Project Set-up 

Make a new Google doc:

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

• Share the Doc with your teacher

Make a copy of the Note-taking Template

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

• Share the Doc with your teacher

Step 1: Background Research and Hard Evidence 

Open a background article on your topic.

• Copy and paste the citation for your background article into your 'Sources' and 'Notes' Google Docs.

• Print out the article. 

• Read the article and highlight the hard evidence.

• Take notes. Copy and paste a passage that you highlighted into the 'Direct Quote' section of the note card. Paraphrase the quote and add a comment (i.e. Comment = your analysis of the quote).

• Locate 1 additional article in the ABC-CLIO Issues database. 

• Print the article

Recommended Websites

• Pew Research Center

• Human Rights Watch 

• National Public Radio

• Southern Poverty Law Center

• FiveThirtyEight

• American Civil Liberties Union

• US Department of Justice

• National Congress of American Indians 

• New York Times

• National Organization for Women

Step 4: Independent Work

• Conduct advanced searches in the recommended databases and Google to locate relevant articles on your research topic.

• Cite your sources.

• Print your articles.

• Highlight hard evidence.

• Take notes.

Step 5: Outlining and In-Text (Parenthetical) Citations

• Create an outline and fill in research gaps.

• Review the Parenthetical Citation Quicksheet 

Step 6: Fixing 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