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

List five facts that you already know about this topic: 1. She was married several times.
 * Topic Choice: Marilyn Monroe**

2. She was an American icon.

3. She was an actress, model, and singer.

4. As a child, she stayed in many orphanages due to her mother’s mental illness.

5. Her real name is Norma Jeane Mortenson.


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

Marilyn Monroe impacted the beauty and fashion world. Still today, she remains one of America’s top beauty icons. She demonstrated what one can do when they have big dreams and are determined to fulfill those dreams.


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


 * Same as above


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

I’m very interested in fashion and beauty. And I look to her for inspiration at times.


 * 1) How do you personally connect with this topic?

I’ve always felt inspired by Marilyn Monroe; she was definitely an icon for me. It was different back then-she lived in a day where a woman’s curves were appreciated and admired. Women and girls weren’t made to feel like if they weren’t pencil thin, they weren’t perfect or beautiful. In today’s beauty world, the look has totally changed, and I believe it’s a shame. Marilyn Monroe is and always will be the true face of beauty.

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

I know that there are lots of books about her, so that will be a very helpful resource. Also, I plan to use the internet, and I have a magazine or two about her.


 * 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? Please explain.

Both will provide me with tons of information, but the one that interests me more is doing my project on Marilyn Monroe.


 * 1) Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain.

Marilyn Monroe is my top topic choice. I just think it will be more fun and interesting to research and to present, especially for the girls in the class. Speech pathology is a more in-depth deeper issue to talk about, more serious, and I’d rather do something that I’ll have lots of fun with.