SOCIAL INQUIRY:
How do circumstances and choices shape your social experience?
You will create a claim to answer this question. Your claim will be in a focused area.
15 days of thinking, researching, and writing...with a 3-5 minute presentation to the class of research findings. Work outside of class will certainly make the process more effective and of a higher quality.
Day one--brainstorm the topic ... presentation, idea-generation,
All articles will come from Evergreen High School Library Article Database unless approved or given by teacher. The database has valid, vetted articles. Your random Internet search will not result in quality articles for research.
DIGITAL AGE
RACE
IMMIGRATION
INCOME/CLASS
GENDER
SEXUALITY
ENVIRONMENT
FOOD WASTE
ANIMAL RIGHTS
OTHER (for now...as interest increases a category will form)
Purdue University OWL suggestions on writing claims
Free books on Gender/Class/Race
Claim example....
NO--Race (this is a topic, not a claim--student is not making any argument)
NO--Racism is bad. (although this is an argument, it is considered a "truth" in that few would disagree--there is nothing new to argue with this)
NO--Racism is a problem to our society. (better because the claim is starting to get to the larger view; however, it is still vague and simple)
Question ... what affect does unresolved race issues have on society?
YES--Institutional racism has left America broken which is a threat to everyone's civil rights. (specific argument + situation + argued outcome)
Claim example...
NO--Gender
NO--Gender should not be an issue
NO--Gender rights are needed.
Question ... is gender equality, or gender rights an issue?
YES--The use of a gender neutral pronoun will help America move to gender equality.
How do circumstances and choices shape your social experience?
You will create a claim to answer this question. Your claim will be in a focused area.
15 days of thinking, researching, and writing...with a 3-5 minute presentation to the class of research findings. Work outside of class will certainly make the process more effective and of a higher quality.
Day one--brainstorm the topic ... presentation, idea-generation,
All articles will come from Evergreen High School Library Article Database unless approved or given by teacher. The database has valid, vetted articles. Your random Internet search will not result in quality articles for research.
DIGITAL AGE
- What you are missing being a digital zombie, Ted Talk
- Digital Distractions, photo
- Girls with phones, photo
- Is There an App for That? Harvard Magazine -- effects of technology on teens
RACE
- Honor or Tradition 1, & Honor or Tradition 2
- The New Threat: racism without racists
- New Yorker cover image (+) Old St Louis Courthouse in center of the New Yorker image is an historic icon
- Injustice Cartoon (+) Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial (+) Memorial Image (+) MLK's Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Google image search for Native American Mascot and some versions that show other races to demonstrate injustice
- Starbucks' Race Together campaign via Think Progress
- Starbucks' Race Together via Starbucks (Medium.com)
- American Schools Are Still Racist, government report finds
- Lighten Up, a look at race in comic books
- Microsoft's tweet-bot falls into sexism, racism, and other -isms
IMMIGRATION
- Today's Newly Arrived Immigrants Are the Best-Educated Ever
- My Immigration story, by Tan Le, Ted Talk on Immigration
- Starting from the Bottom... article
- Immigration Myths
INCOME/CLASS
- Social Mobility article and President's speech
- East of 82nd: Raising Kids in a Food Desert
- Income Graphs
- Thirteen Economic Facts about Social Mobility and the Role of Education
- The myth of the American Dream
- Students Learn a Powerful Lesson About Privilege (animation)
- Our Homeless Crisis, Oregonian article...notice the use of "Our" as the pronoun
GENDER
- The Simple Truth About Gender Pay
- Shiloh & John
- Comic, If I Don't Get Pants, Nobody Gets Pants / Photo of this comic
- American Association of University Women
- The Three Letter Word Driving a Gender Revolution (Sweden's use of "hen" as a gender neutral pronoun)
- Gender and Racial Stereotypes in Video Games
- Why does sexism persist in the video games industry?
SEXUALITY
- Breaking: Michigan House Passes Religious 'License to Discriminate' Bill
- So What If Homosexuality Were a Choice?
- Coming Out Story on "The Moth," Catherine Smyka
ENVIRONMENT
- James Hansen: Why I must speak out about climate change
- Op-Ed California has about one year of water left. Will you ration now?
- Ozone layer showing 'signs of recovery', UN says
FOOD WASTE
- Wasted Food, Wasted Money: Why some poor families cannot afford to eat healthy, Boston.com, recent
- Food Waste Is Becoming Serious Economic and Environmental Issue, Report Says
ANIMAL RIGHTS
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), activist organization
OTHER (for now...as interest increases a category will form)
- The Impact of Mental Illness Stigma..., Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Purdue University OWL suggestions on writing claims
Free books on Gender/Class/Race
Claim example....
NO--Race (this is a topic, not a claim--student is not making any argument)
NO--Racism is bad. (although this is an argument, it is considered a "truth" in that few would disagree--there is nothing new to argue with this)
NO--Racism is a problem to our society. (better because the claim is starting to get to the larger view; however, it is still vague and simple)
Question ... what affect does unresolved race issues have on society?
YES--Institutional racism has left America broken which is a threat to everyone's civil rights. (specific argument + situation + argued outcome)
Claim example...
NO--Gender
NO--Gender should not be an issue
NO--Gender rights are needed.
Question ... is gender equality, or gender rights an issue?
YES--The use of a gender neutral pronoun will help America move to gender equality.
Unit Cover Sheet and Check Off List | |
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Source Analysis Sheet: fill out one for every article selected | |
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A Quick Way to Decide if a Website or Article is VALID & RELIABLE | |
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OPTIC strategy for analysis of visual media (Advanced Placement curriculum) | |
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SOAPStone strategy for analysis of writing (Advanced Placement curriculum) | |
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FORMAT (basic) Presentation | |
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Write-UP & Presentation, step-by-step, outline | |
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EXAMPLE of one-page write up | |
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EXAMPLE of the presentation visual (Slides) | |
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socialinquirypresentationformat.pdf | |
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evidencefreewrite.pdf | |
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