We All Fall Down -
Class Assignment
Issues and problems
identified in the story line of Robert Comier's book, We All Fall Down
includes: Vandalism,
Suicide,
Murder,
Juvenile
Delinquency, Comas,
Alcoholism,
Divorce,
Stalking,
Kidnapping,
Sexual
Assault, and Gun
Control. (Pre-searched using Opposing Viewpoint. Use
addi_log for remote access).
Click on your topic to obtain book and magazine
articles. We will do some research to get to more facts about these
issues and social problems..
You will research one of these
topics with a partner and gather information from several different
sources. Your task is organized into the following five (5) steps. NOTE:
You will receive the scoring rubric, "note sheets" and
"summary sheets" in class for this assignment.
#1. Gather
information on your assigned topic from a minimum of four sources:
(A.)
from a book or magazine
(B.)
from an encyclopedia
(C.)
from the online sources web page (Pre-searched using Student Resource
Gold. Use addi_log for remote access):
Vandalism,
Suicide,
Murder,
Juvenile
Delinquency, Comas,
Alcoholism,
Divorce,
Stalking,
Kidnapping,
Sexual
Assault, and Gun
Control
Search the web using a variety
of Search
Engines for additional information.
Charts & Graphs for Statistics for your topic are found at *AP
Photo & Graphs Archives (Use aths for both the user name and
password from remote locations).
#2.
Complete a note sheet for each source. The note sheets will be
distributed in class.
#3. Cite
your sources. Do this by writing the name of your source on
the "note sheet" as follows:
|
Book:
Author's last name, first name. Title. publisher, date
published.
Encyclopedia:
"Name of Article." Name of encyclopedia. Volume
number, year published.
Magazine Article:
Author's last name, first name.
"Title of article. Name of Magazine date published
(Day Month Year): pages.
Web Site:
Name of person who created the site. Title of site.
Name of institution or organization. Date of access. <URL>. |
#4.
Combine the information obtained from each source and write a summary of
your research on the "summary sheet."
#5. Your team will make a group
presentation using a visual that you create on the information you found.
