CULTURAL RESEARCH MEETS MERCY CORE VALUES: CONCERN FOR WOMEN
Intro:
Just some “light” reading, viewing, listening to get you started…
- “Daughters” (John Mayer Video)
- “The Silence Breakers” (TIME 2017 Persons of the Year)
- Meghan Markle (UN Women 2015 Speech)
- Malala Youth Take Over UN Speech (2013)
- Malala Nobel Lecture 2014 (Video)
- Malala Nobel Lecture 2014 (Full Text)
- Hillary Clinton Speech at UN 4th World Conference on Women 1995
- Clinton’s Beijing Speech on Women Resonates 20 Years Later
- Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World (Excerpt – Melinda Gates)
- The Bad News On Good Girls (NYT 2017)
- 49 States Still Allow Child Brides
- Saudi Women Can Drive, But Overcoming Beliefs Will Be Harder
- Saudi Women Can Drive, But Here’s the Real Roadblock
- 6 Fearless Women Who Were An Inspiration in 2018
- US Women’s Soccer Team Sues – Alleges Gender Discrimination
And What About Our Boys? See this “RAISING BOYS” series from The Washington Post:
The Process:
- Research Guide (Compliments of New Trier HS in Chicago)
- Sophomore Research Intro Cover
- Sophomore Research Intro & Checkpoints
- Sophomore Research Paper Rubric
- Topic Selection & Thesis Planning Sheet
- Annotated Bibliography Guide & Model
- MERCY LIBRARY- MLA Citations: The Basics
- OUTLINE Full-Sentence Model
- OUTLINE #2 Full-Sentence Model
- Organizing & Presenting Your Argument (OWL Purdue)
- Integrating Quotations
- GREAT Resource for Integrating Quotes Fluidly!!
- HOOKS: 45 Easy Essay Hooks
- HOOKS: 13 Effective Essay Hooks
- Sample Research Paper MLA Format (Purdue OWL)
Resources:
- The “Paper Chase”: Visualize the Process
- HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE GOOD QUALITY SOURCES?
- Focus Question Note-Taking VIDEO Tutorial
- Focus Question Note-Taking Sheet
- Digital Note-taking with Source Citations
- Paraphrasing & In-Text Citation (An Overview)
- Plagiarism & How to Prevent It
- Plagiarism Embarrassment: Here’s What It Looks Like (5 mins)
- Works Cited Model
- MLA Citations Format & Examples
- MLA Formatting & Style Guide (Purdue OWL)
- MLA Format for ELECTRONIC SOURCES (Websites)
- EasyBib Citation Generator
- Proper MLA Formatting Requirements
Some Video Tutorials Might Help:
- How to Develop a Good Research Topic
- How to Write a Note Card for a Research Paper
- How to Write Bib & Note Cards for a Research Paper
- MLA Formatting – The Basics
- MLA Formatting – List of Works Cited
- What’s New in MLA 8?
NoodleTools: A Potential Alternative to Index Card Note-Taking
Questioning the Note-Card Method (See reference to Ballenger’s Cornell & Fastwrite methods)