Junior Research Project
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The Junior Research Project is given to all juniors at ETHS. The goal of this project is to help prepare you to conduct, read, and analyze research; skills which will be beneficial to you as you pursue college, careers, and life as an informed and contributing member of our society.
For this project, everyone is going to choose a different US Controversy from this list. You are going to research the controversy in depth, examining different viewpoints. The goal of your research project is to come to a well-informed decision on the controversy of your choice.
This project is broken down into smaller assignments as much as possible, and each assignment will have a more in-depth explanation on what to accomplish during that step in the process.
Part 1: Research Paper
Part 2: Presentation
JRP Calendar
Dates subject to change!
Week |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
1/9 |
Intro to projects, choose topics
HW: Have topics chosen by next block |
CRAAP |
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1/16 |
MLK DAY |
Mini-Lessons:
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Central Library: presentation from librarians, start looking for sources
Find at least one source by end of day! |
1/23 |
Central Library: research & take notes from sources |
Central Library: research & take notes from sources |
Start working on first draft |
1/30 |
Central Library: work on first draft |
Central Library: work on first draft
First draft finished by end of day! |
Revision/1:1 conferences |
2/6 |
Speed Dating: See what your peers are working on |
Revision/1:1 conferences |
Final draft due by 11:59 PM! |
2/13 |
Go through presentation guidelines |
Work on presentations in class |
Presentations during class! |