Civics

Rick Hansen Note-taking and APA Assignment:

Day 1:

Step 1: Read the article about Rick Hansen from the Rick Hansen Foundation Website

Step 2: Fill in the note-taking template with the required information.

Step 3: Type up a short paragraph using proper in-text citations to show where you got your information from.

Here is a sample paragraph about another civic-minded Canadian:

Jean Vanier has a PhD in Theology and Philosophy and worked as a professor at the University of Toronto in the 1960s (Brown, 2015). He left that job in 1964 to found L'Arche, a community for disabled adults (Brown, 2015). In 2015 he was awarded the $2.3 million Templeton Prize, which is "awarded for an exceptional contribution to affirming life's breadth of spiritual dimensions" (Brown, 2015).

APA Citation:

Brown, I. (2015). Jean Vanier’s comfort and joy: ‘Find the places of hope’. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 14

December 2016, from http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/jean-vaniers-comfort-and-joy-find-the-

places-of-hope/article27842806/

Day 2:

Step 1: Visit the three websites below. Skim and scan the information and record one NEW piece of information you have learned about Rick Hansen from the site.

Step 2: Create a proper APA list of References for the three sources. Use an online tool like Cite This For Me or Citation Machine. Remember these tools are not perfect so you might have to fill in information where needed to make sure your list of references is complete. Once your list of References is complete, print it off and attach it to the new information you've collected.

http://www.cfhu.org/news/making-difference-where-he-sits-rick-hansens-visit-imric-hu-jerusalem-post-article

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rick-hansen/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hansen-paralympic-video-1.3763260