Senior English Project - Destio

The purpose of the Senior English Project is to enable students to affect change in our community.
During the project students will complete the following:

3-5 page research paper that examines a school related or community issue and proposes a solution

5 minute multi media presentation that outlines the problem and persuasively presents the solution

Interview with a person involved or affected by the issue

Proposal for the research paper with costs, dates, etc

This project will be worth 20% of your quarter grade

Some possible topics for your project:

teen pregnancy                                 class size

violence in school                             self-selection vs. tracking

medical issues                                  self-segregation

lack of school spirit                         racism

gangs                                                promiscuity

homophobia                                    lack of parental involvement

open campus                                   lack or technology 

vandalism                                        truancy

theft                                                 structural design of the building

class disruption                              curriculum

poverty-related issues                   positive recreation 

cell phone distraction

Please use the following links to conduct your research:

Health and Wellness Resource Center
password:  long_log

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

School Violence ****self-selection vs. tracking  ******  tracking

School Spirit  *************   self-segregation  ********  self-segregation2

Gangs   ************    lack of parental involvement

Open campus      *******************     lack of technology **** lack of technology2

Cell phone distraction   ******************     truancy

Class Size  ****************************   curriculum  ********Class size2                                                   
                                                                       

IB HOTA - Quinn and Bloom

1945 - 2005

Early Cold War Era

Life in the 1950's

Civil Rights Movement

Warren Court Cases

Kennedy and Johnson (Domestic)

Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon (Foreign)

Nixon

Ford, Carter, Reagan

Bush, Clinton, Bush

US History in Context
Password: long_log

Biography Resource Center

Global Issues in Context

GREENR

The Cold War
The Korean War
JFK Library
Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK - Assassination
Civil Rights Movement - Timeline
Warren Commission
Martin Luther King Jr
Robert F Kennedy
Vietnam War
Vietnam War
War Protests
Kent State Shooting
Watergate
Iran Hostage Crisis
Desert Storm
Oklahoma City - Bombing of federal building
WTC Bombing - 1993
American Rhetoric - Famous Political Speeches
Commission on Presidential Debates
911 Digital Archive

Modern Genocide Project

Genocide Project

Modern Genocide Activity

·     1)  Conduct research to find documents from the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide.  Define Genocide in your own words.
      What is Genocide?

UN Convention

2)Conduct research to find information on the genocides in Armenia, Bosnia, Cambodia, and Darfur, Sudan.  Complete the graphic organizer with the information you find.

The following links contain information on all the genocides listed above

Genocide is more than the Holocaust:

7 Historical Incidents of Genocide

World Without Genocide

United Human Rights Council

United States Holocaust Museum - Genocide Page - current information on conflicts

Oprah Winfrey - Real life accounts of Modern Genocide

United States Holocaust Museum - Genocide History (does not include Armenia)
Includes information regarding Raphael Lempkin

ABC Clio - This is a database - following the link for Genocide

The following sources are separated by the events they are about.  Most of the videos are first hand accounts

Armenian Genocide

Armenian Genocide - Facts

Armenian Survivor Story - video

Armenian Genocide - First Hand Account

Turkish Soldier - First hand account of Armenian Genocide

Cambodia - The Killing Fields

Cambodia

Cambodian Survivor - Genocide Account

Cambodian Survivor - Short Video


Darfur

Genocide in Darfur - Houston Holocaust Museum

Darfur Genocide - National Geographic Video

Eyewitness Account to Darfur/Brief History of Conflict

Former Marine Gives Eyewitness Account of Darfur

Bosnia

Bosnia

Bosnia Genocide - BBC News includes timeline of events

The History Place - account of Bosnian Genocide

Bosnia - answers Who, What, Where, Why

Bosnia CBS - Video

Bosnia - eyewitness video

3)Conduct research to find at least two appropriate eyewitness accounts from atrocities in Armenia, Bosnia, Cambodia or Darfur, Sudan.  Take notes on the graphic organizer.  As you take notes, keep in mind that this information will be used for Part 4. 

4)Write an analytical paragraph in which you identify the similarities and/or differences of the accounts, using specific details from the eyewitness accounts. You should also consider using appropriate information from your chart in part 2.

10 Grade Research Project - Balsamo

To access information on your topics please use the following:


Opposing Viewpoints In Context

Global Issues In Context

GREENR


Noodletools




We also have made available print sources for your use.

Alternative Diets Project

 

 

Ever hear of a type of diet over and over but

don’t really understand what it is?

 

For this project, your group will research a

specific diet, create an informational (8x11)

poster, select a recipe, and

produce a food item according to diet

guidelines.

 

For this project, your group will research one of the

following diets:

 

1)    Paleo

2)    Vegan

3)    Gluten Free

4)    Raw Food

 

For your diet, you will research the following information using the library /computer during class time:

 

1)    What is it?

a.    Describe the main points of the diet. What foods in and what’s out? What cooking methods are utilized or preferred? Is there an origin of the name of the diet?

2)    Pros/Cons:

a.    What are the advantages and disadvantages of following this diet? Consider this question from different perspectives including cost, lifestyle changes, going out with friends/family, health, etc.

3)    History

a.    How long have people used this type of diet? Identify cultures, religions, or groups that have utilized these dietary guidelines in the past. What is the origin of the diet’s name?

 

You will be responsible for:

1)    Creating an 8x11 poster on the computer. It will include:

a.    The name of the diet

b.     At least 2-3 defining characteristics of the diet.

c.    At least 2 pros/2 cons of following the diet.

d.    Historical information

e.    Some relevant images

f.     Sources should be listed as links on a word document and handed in with poster. Wikipedia is not a reliable source.

                                         

 

                                          i.    http://www.webmd.com/diet/macrobiotic-diet

                                        ii.    http://www.webmd.com/diet/raw-foods-diet

                                       iii.    https://www.vrg.org/nutshell/vegan.htm

                                       iv.    http://paleoleap.com/

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-paleo-diet-half-baked-how-hunter-gatherer-really-eat/DATABASES

Opposing Viewpoints

Culinary & Arts

Academic One File

2)    Selecting a brownie recipe within your diet guidelines.

 

3)    Preparing the recipe in the Foods lab.

 

 

Alternative Diets Project

Rubric

 

Category	Excellent	Good	Fair	Needs Improvement
Creativity	Extremely unique and very interesting 20 points	Unique and interesting 15 points	Either interesting or unique 10 points	Nether unique nor interesting 5 points
Inclusion of relevant/accurate information	Includes all relevant and accurate information 25 points	Includes all accurate and most relevant information 20 points	Includes mostly accurate and relevant information 15 points	Includes little relevant or accurate information 10 points
Professionalism	On time and extremely well organized 20 points	On time and organized 15 points	Either on time or well organized 10 points	Late and disorganized 5 points
Poster: Visually attractive	Very attractive 10 points	Attractive 8 points	Poster needs improvement 5 points	No formatting used 2 points
Foods Lab	Organized, completed on time, excellent product 25 points	Most of the team worked well together, product completed on time. Very good product. 20 points	Some of the team worked well together. Product was fair. 15 points	Team work needs improvement. Product not completed on time and below expectation. 10 points