Name:

Ciara S
PROJECT #1
How are veterans of recent U.S wars affected by the lack of government allocated benefits that are
meant to support their transition back into regular life?

4. Research questions that you would investigate in relation to your revised essential
question for project #1 (please include as many as you think are relevant to your project).
How does modern warfare affect the rate of mental health issues in veterans?
How does our government support or not support veteran needs?
Why is the veteran suicide rate higher than the war casualty rate?
What is it like to be living as a veteran in this country?
What benefits are given to veterans?
What are the limitations of these benefits?
Why do so many veterans become homeless?
What happens to the families of veterans?
What benefits and/or support is given to families of deceased veterans?
Are benefits for families of veterans who commit suicide available?

5. Give us a brief, one-paragraph description of your proposed project for project #1.
For my project I plan on interviewing veterans of all U.S wars since Vietnam who have different
backgrounds, present situations, and circumstances. Along with these veterans I also plan on
interviewing families of K.I.A veterans (hopefully including one of a veteran who was killed by
friendly fire), families who have lost a veteran to suicide, and families who lost touch with a
veteran in their family.

During these interviews I want to record what is said so that I can document all their stories in a
book, each will get their own chapter. After each or every few accounts I plan on writing my own
analysis of their stories through the lens of what government benefits, or lack of, have affected
their lives in this way.

Through this book I hope to raise awareness of the problems within the government system set
up to support veterans as they transition back into their lives as well as educate people about the
problems these veterans face in order for them to understand the hardships they have gone
through that have brought their lives to the point they are at now.