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Grade Research Project
Social Justice
Why Protest?
• If one doesn’t, nothing will ever get done.
• Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
– What does he protest?
» Patriarchal Order
» Social Class
– How does he do it?
» Through Language (verse vs. prose)
» Through Setting (Different setting and Bottom’s Dream)
» Theme (The duke’s change of heart with respect to Hermia
and Lysander and viewing the performance by The
Mechanicals).
– What protest in this fashion?
» To avoid governmental censorship
Objective
• Students will protest against a social injustice
by writing an argumentative research paper
and creating a PowerPoint presentation based
on the research paper - to be presented at
some point in the future. Date to be
announced.
Materials
• Computer, library database (sirs), articles, and
note-taking templates
Computer Lab 122
• We will report to the lab on Monday and Tuesday
next week. There you will be researching and
taking notes on your topic and compiling your
Works Cited page. Your Works Cited page is due
on Thursday, April 23rd. Yay, Shakespeare’s
birthday! Sorry, I had to put that in there.  I will
walk you through the process of creating a Works
Cited – don’t fear!
• Research Notes on your articles are due on
Friday, April 24th.
Approved List of Topics
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Censorship
First Amendment and Censorship
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of the Press
Freedom of Speech
Human Cloning
National Security and Privacy
Overpopulation
Privacy and the Press
Religion in the Public Sphere
Right of Privacy
Technology and Privacy
Sirs Database
• This is the database you will be accessing for
articles on your topic. For this paper, you will
need to incorporate a counterargument as
well.
• Click on the following link to access the
database:
http://ars.sirs.com/denied?sks.sirs.com/%3F
• Username: nphs34
• Password: canucks
Some Preliminary Requirements for
the Paper
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Students will only be finding articles that are meant to support and contradict
their stances (yes, this paper will have a counterargument).
Students will be annotating those articles and taking notes on an appropriate
note-taking template. Template will be available on my website.
Students will need a minimum of four sources for this particular project.
Three sources should support the writer’s stance. Obviously more weight should
be on articles that support the writer’s positon.
At least one source should counter the writer’s stance to avoid bias.
Students will need to type a minimum of three full pages for this assignment.
Students will follow MLA formatting guidelines for this assignment. I will also have
this available for you on my website.
The entire paper is to be paraphrased and cited (no quotes are to be included).
Plagiarism is serious, so take the time to really KNOW about your topic so that you
can discuss it with great ease.
More requirements are forthcoming.
Note-taking Template
• Click on the following link to access the Notetaking template
• http://www.nplainfield.org/site/default.aspx?
PageID=11484
Topic Selection
• Choose your topic at this point…
Censorship
First Amendment and Censorship
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of the Press
Freedom of Speech
Human Cloning
National Security and Privacy
Overpopulation
Privacy and the Press
Religion in the Public Sphere
Right of Privacy
Technology and Privacy