Researching all around us!

this chapter of the book talks alllllll about research. it goes into great detail about how to write a research paper. it starts from the very start, from forming an idea and ends with how to polish off your essay to make it great and unique. one part of the chapter that caught my attention was when it talked about researching in neighborhoods. i thought this was interesting. i feel as though this isnt really done anymore and it would be a fun and creative way to do research for when i do my research paper. the part about the communitys citizens was interesting. "People who have lived in the community for a long time can tell you about the history of the community or about their perspective on the affects of past events". this to me was perfect. my community is made up of mostly older citizens which would be perfect for my research project. with my topic perhaps going to be school budget cuts, perhaps i could make a survey of some sort to take around the community?