AfricaResearchProject

PART1:GETTINGSTARTED:

Chooseyourdesiredtopic

MalariainAfrica

RwandanGenocide

LibyanGovernmentCrisis

EastAfricanFoodCrisis/Starvation MiddleEast&AfricaUnrest

Poverty

Slavetrade

GenderIssues

LackofWaterDistribution

AIDSinAfrica

BloodDiamonds

Apartheid

ConflictinSudan

InternationalAidinAfrica

GovtInstabilityintheCongo

EbolainAfrica

CrimeinSouthAfrica

EducationinAfrica

NigeriaandOil

HumanTraffickinginAfrica

CoffeeTrade

HealthcareinAfrica

Poaching

InvisibleChildren/ChildSoldiers

EffectsofEuropeanColonization

**Ifyouhaveanotherideainmind,itMUSTbeapprovedbyme.

FirstChoice:HumanTraffickinginSouthAfrica

Reasonwhy:Peopleavoidpayingattentiontothiswidelyabusedcrime,andwewanttogettheinformationacrosstheworldinorderto
seesomesolutions.

SecondChoice:
Poverty

Reasonwhy:AlthoughmanypeopleknowofthepovertyofSouthAfricabutwealsoweliketoencouragethemonwaystheycanhelp.

What resources were most helpful?

The resource that was most helpful was Gale Learning.
What do I need to improve upon next time?
I need to improve more on my time management, I was so busy with other classes activities from procrastinating, I
almost procrastinated the whole assignment


What will I use for Capstone research paper?
Gale Learning and my own personal flashcards

PART2:PAPER&PROJECTCRITERIA
Product

EssentialQuestions

HowwillIcollectandorganizemyinformation?

Database/researchnotesonMs.BrawleysSession
1. DatabaseUsernamesandPasswords
2. Symbaloow/Databaselinks
3. Notes&Directionsfordatabaseinformation
30notecardsw/citations3Options:
1.
Digitalnotecards
2.
Physicalnotecards
3.
Say,Mean,MatterChart

HowamIgoingtoorganizemypaper?
WhatamIgoingtoargue?

InstructionVideo#1:Thesis,Hook,&Outline

WATCHTHIS

Thesis

Outline

HowcanIusewrittencommunicationtoinformtheworld
aroundmeaboutthisglobalissue
Considerthefollowingquestions:
Whathappened?
Whoisbeingaffected?
Wheredidittakeplace?
Whendidittakeplace?
Whyisithappening?

InstructionVideo#2:Intro,Body,Conclusion
WATCHTHIS
23pageresearchpaperin
MLAformatting
thatincludes:
Introduction

Hook

Thesis

BodyParagraphs

Conclusion
Whatdoyouwantthereadertoremember?
Howhavetheseeventsaffectedtheworldonaglobalscale?
Whydoesthismatter?Statethisasafact.
InstructionalVideo#3:InTextCitations&WorksCited
WATCHTHIS

WorksCitedPage
EditingResources:

PeerEditingChecklist

CommonMistakesChecklist

FinalEditingContract

HowwillIuseimages/videotoinformtheworldaround
meaboutthisglobalissue?
HowwillImotivateotherpeopletotakeaction?

90120secondpersuasivevideousingiMoviethatincludes
Titleslidewithprojectname,partnernames,teachername(s),andblock#
1520images
710factswithintextcitations
Elementsofethos,pathos,andlogos
Backgroundmusic
Citationslide

Notecards

Thesis/Outline

Paper

Video

Presentation

Expectations

HowcanIconsolidateandorganizemyresearchandvideo 5minutepresentationthat:
inawaythathelpsmesharewithothers?
Showsvideo
Outlinespaper
Besuretoinclude:

Titleslidewithprojectname,partnernames,teachername(s),andblock#
Parallelsentencefragmentstoconveyinformation(
NOTCOMPLETESENTENCES
)
710images(differentfromyourvideo)tosupplementyourresearch
Aworkscitedslide(sameasyourpaper)

WorksCited

HowwillIdocumentallofmysourcestoprovethatmy
informationiscredible?
HowwillIhelpotherswhowanttofindmoreinformation
aboutmytopic?

YouwillneedWorksCitedpages/slidesforeachofthefollowing:
Notes
PaperWorksCited
Video
Presentation

ADDITIONALRESOURCES:

PURDUEOWLUSEASAREFERENCETOSEEEXAMPLECITATIONS,PAPEREXAMPLE,FORMATTING,INTEXTCITATIONS,ETC

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/

EXAMPLEPAPERFORMAT&EXAMPLECITATIONS

http://www2.yk.psu.edu/learncenter/mlajuly09.pdf

EXAMPLEAFRICAPAPER:

EXAMPLEAFRICAVIDEO:

CITINGYOURSOURCESUSETHEFOLLOWING:

http://secondary.oslis.org/@@mlasecondary

OneofthegreatestthingsIlearnedduringthisprojectisyouneverknowwhatacountryorpersonisgoingthroughunlessyoureintheir
shoes.