Mrs. Deborah Dandt--English Department--11 Honors Research Paper

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Big6 Information Skills
Virtual Reference Collection

Bloom's Literary Reference Online

eLibrary

Twain's Author Series

Proquest Multiple Databases (NY Times, Academic Journals)
Gale Cengage Learning Databases
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Literature Resource Center
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Academic Integrity
NoodleTools Citation System
Citation Machine

Here is your opportunity to become a minor authority on one aspect of an American author of your choice. You will also learn formal research paper techniques that you will use for this assignment and for assignments in your senior year and in college. Save all “how-to” handouts for future use. The assignment will receive 3 MAJOR GRADES: 1) content, 2) form and 3) preliminary steps. Therefore, in addition to the finished product, it is very important to do all preliminary steps on time and according to instructions. If you do so and follow all other instructions and guidelines this assignment can be easy and enjoyable.


THE ASSIGNMENT
You should seriously consider if your ‘Independent Reading’ author fits the following categories or select an American author who you enjoy reading but who is NOT from the usual list of white, male authors. Let’s explore the diversity of America and its literature. . Your author can be:
a) either male or female
b) a novelist, short story writer, poet, dramatist, or writer of non-fiction;
c) late 20th century.

THE THESIS
As you start to learn about your author, you will develop a thesis about your author and his/her literature. You will NOT just research the author’s life. Your Independent Reading book will be your primary source. Your THESIS STATEMENT may revolve around one of the following categories:
a) the ethnic characteristics of your author’s works;
b) a common theme in your author’s works;
c) a person or event that had a major influence on your author;
d) autobiographical aspects of your author’s literature;
e) an analysis of your author’s style;
f) etc.

TO BEGIN
Get an OVERVIEW of your author and his/her literature by using the reference works on listed on the assignment on the blogspot (http://www.wardmelvillelibrary.blogspot.com/). Gale Group (need password-wardmelville- from home): Scribner Writers Series, Literature Resource Center Student Resource Center and Virtual Reference Collection → Literature/Language→Bloom’s Literary reference→username:wardmelville→passwrord:tvcsd8→Search (author, etc.) will provide access to best info.
a) Make certain at the outset that your author is AMERICAN and NOT too mainstream (TMI).
b) Then check that your author is not so obscure or modern that not enough has been written about your author and his/her works. If nothing has been written, you cannot do ‘research’.
c) If your author is very famous you will find that the wealth of information (TMI) is overwhelming and you may wish to switch to someone about whom less has been written.
d) Read several pieces about your author to begin to SELECT A THESIS relevant to your outside reading novel that will be used as a primary source.

SOURCE CARDS
IMMEDIATELY upon finding a possibly useful source, even a reference book or electronic source, record all pertinent information needed for your eventual Works Cited page. Put all reference information immediately into NoodleTools (tvcsd/ school), print this page and write (by hand) a corresponding number next to the Works Cited entry. Do not number on this page because you will need to remove the numbers from the final Works Cited page. Make sure the information on the card corresponds EXACTLY to the model of the same type as
Steinbeck, John. The Grapes 1
of Wrath. New York:
Penguin Books, 1939.

WMHS book roomon your MLA STYLE SHEET so that you do not need to return to the library in order to complete your paper. Use the WMHS Info Center link to NoodleTools for proper format.

Older format:

NOTE CARDS
Take all your notes directly on the Notecard feature in NoodleTools or on 3” x 5” index cards. Put only ONE IDEA on each card and ALWAYS include the page number and a CODE which corresponds to its source card. Be sure all QUOTES are EXACT but always take PARAPHRASED notes. These cards will later be rearranged by topic and finally into subtopics.
The Joad’s idealistic expectations 1

Joads head to Ca. with high hopes
But discover that for them
“California is not a Promised Land but a man -blighted Eden.” 195

RESEARCH PAPER
The completed paper will be 4.5 to 5 pages in length. MLA formatting rules apply to Works Cited, parenthetical documentation and formatting of title, headers, etc. One long quote and three short quotes with appropriate parenthetical documentation are required. Use NoodeTools on the WMHS Info Center page for this.

MLA TEMPLATE IN WORD:
File→New→Search box: (type) MLA research template→(select) Research paper in MLA style→click and download→now save in a new folder (name of research paper: Hemingway)→save as file name :MLA word template. Then read the directions and all will be demystified.

Ms.Danielle Donovan-----Science Department-----Genetic Disease Pamphlet

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Online Catalog
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Citation Machine

Living Environment
Genetic Disease Pamphlet: This project is worth a total of 50 points. (Neatness counts).

Please choose one of the following diseases:

Sickle Cell Anemia
Hemophilia
Down’s Syndrome
Cystic Fibrosis
Huntington’s Disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Tourette’s Syndrome
Kleinfelter’s Syndrome
Achondroplasia
Turner’s Sydrome
Famial Hypertrophic -Cardiomyopathy
Cleft Lip & Palate
Spina Bifida
PKU (Phenylketonuria)
Marfan’s Syndrome
Muscular Dystrophy
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Tay Sach’s
Patau’s Syndrome (Trisomy 13)
Edward’s Syndrome (Trisomy 18)
Prader- Willi Syndrome
Cri-du-chat Syndrome
Fragile X Syndrome
Porphyria
Angelman Syndrome



Use Microsoft Publisher to Create your Pamphlet
1. Start Publisher. In the New Publication task pane, under New from a design, click Publications for Print, and then click Brochures.
2. In the Preview Gallery on the right, click the design that you want.
3. In the Brochure Options task pane, for Page size, click 3-panel or 4-panel.
4. Click a placeholder text block, and then type the text that you want.
5. Right-click a placeholder picture, point to Change Picture, and then click the type of picture that you want to use.
Note If you right-click a picture and you don't see Change Picture on the menu, click the picture. You should see gray handles around the picture. Right-click it again and point to Change Picture.
6. If you want to change the color scheme click Color Schemes in the Brochure Options task pane.
7. If you want to change the font scheme, click Font Schemes in the Brochure Options task pane.
***** Remember to save your work!!!!!!!*****




What needs to be addressed in your pamphlet:


Name of Disease: (2)



Description and Cause of the Disease: (8)



Signs and Symptoms of the Disease: (8)



Prognosis: (5)



Treatment and/or Cures: (8)



Websites, organizations, and hotline numbers for further information: (4)



Miscellaneous information (history, statistics, interesting facts, future possibilities): (5)



Include pictures, graphs, and diagrams: (5)



Neatness (5)

February is African American History Month

Teaching Resources from the Library of Congress

The Library of Congress webpage contains the following statement:

The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.
As a Harvard-trained historian, Carter G. Woodson, like W. E. B. Du Bois before him, believed that truth could not be denied and that reason would prevail over prejudice. His hopes to raise awareness of African American's contributions to civilization was realized when he and the organization he founded, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), conceived and announced Negro History Week in 1925. The event was first celebrated during a week in February 1926 that encompassed the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The response was overwhelming: Black history clubs sprang up; teachers demanded materials to instruct their pupils; and progressive whites, not simply white scholars and philanthropists, stepped forward to endorse the effort.
By the time of Woodson's death in 1950, Negro History Week had become a central part of African American life and substantial progress had been made in bringing more Americans to appreciate the celebration. At mid–century, mayors of cities nationwide issued proclamations noting Negro History Week. The Black Awakening of the 1960s dramatically expanded the consciousness of African Americans about the importance of black history, and the Civil Rights movement focused Americans of all color on the subject of the contributions of African Americans to our history and culture.
The celebration was expanded to a month in 1976, the nation's bicentennial. President Gerald R. Ford urged Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” That year, fifty years after the first celebration, the association held the first African American History Month. By this time, the entire nation had come to recognize the importance of Black history in the drama of the American story. Since then each American president has issued African American History Month proclamations. And the association—now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)—continues to promote the study of Black history all year.
(Excerpt from an essay by Daryl Michael Scott, Howard University, for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History)
About This Year’s Theme

This year’s theme, “The History of Black Economic Empowerment,” recognizes Jacob Lawrence, Annie Malone and civil rights organization the National Urban League for their work and success during economically challenging times.
Jacob Lawrence, an American narrative painter known for portraying scenes of black life and history, was born in Atlantic City, N.J. in 1917. After moving with his family to Harlem at age 13, he took free art classes, displaying talent for creating lively, decorative masks. In 1932, he studied under Charles H. Alston Gouache at the Harlem Art Workshop. Here his use of browns and blacks for shadows and outlines gave his work a distinctive tone. His best-known works center on historical or social themes including “And the Migrants Kept Coming” (1940), “Life in Harlem” (1942) and “War” (1947). During the Great Depression, Lawrence was accepted on a Federal Arts Project, and several years later he received the Rosenwald grant-in-aid, which made it possible for him to acquire his own studio. Eventually he joined Edith Halpert’s Downtown Gallery in New York City. Lawrence visited Nigeria in 1964 where he painted scenes of social life, and his later works included a series on the struggles of desegregation. He taught at various schools and colleges and, in 1971, became a professor of art at the University of Washington in Seattle. He retired in 1986 and died in 2000 in Seattle, Washington. Annie Malone was born in 1869 in Illinois. As a young woman she became aware that there were few cosmetic products available to African-American women. Her interest in chemistry led her to the development of a line of products, and by 1900 she was selling them door-to-door and in local stores. Also at this time she invented and patented a pressing comb to straighten hair, which is still in use today. After moving to St. Louis in 1902, Malone expanded her line of hair products called “Poro.” To sell her products, she used standard business practices, including press releases, advertisements and women who were hired to sell the products and offer testimony of the product’s effectiveness. Malone’s success continued into the 20th century with the opening of Poro College, the first cosmetology school for African Americans. By the 1920s, her wealth was estimated around $14 million. Continuing her work, Malone became a philanthropist, donating to various causes. She died in 1957.
The National Urban League was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in New York City. It is a historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment in order to elevate the standard of living in historically underserved urban communities. It spearheads the efforts of its local affiliates through the development of programs, public policy research and advocacy. There are more than 100 local affiliates in 36 states and the District of Columbia. They provide direct services that impact and improve the lives of more than two million people nationwide.

The Library of Congress National Endowment for the Humanities National Gallery of Art National Park Service Smithsonian Institution United States Holocaust Memorial Museum U.S. National Archives and Records Administration