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What am I supposed to do?
1. Select a topic from the list below.2. Complete as much research as possible in the
two days the class visits the Media Center.
You will need to find a minimum
of three sources, including one print source.
3. Take notes, duplicate pages and show your notations on the copies if necessary.
4. Write a report summarizing your findings. Be prepared to present the report in class.
5. Prepare a Works Cited list. (See Works Cited Formats.)
Topics
Stalin1 |
Lenin |
Trotsky |
Henry
Ford Model T Assembly Line Production |
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World War
I |
Sigmund
Freud |
Machiavelli
and The Prince |
Plato and
The Republic |
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H. G. Wells |
Aristophanes |
Jonanthan
Swift and Gulliver's Travels |
Aversion
Therapy |
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Samuel
Butler and EREWHON |
E. M. Forester |
Evelyn
Waugh |
Evegnii
Zamiatin |
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George
Orwell |
Aldous
Huxley |
Sir Thomas
More |
DNA Imprinting |
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Cloning |
Genetic
Engineering |
Sperm Banks |
Surrogate
Mothers |
Test tube
babies (Extrauterine Conception) |
Designer
genes (selecting the genetic makeup of your baby before conception) |
Selective
Breeding/ Eugenics |
Changes
in the Nuclear Family |
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B.F. Skinner |
Walden
Two |
Censorship
of books in America |
Satire |
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Thomas
R. Malthus |
Westminister
Abbey |
Big Ben |
Pavlov |
Rousseau's
idea of the "noble savage" |
In vitro
surgery and genetic manipulation |
Police
State |
What are the possible sources of information I can use?
ONLINE REFERENCES– INTERNET SITES (on the list)
Where will I find these sources?
Find information in encyclopedias, biographies, newspapers, personal interviews, and the Internet. The Library Media Center and other libraries.
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ONLINE RESOURCES:
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Human cloning, genes and Brave New World.
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World
Scottish Sheep Shocker: Got a copyright on them genes?
Genetic Engineering and Its Dangers
"Surrogate Mothers - Not So Novel After All"
Should Surrogate Motherhood Be Legal? Resources Used to Support "yes."
Should Surrogate Motherhood Be Legal? Resources Used to Support "no."
Ford Installs First Moving Assembly Line 1913
Mass Production Forever Alters the Lives of Workers and Consumers
World War I - Trenches on the Web
Sigmund Freud 1856-1939 WJHS Student Links
Niccolò Machiavelli: The Prince (1532 CE) The Way Princes Should Keep Their Word
H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells (1866-1946)
Jonathan Swift - Gulliver's Travels - Home Page
Butler,
Samuel Erewhon On-Line Text
E(dward) M(organ) Forster (1879-1970)
B.F. Skinner.…A Brief Autobiography
The Home Page of The International Society of Malthus
Malthus, T. R (1766.2.17-1834.12.13)
Thomas Robert Malthus, 1766-1834.
Westminster Abbey - Place of Worship and House of Kings
The
Houses of Parliament and Big Ben
Yevgeny Kharitonov (1941-1981)
Without Miracles 7 The Adaptive Modification of Behavior
Infoplease Search Results: Trotsky
Literature on Reproductive Technologies
What's Happening to American Families?
Treatment and environments (Aversion Therapy)
Rousseau
and the noble savage myth
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Swiss/French Philosopher 1712 – 1778
How will I record the information?
How will I evaluate the information?
Source cards
Note cards
Outline of the paper
Draft of the paper
Information gathered
How is my information best presented?
How will I credit my sources?
Credit sources: Cite or quote 3 sources in your paper using correct bibliographic citations(for tips see Works Cited Format) for your article at the end of your essay.
The finished assignment fulfills task.
Information found matches information needed?
Finished assignment fulfills task.
Did I revise with a Critical Eye?
How well did my paper turn out?
Sources are credited.
Was I happy with my process of finding and using information?
Work is complete and includes name and date.
Work is handed in on time.
How would I do a similar project in the future?
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