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Activity 2.14 Issues in the World

Activity 2.14 Issues in the World. Purpose: • To brainstorm and research topics • To evaluate online resources • To annotate sources. Activity 2.14: Issues in the World DAY 1. Look over the list of debatable topics and browse through the provided articles: Standardized Tests:

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Activity 2.14 Issues in the World

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  1. Activity 2.14Issues in the World Purpose: • To brainstorm and research topics • To evaluate online resources • To annotate sources

  2. Activity 2.14: Issues in the WorldDAY 1 Look over the list of debatable topics and browse through the provided articles: • Standardized Tests: • Is the use of standardized tests improving education in America? • Ravitch: Standardized Testing Undermines Teaching • The Benefits of Milk: • Is drinking milk healthy for humans? • Should milk be a required part of federally subsidized school meal programs? • Obesity: • Latest Figures On Obesity Paint An Uglier Picture • Is obesity a disease? • Right to Health Care: • Should all Americans have the right (be entitled) to health care? • Are the March 2010 federal health care reform laws good for America? • Vegetarianism: • Should people become vegetarian? • Raising Vegetarian Kids? Here Are Some Pointers

  3. Activity 2.14: Issues in the WorldDAY 1 • Social Networking: • Are social networking sites good for our society? • Finding A Student Who Wasn't Lost: Social Media To The Rescue? • Drug Use in Sports: • Should performance enhancing drugs (such as steroids) be accepted in sports? • Athlete's 'Nope To Dope' Became 'No To Sports' • Cell Phones: • Are cell phones safe? • Cell Phone Radiation Affects Brain, Study Says • Alternative Energy vs. Fossil Fuels: • Can alternative energy effectively replace fossil fuels? • Reinventing Fire: Getting Beyond Fossil Fuels

  4. Activity 2.14: Issues in the WorldDAY 1 STEP ONE: BRAINSTORM Once you have chosen two issues that interest you, read the articles that have been provided. Consider both the Pro’s and Con’s of the issue.

  5. Activity 2.14: Issues in the WorldDAY 1 STEP 2: EVALUATE ONLINE RESOURCES • Anyone can publish on the World Wide Web. This is both one of the strengths and one of the flaws of the Internet. • If you are going to use online sources, you must be aware of the differences in quality that exist among Web sites. • On your worksheet there is a list of criteria that you should use to judge any source you use from the Internet. You want to be able to answer “yes” to as many of the questions as possible in the far right column to use the source as authoritative.

  6. Activity 2.14: Issues in the WorldDAY 1 STEP 2: EVALUATE ONLINE RESOURCES On your worksheet, evaluate the following articles. Site 1 Site 2

  7. Activity 2.14: Issues in the WorldDAY 1 Step Three: Researching and Citing Sources • As you search the internet for more sources that will support your position on the issue of your topic, answer the following questions on your worksheet: • What search engine did you use? • What key words did you enter? • Did that search lead you to related sites? • If not, what did you enter next? • Was this more successful?

  8. Activity 2.14: Issues in the WorldDAY 2 Step Three: Researching and Citing Sources • Go to the K:Drive and open the Day 2 Worksheet • Go back to the articles on your issue that were provided for you (see slides 1 & 2 of this power point): • Evaluate these articles based on the criteria from Step 2 • Copy and Paste the bibliography from the article or use Citationmachine.net to create a bibliography. (see next slide for directions on how to use citation machine) • Copy and Pastethe strongest pieces of evidence from the articles on to the chart. Be sure that you are considering both the Pro and Con sides of the issue.

  9. Activity 2.14: Issues in the WorldDAY 2 How to use citationmachine.net • Click on the MLA tab on the left. • Scroll down to the NONPRINT options on the left side. • Click on the appropriate document type (the sources that have been provided are either a web document, online article, or web media) • Fill in the appropriate information (you will find this information on the website) • Click submit • The citation will be provided within the box. • Copy and paste the citation into your document.

  10. Activity 2.14: Issues in the World Step Three: Researching and Citing Sources • On your document, write a thesis statement that clearly states your position and offers a reason for your position (avoid using “I”). • For example: “____________ should be _______________ because….” • On your document, write a paragraph that includes one quotation from each of the articles to support your own opinions about the issue.

  11. Activity 2.14: Issues in the WorldDay 3 Step Four: Vocabulary Related to Your Topic • After researching your topic, fill in the concept chart that was given to you. Put important words or phrases you found in the article. • Sort the words and phrases into categories of appeals LOGOS, ETHOS, & PATHOS

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