; he wasn’t present at the Tate residence the night of the murders


 * 1) Lived at Spahn Ranch, which used to be used as the set for movies and shows.

Sharon Tate was the beautiful actress that everyone knew of at the time the murders occurred. It shook the world.
 * Answer these questions about this topic:**
 * 1) 5. How did it/will it impact the world?

The Manson murders were just so absolutely crazy and unbelievable, and Charles Manson himself was just so crazy you couldn’t believe it, so there will always be somewhat of an interest in it.
 * 1) 6. Why is there still interest in it today, or why will there continue to be interest in it?


 * 1) 7. Why are you interested in researching this topic? I’m just fascinated by how persuasive and influential one person can be, and how crazy Charles Manson’s life story is.


 * 1) 8. How do you personally connect with this topic? I don’t really have a personal connection to the topic other than pure fascination.

What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other? I have read Helter Skelter, seen movies about the murders, and have done projects on them, so I know that there is an abundance of information online about it.
 * Resources**


 * Once you have completed worksheets for __TWO__ topics, please answer these two questions; be prepared to discuss your answers in class:**
 * 1) 1. Of your two topic choices, which one do you think you will find the most information about? Please explain. I think I could probably find more information on the Manson murders, just because of how drastic they were, but there wasn’t a shortage of useful information on bullriding safety, or lack there of.

I really love both topics, and have done at least an essay on both of them before, but I really think that I’m more passionate about the safety in bullriding. I go to watch bullriding every weekend, so its something I’m really big into. And as previously mentioned, I have my cousin that rides and a lot of friends that ride, so I have the emotional connection to the topic.
 * 1) 2. Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain.