Topic Focus!

I have finalized an idea! My focus is going to be fact verse fiction. The book/movie Jaws has created a  stereotype against Great White Sharks.  Sharks have a fearsome reputation but, rarely do sharks attack humans. I intend to explore different places in literature and movies that deal with sharks. I will be able to compare the facts about sharks with the fiction in these sources. Jaws will be my primary proof text of how the Great White Shark has been forever altered.

http://www.livescience.com/8309-jaws-changed-view-great-white-sharks.html

http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/white_shark/instinct.htm

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/shark-week/videos/the-inspiration-for-jaws.htm

So I have to find a topic…here are some ideas and why each one might work. Or not.

IDEA/INTEREST: SHARKS

relate to literature/primary source-- Jaws By Peter Benchley

compare story truth to happening truth

how literature can create false pretenses (i.e. Great White Sharks)

use documentaries from shark weak

movies (Jaws, Shark Night etc.)

final project: Shark Awareness

More Ideas to come!