Rose.TopicTalk.EventIssue


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

List five facts that you already know about this event/issue: 1. The child’s pancreas is unable to produce insulin (or not enough to properly function)
 * Topic Choice:** Type 1 (Juvenile) Diabetes

2. Requires insulin injections daily (or an insulin pump) to make up for the body’s lack of the hormone.

3. Type 1 Diabetes is irreversible (so far there is no cure)

4. The child does not have to be overweight to accumulate the disease.

5. Those with diabetes must count their carbohydrate intake.

Many children accumulate the autoimmune disease each year. It cannot go without aid, and so far there is no known cure.
 * Answer these questions about this event/issue:**
 * 1) How did/will this event/issue impact the world?

I want my audience to know that Juvenile Diabetes is a serious, but manageable, disease.
 * 1) For what purpose do you want to write about this event/issue--that is, what argument(s) might you make about it? (For example, you might show how teachers can work with dyslexic students or argue that Hurricane Katrina was a turning point in American politics).

I would like my audience to be my peers. Many people have misconceptions about type 1 diabetes. It has been said that if you want to see change in the world, start with today's youth. For that reason, I wish to tell my teenage peers //the truth// about the autoimmune disease. Perhaps they can use this knowledge later in life should they ever encounter any young diabetics? The more awareness the better!
 * 1) For what audience(s) do you intend to make your argument(s) about this event? (People who already know about dyslexia? People from New Orleans? Teachers?) Explain.

Medical works and journals; accounts by people with type 1 diabetes
 * 1) What genres (types of writing) might be appropriate to this topic? (For example, what kinds of writing might associated people (like teachers) write about it? What kinds of writing might be written about it?)

I am interested in this topic because my younger sister is a type 1 diabetic. She was diagnosed last December, and has been counting her carbs and taking insulin shots ever since. My family and I have learned much about the autoimmune disease in the process. We never expected this to happen, so I would like so spread awareness and knowledge of Juvenile Diabetes to others.
 * 1) Why are you interested in researching this event/issue? How do you personally connect with it?

What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other? The book “Understanding Diabetes” by H. Peter Chase, MD; Medical works and journals; accounts by people with type 1 diabetes; webmd; medical magazines
 * Resources**

I believe I will find the most information about Juvenile Diabetes due to the fact that it impacts millions of children and families worldwide. Although Lea Michele is talented and influential, she has more recently gotten her “claim to fame,” and cannot bear as much impact and information as diabetes.
 * Once you have completed worksheets for __TWO__ topics, please answer these three 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.

I believe Juvenile Diabetes will make the most compelling argument for my audience. It is life-threatening if untreated, therefore requiring more awareness and attention than Lea Michele’s talent.
 * 1) Of your two topic choices, which one do you think will make the most compelling argument for an audience? Please explain.

I love Lea Michele, but of my two topic choices, I believe Juvenile Diabetes is the best. I feel it will have the most information and impact on everyone. In my opinion, it is more important that my peers know about diabetes than Lea Michele.
 * 1) Of your two topic choices, which one do you really like the best? Please explain.