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The Assignment

Full assignment is located here

Due Date: May 22nd

Note Taking Sheet

Note-Taking Sheet.  Click File and Make a Copy.

MyBib

MyBib.com is a free citation generator for MLA, APA, and Chicago style. Create a new Project & Add a Citation.  Choose website, book, journal, video, etc.  For database articles, click More then Write/Paste.  To copy or print your final list, click on Download Bibliography.  Click here for handout. Watch the video!

Topics

Topic Selections:

  • Bullying
  • Abuse of Power
  • Conformity/Non-Conformity
  • Censorship with Books in Schools
  • The Power of Fear

Research is needed to provide statistics, data, facts to back up your assertion.   Try these database sources:

 

Bullying - Censorship - Conformity - Fear - Power

   

 

You may want to add another search term (depending on your topic)

such as "schools" "authority" "government" and words like "control" "manipulation"

etc. into the database search.


You may use procon.org for ideas. For Google searches, use search terms as listed above

and also look for "statistics" "facts" and "data". If you are browsing for ideas, you can search

pro and con of your topic.

 

Use the NEWS tab to narrow down results to news articles, which are more recent.

 

You need to include a Works Cited to cite your sources.  Use MyBib.com to keep track of your sources.

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