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2022 Delacruz & Yehia -- Junior Autoethnography: Home

Databases Shown in Class

Use this link if you are IN SCHOOL: 

1. US History

2. SIRS Researcher

3. GVRL

Use this link if you are AT HOME:

1. US History

2. SIRS Researcher

3. GVRL

Assignment

Junior Research Project: AP Block

 

What is the Junior Research Project? 

This academic endeavor will challenge you to utilize all of your critical reading and writing skills to make sense of texts in your world to answer the following essential questions: 

Essential Questions Set #1:  Who am I? What communities of learning am I part of? How do I show up and engage with others in those communities? (other ways to think about these essential questions: Who am I in specific learning communities (contexts)? What is my typical affect and response to specific contexts of learning? How and why do I engage with others in that community?) 

Essential Questions Set #2: What is my story within the school communities I’ve existed within? What is my definition of “education” (consider parallels or dissonance from my understanding of “school”)? 

Essential Questions Set #3: What is the purpose of “school” in U.S. history? How does this differ from your definition of school? How does this differ from your definition of education? To what extent have schools fulfilled their intended purposes? 

Essential Question #4: What conditions need to exist for schools to align to your definition of education? 

Objectives:

  1. Center our voice, identities, and experiences in the study and telling of a U.S. history narrative. 

  2. Produce history, not just consume it. 

  3. Use writing, inquiry and community to explore U.S. History.

What are the requirements for our JRP?

Research & Collection of Sources






 

  1. Three Primary Sources: Photographs, school records, letters, social media posts, notes from class or other contexts, journaling, and other personal artifacts. 

  2. One Interview Required: This is a primary source that should speak to something essential about your investigation of your essential questions. The interview should be audio-recorded and the link should be ready to submit on Friday, November 4 by 11:59 pm. 

  3. Three Secondary Sources: Sources that provide insight on historic systems, institutions, and practices within communities. 

  4. Bibliography (all references used to inform thinking): minimum of 8 sources written in MLA format at the end of the research paper. 

  5. Works Cited: minimum of 6 sources written in MLA format at the end of the research paper.

Chapter 1:  Autobiography 

APUSH Parallels: DBQ & LEQ

AP Lang Parallels: Synthesis & Original Argument 




 

The objective of this chapter is to write your autobiography examining your identity within the context of your communities. Your writing should address both sets of essential questions as follows: 

Essential Questions Set #1:  Who am I (name my positionalities)? What communities am I part of? How do I show up and engage with others in those communities? (Other ways to think about these essential questions: Who am I in those communities (contexts)? What is my typical affect in specific contexts? How and why do I engage with others in that community?) 

Essential Questions Set #2: What is my story within the school communities I’ve existed within? What is my definition of “education” (considering parallels or dissonance from your understanding of “school”)? 

Citation requirement: Reference at least three sources. We would recommend using your interview source completed somewhere within this chapter. Use MLA format. 

Example Brainstorm 

Chapter 2:

Annotated Bibliography (Research Findings)

 

Chapter 3: DBQ 

AP Lang Parallels: 

Synthesis 

The objective of this chapter is to write an analytical, historic account of the different (even divergent) purposes of school in U.S. history and then compare/contrast to your definitions of school and education?

Essential Questions Set #3: Based on your autobiography and our class texts, create a research question that explores a particular time period, movement, or topic within the broader discourse on “school” and “education.” Consider the following guiding ideas when crafting your question: 

  • What is the purpose of “school” in U.S. history? 

  • How does this differ from your definition of school? 

  • How does this differ from your definition of education? 

  • To what extent have schools fulfilled their intended purposes? 

Citation requirement: Reference at least three sources. Use MLA format. 

Chapter 4: Communicating your Research Findings & Argument

APUSH Parallels: DBQ

 

AP Lang Parallels: Original Argument

The objective of this section is to communicate with folx in-class how your findings address the following essential question. You will deliver this communication through a collaborative podcast episode you create with group members: 

Essential Question #4: What conditions need to exist for schools to align to your definition of education? 

The writing you will turn in: an outline of your podcast episode (outlines should be flexible to allow for plenty of fluid communication) 

The audio you will turn in: an audio-recorded clip and transcript should be turned-in. We will review the use of Otter for recording and transcribing.