Solving a Community Problem
Topic: Providing affordable housing in the USA to reduce homelessness. This week, a preliminary draft of your Solving a Problem in Your Community Essay is due. It should be at least 750 words long. As you write, use the following sample outline as a mental model to help with the structure and organization of your work in progress. Solving a Community Problem. In addition, this week’s discussion topic provides additional details on each element of the outline and will help you to get off to a strong start.
- Introduction
- Hook
- Topic, its importance and relevance to readers
- Specific focus and purpose
- Thesis statement that previews the solution or solutions to the problem
- Problem
- Causes and effects/impact
- History of what’s been done and its effectiveness
- Potential solutions
- Option and its advantages/disadvantages
- Option and its advantages/disadvantages
- Recommended solution
- Advantages and disadvantages
- Costs and Benefits
- Implementation steps and expected outcomes
- Conclusion
- Synthesis/summary/significance and thesis
- Next steps
- Call to action
Solving a Community Problem. For this preliminary draft, it is expected that you will address at least the first three sections: the introduction, problem, and potential solutions. Provide in-text citations for at least three of the five sources you are planning to use. Include a references list for all sources used to this point. Follow current APA guidelines for essay format, content, and citations. You should have a title page, references page, and section titles for each body section. Use this example as a template: Student Essay Template.Links to an external site. Follow current APA guidelines for essay format, content, and citations. Use APA referencing style.
Successful drafts will meet the following expectations.
- At least 750 words.
- At least three academic, quality sources used and cited.
- Current APA format, content, and citations.
- Formatted as a Word document (.docx file).
- Submitted via the Week 5 assignment page.