Agenda: Week 7

Monday, 10/5 – Friday, 10/9

By end-of-day Monday, 10/5 the following activities are DUE (end-of-day means 11:59 PM):

• Peter D. Kamer, “The Declaration of Independence, with 2020 Vision” (Read this section to help you prepare and think about Micro-Activity #10. If you are interested in viewing the entire piece, you may find it here):

• Write a post under Student Work: Unit 2 Work in which you respond to the following (make sure you have your Full Name and Micro-Activity #10 in the title):
  • The individuals that composed and signed The Declaration of Independence were willing to lose everything and be tried as traitors to their country.
  • Think about issues that you feel passionately about and would be willing to sacrifice for.
  • These issues may relate to the readings we’ve done so far, but they don’t have to. Really think about a cause or problem–local, national, global–that you feel strongly about and want to know more about.
  • Brainstorm a list of at least four causes and/or problems. Note: you will use this list to help you get started on the Unit 2 Assignment: Annotated Bibliography.

By end-of-day Wednesday, 10/7 the following activities are DUE (end-of-day means 11:59 PM):

• Jeremy S. Hyman and Lynn F. Jacobs, “8 More Research Tips for College Students”

• Look at the topics your peers have generated through brainstorming.
• Choose two that you think are the most interesting (from either your list or your classmates’ lists under Student Work: Unit 2 Work).
• Set a timer and spend 30 minutes googling the two topics you’ve selected, and bookmark articles or copy links that look interesting.
• Take notes on key ideas and questions related to both topics.
• At the end of the 30 minutes, decide on one of the topics to use for Unit 2 Assignment: Annotated Bibliography.
• Write a post in which you do the following for Micro-Activity #11 and submit it under Student Work: Unit 2 Work (make sure you have your Full Name and Micro-Activity #11 in the title):
  • List the topic you have decided to use for the Annotated Bibliography
  • Type up the notes you’ve taken while doing research (if you’d rather submit a picture of handwritten notes, that is also fine).
  • Write a short paragraph summarizing what you learned.
  • Write up four questions you still have about your topic: these should not be “yes or no” questions, but rather questions you would use if you were writing a longer research paper.
    • For example, “Have Native Americans experienced racism?” is a “yes or no” question, while “In what ways have Native Americans experienced racism?” is a question appropriate for a long research paper.