AfricaResearchProject

PlanningAhead:

Date

ClassAgenda
9WeekMidterm
Complete
Survey

4.5WeekStudyIslanddueby11:59pm
ALWGCh.1921Reading
ALWGCh.1921ChartssubmitinBlackboardonMonbefore7:30am

Monday3/21/16

Finishmidterm(20min)
Ch.1921readingcheck
Ch.1921discussion

Workonresearchpaper
Finaldraftisduetomorrow
BringplasticgrocerybagsinforouractivityonThursdayweneedaton!

Tuesday3/22/16

ResearchWorkDay
PeerEdit
FinalDraftChecklist
Printpapers
Begincreatingpresentationorvideo

ReviewnotesandquizzestoprepareforyourALWGtesttomorrow
BringplasticgrocerybagsinforouractivityonThursday

Wednesday3/23/16

ALongWayGoneTest

BringplasticgrocerybagsinforouractivityonThursday

Thursday3/24/16

InterviewwithRachelfromTanzania
BagActivity

WeeklyReflectionweeblysite

3/25/164/3/16

SPRINGBREAK

SPRINGBREAK

Monday4/4/16

ResearchProjectWkTime

Tuesday4/5/16

ResearchProjectWkTime

Friday3/18/16

Homework

PART2:PAPER&PROJECTCRITERIA
Product

EssentialQuestions

Expectations

HowwillIcollectandorganizemyinformation?

Database/researchnotesonMs.BrawleysSession
1. DatabaseUsernamesandPasswords
2. Symbaloow/Databaselinks
3. Notes&Directionsfordatabaseinformation
4. WorksCitedTemplate
30notecardsw/citations3Options:
1.
Digitalnotecards
2.
Physicalnotecards
3.
Say,Mean,MatterChart

Thesis/Outline

HowamIgoingtoorganizemypaper?
WhatamIgoingtoargue?

InstructionVideo#1:Thesis,Hook,&Outline

WATCHTHIS

Thesis

Outline

Paper

HowcanIusewrittencommunicationtoinformtheworld
aroundmeaboutthisglobalissue
Considerthefollowingquestions:
Whathappened?
Whoisbeingaffected?
Wheredidittakeplace?
Whendidittakeplace?
Whyisithappening?

InstructionVideo#2:Intro,Body,Conclusion
WATCHTHIS
23pageresearchpaperin
MLAformatting
thatincludes:
Introduction

Hook

Thesis

BodyParagraphs

Conclusion
Whatdoyouwantthereadertoremember?
Howhavetheseeventsaffectedtheworldonaglobalscale?
Whydoesthismatter?Statethisasafact.
InstructionalVideo#3:InTextCitations&WorksCited
WATCHTHIS

WorksCitedPage
EditingResources:

PeerEditingChecklist

CommonMistakesChecklist

FinalEditingContract

HowwillIuseimages/videotoinformtheworldaround
meaboutthisglobalissue?
HowwillImotivateotherpeopletotakeaction?

90120secondpersuasivevideousingiMoviethatincludes
Titleslidewithprojectname,partnernames,teachername(s),andblock#
1520images
710factswithintextcitations
Elementsofethos,pathos,andlogos
Backgroundmusic
Citationslide

Notecards

Video

Presentation

HowcanIconsolidateandorganizemyresearchandvideo 5minutepresentationthat:
inawaythathelpsmesharewithothers?
Showsvideo
Outlinespaper
Besuretoinclude:
Titleslidewithprojectname,partnernames,teachername(s),andblock#

Parallelsentencefragmentstoconveyinformation(
NOTCOMPLETESENTENCES
)
710images(differentfromyourvideo)tosupplementyourresearch
Aworkscitedslide(sameasyourpaper)

WorksCited

HowwillIdocumentallofmysourcestoprovethatmy
informationiscredible?
HowwillIhelpotherswhowanttofindmoreinformation
aboutmytopic?

YouwillneedWorksCitedpages/slidesforeachofthefollowing:
Notes
PaperWorksCited
Video
Presentation

ADDITIONALRESOURCES:

PURDUEOWLUSEASAREFERENCETOSEEEXAMPLECITATIONS,PAPEREXAMPLE,FORMATTING,INTEXTCITATIONS,ETC

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/

EXAMPLEPAPERFORMAT&EXAMPLECITATIONS

http://www2.yk.psu.edu/learncenter/mlajuly09.pdf

EXAMPLEAFRICAPAPER

EXAMPLEAFRICAPRESENTATION&VIDEO:
PRESENTATION

CITINGYOURSOURCESUSETHEFOLLOWING:

http://secondary.oslis.org/@@mlasecondary


PART1:GETTINGSTARTED:

Chooseyourdesiredtopic

MalariainAfrica

RwandanGenocide

LibyanGovernmentCrisis

EastAfricanFood
Crisis/Starvation

MiddleEast&AfricaUnrest

Poverty

Slavetrade

GenderIssues

LackofWaterDistribution

AIDSinAfrica

BloodDiamonds

Apartheid

ConflictinSudan

InternationalAidinAfrica

GovtInstabilityintheCongo

EbolainAfrica

CrimeinSouth
Africa

EducationinAfrica

NigeriaandOil

HumanTraffickinginAfrica

CoffeeTrade

HealthcareinAfrica

Poaching

InvisibleChildren/ChildSoldiers EffectsofEuropean
Colonization

**Ifyouhaveanotherideainmind,itMUSTbeapprovedbyme.

FirstChoice:__________________________

Reasonwhy:

SecondChoice:__________________________

Reasonwhy: