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