Project Set-up 

1. Make a new Google doc:

• Rename the Doc: Your Name's Social Action Sources (e.g. Ms. Boninti's Social Action Sources)

• Share the Doc with your teacher

2. Make a copy of the Note-taking Template

• Rename the Doc: Your Name's Social Action Notes (e.g. Ms. Boninti's Social Action Notes)

• Share the Doc with your teacher

Step 1: Pick a Topic and Do Background Research

Global Issue + Single Story

• Syrian immigration crisis + terrorist OR the undermining the culture in European countries

• Climate change + climate is naturally warming/ the science is circumspect 

• Terrorist + Muslim

• Muslim religious garb + terrorist OR anti-west

• Body Image + western ideals are most beautiful 

• Mexicans + criminals

• Slavery + thing of the past

• Genetically Modified Foods + bad for your health

• Animal extinction + human superstition/religion (Chinese medicine)

• Social media as a tool for ISIS recruitment/radicalization + careers, opportunities, community in ISIS

• Airport security + 

• Drug trade + 

• Legalization of drugs +

• Hacking +

• Nationalism +

• Human trafficking + not in the US

• Gay rights + pedophiles (Chechnya)

• Freedom of speech + ai weiwei

What Information Do We Need?

• The Oppressor: Person creating a single story  

• The Victim: Person feeling victimized by the single story  

• The Changemaker: Person making a social change to break the single story  

• Solutions: Solutions to the problem 

After you have collected the info above, you must assign specific roles to write the 1st person narration of the 3 characters below (See Assignment for Details):

• The Oppressor

• The Victim

• The Changemaker

Step 2: Locate, Evaluate and Cite Information

Evaluating Sources

• Do Now: Fill out the blank CRAP sheet

Locating Sources

• Search the Recommended Websites:

  • Africa News

  • Al Jazeera **

  • Associated Press

  • BBC **

  • CNN World

  • Economist 

  • Discover Magazine 

  • Human Rights Watch 

  • National Geographic

  • New York Times **

  • NPR

  • Pew Research Center

  • PBS

  • Reuters **

  • Scientific American

  • Smithsonian Magazine

  • Time Magazine

  • Wired Magazine

• Search the Recommended Databases

  • Gale Power Search (search all of the Gale databases at once) 

  • ABC CLIO: Issues

  • Global Issues in Context

  • Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context

How to Cite a Website

Step 4: Fix up the Works Cited

• Use these instructions to put the finishing touches on your Works Cited doc: How to Format a Works Cited List in MLA 8 Style Using Google Docs 

Handouts

• Library Teacher Presentation