Senior Inquiry 14-15

Senior Inquiry-3rd Research Paper Assignment

Question for Inquiry Due: March 3rd

Paper Proposal with Thesis: March 17th

Annotated Source List Due: April 7th

Rough Draft Due: April 21st

Final Paper Due: May 12th

Question for Inquiry:

Your question can be almost anything that you are interested in learning more about as long as it relates to social justice. We strongly recommend that you use our discussions in class to guide you in choosing your...

Behind the Beautiful Forevers Reading assignment

Due Dates:

Part 1 (Prologue and parts 1 and 2-pages ix-132): March 9th

Part 2 (Parts 3 and 4-pages 133-244): March 30th Assignments:

Per section:

1. A one page personal reflection on the section that you read. What did you learn from it? How does it relate to our discussions on class on gender, class, religion, race, etc?

2. 5 questions for discussions at our Socratic seminars

Read Chpt 6 or Chpt 8 thoroughly and mark the text

Do the following:

1. Make connections to concepts we explored in class, the Is Everything Really Equal, and the Chapter on Economic Justice from Zinn and pull the text that supports your analysis.

2. Find interesting passages that illuminate the chapter. You will be teaching the other half of the class about your chapter in a text based Socratic Seminar so hightlight the passages you want to talk about. 

3. Develo...

Students need to read the entire chapter and respond to the following:

1. 3 things you want highlight or talk about.

2. Connections to the Constitutional Role-Play.

3. Things you agree or disagree with.

Songs of Social Justice

1 page, typed MLA

Due in class Tuesday Jan 20

Bring your song to class (Mp3, YouTube

url, etc.). Be prepared to share it and

speak about its significance. Expect to

play 3-4 minutes of music and to formally

present your analysis is 1-2 minutes

Choose a song that you like or think is

important for others to know. Then

practice using the tools in your

analytical toolbox (social construction,

semiotic...

Paper due: Tuesday Jan. 13th. Book MUST be returned to the library by Jan. 27th

3-5 pages

Prompt: How does oppression play out in The Bluest Eye? Identify two types of oppression and trace their development and interaction through the text. Make sure your theme is a statement about your topic, not just a general topic (Ex. It’s not enough to say that society is racist and classist, you will need to make a statement about the interaction and effect of the racism and c...

2nd Research Paper Assignment

Senior Inquiry

Due: Monday December 1st

Research Paper Revision

The final paper for this project will be a 5-6 page summary of the research that you did including 2 additional sources (5 minimum). It should show significant revision from your first paper in all areas mentioned in your notes and addressed in class. It should seek to answer your question in as much depth as possible while being very mindful of not overly relying on o...

1st Research Paper Assignment

Senior Inquiry

Question for Inquiry Due: Monday Sept 29th

Annotated Source List Due: Thursday Oct 9th

Paper Due: Monday Oct 20th

For your first research assignment you will be coming up with a question and using the PSU library to research the answer to it.

Question for Inquiry: Your question can be almost anything that you are interested in learning more about as long as it relates to social justice. We strong...

Bring your Characte to life!

Draw a siliouete of your character or draw them the way they look in your head.

Pull lines from your character from the play and explain how the lines best respresent who your character is and what role they have in the play.

Describe who your character is and what they are like, what their attributes are and how they live.

Analyze why you think Wilson created the character and what he meant to tell us or teach us ...

Final paper for August Wilson Plays-  due 10/27

Individually answer this prompt in a 2-3 page essay: Examine how one or more sets of characters from the two plays you read are socialized and what message (theme) Wilson is sending about the black experience through those characters and their relationships.

Scales- reading and analyzing through a socialization lens

4-I can meet all level 3 targets and I can…

-Use outside research of the time pe...