Databases to Use IN SCHOOL:
2. Gale Virtual Reference Library
Databases to Use AT HOME:
2. Gale Virtual Reference Library
3. UMI/Proquest
Argument Paper: Power in Society
Power in Society or Global Citizenship
This is the start of a two quarter multi-genre project. It starts with your research and argument that someone, your person, matters to the world. She/he/they used power to make the world better.
Goal: Create engaging and informative pieces which communicate why your person makes/made the world a better place
Role: You are a creative sophomore writer with important things to say about our world and your person
Audience: At first, our class, eventually this *may* become public, if you choose, with different pieces of media
Situation: Our world needs your input! We need to know how people have successfully used power to influence and change society–locally, nationally, and globally–for the better
Resources: What you’re using to create your product:
A biography/autobiography
2+ articles about your person
2+ interviews/speeches/writing from your person
Product:
An argumentative essay--how your person makes the world better (Q3)
An annotated bibliography (Q3)
A book review via a podcast or speech (Q4)
