1. 11 th Grade Research Project Social Justice

2. Why Protest? If one doesn’t, nothing will ever get done. Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – What does he protest? » Patriarchal Order » Social Class – How does he do it? » Through Language (verse vs. prose) » Through Setting (Different setting and Bottom’s Dream) » Theme (The duke’s change of heart with respect to Hermia and Lysander and viewing the performance by The Mechanicals). – What protest in this fashion? » To avoid governmental censorship

3. Objective Students will protest against a social injustice by writing an argumentative research paper and creating a PowerPoint presentation based on the research paper - to be presented at some point in the future. Date to be announced.

4. Materials Computer, library database (sirs), articles, and note-taking templates

5. Computer Lab 122 We will report to the lab on Monday and Tuesday next week. There you will be researching and taking notes on your topic and compiling your Works Cited page. Your Works Cited page is due on Thursday, April 23 rd. Yay, Shakespeare’s birthday! Sorry, I had to put that in there. I will walk you through the process of creating a Works Cited – don’t fear! Research Notes on your articles are due on Friday, April 24 th.

6. Approved List of Topics Censorship First Amendment and Censorship Freedom of Religion Freedom of the Press Freedom of Speech Human Cloning National Security and Privacy Overpopulation Privacy and the Press Religion in the Public Sphere Right of Privacy Technology and Privacy

7. Sirs Database This is the database you will be accessing for articles on your topic. For this paper, you will need to incorporate a counterargument as well. Click on the following link to access the database: http://ars.sirs.com/denied?sks.sirs.com/%3F http://ars.sirs.com/denied?sks.sirs.com/%3F Username: nphs34 Password: canucks

8. Some Preliminary Requirements for the Paper Students will only be finding articles that are meant to support and contradict their stances (yes, this paper will have a counterargument). Students will be annotating those articles and taking notes on an appropriate note-taking template. Template will be available on my website. Students will need a minimum of four sources for this particular project. Three sources should support the writer’s stance. Obviously more weight should be on articles that support the writer’s positon. At least one source should counter the writer’s stance to avoid bias. Students will need to type a minimum of three full pages for this assignment. Students will follow MLA formatting guidelines for this assignment. I will also have this available for you on my website. The entire paper is to be paraphrased and cited (no quotes are to be included). Plagiarism is serious, so take the time to really KNOW about your topic so that you can discuss it with great ease. More requirements are forthcoming.

9. Note-taking Template Click on the following link to access the Note- taking template http://www.nplainfield.org/site/default.aspx? PageID=11484 http://www.nplainfield.org/site/default.aspx? PageID=11484

10. Topic Selection Choose your topic at this point… Censorship First Amendment and Censorship Freedom of Religion Freedom of the Press Freedom of Speech Human Cloning National Security and Privacy Overpopulation Privacy and the Press Religion in the Public Sphere Right of Privacy Technology and Privacy