Discrimination: Home

Choose an issue from the list below, or think of your own issue you are interested in researching.  Note you should look for a specific place to focus your research.  For example Gender Discrimination...(in Thailand, in the UK, etc.)

• Gender discrimination
• Religious discrimination
• Age discrimination
• Sexual orientation discrimination
• Body-type discrimination
• Class discrimination (discrimination by wealth)
• Racial discrimination

Please note the Social Studies Research Rubric.

Day One

1) How will you collect and organize your information?

Galbraith- Discrimination Organizer eNote 

Romary- Discrimination Organizer eNote

Day Two

1) Review/Complete the Background Knowledge on the Discrimination eNote organizer.

2) Continue with the directions on your eNote organizer.

Remember! Paraphrasing - Identify Keywords/Phrases to summarize the information.

• The Do's & Don'ts of Paraphrasing

Once you have identified a source, in-depth reading for understanding is required.

Day Three & Four

1) You can use a variety of Sources - Text Sets, Website, Databases

• Evaluate Websites

Once you have identified a source, in-depth reading for understanding is required.

2) Resource - Newsbank (current newspaper articles)

3) Resource - Infobase Issues & Controversies

• Open up database find an article
• NT: Create citation & Notecard
• Review Notecard
• NT: Review Outline

4) Resource - EBSCO (scholarly journal articles)

 

FINAL TIPS

Gather your information

• Cite the source at the beginning so you don't forget later and can trace the information back to the origin.
• Identify causes, effects, and responses in the source to support your topic.
• Remember everything you use needs to be traced back to the original source.

 

  NoodleTools (NT)

 

• Create a Project: Your Name - Topic
• Citation Level: MLA - Junior
• Share with your Teacher 

2) Background Information - Britannica

• NoodleTools:
  • Create a citation (copy & paste)
  • Create a notecard - Title = Background
  • Find 3 or 4 sentences in Britannica and copy and & into Direct Quote

NoodleTools Examples

What kind of information do you need?

ISB Databases

Background information 

  Enc. Britannica

TIPS

• Type in your main topic 
• Go to level 3 for more in-depth information

In-depth Information

  Infobase - Issues & Controversies

TIPS

• Look in List of All Topics
  • Disability Rights
  • Gender / Women's Rights
  • LGBT / Gay Rights
  • Race & medicine, sport, entertainment, relations / Affirmative Action
  • Religion & politics, public schools, fundamentalism
  • Refugee
  • Indigenous / Native America (search aboriginal)
• Note there are also Primary Sources​​
• Link to Video

   EXPLORA / EBSCO 

TIPS

• Full Text is checked
• Change date range for the most recent articles
• Determine the type of resources you want 
• Change the Lexile (reading) level if necessary

Current Information

  Newsbank

TIPS

 

  Newsela

TIPS

• Main Library News Page (contains links to a variety of news sites)
• Best News Sites for Students

 

 

CRAAP TEST

The CRAAP test is a way to evaluate a source based on the following criteria:

1) Currency

• How recent is the information?
• How recently has the website been updated?
• It is current enough for your topic?

2) Reliability

• What kind of information is included in the resource?
• Is the content of the resource primarily opinion?  Is it balanced?
• Does the creator provide references or sources for data or quotations?

3) Authority

• Who is the creator or author?
• What are the credentials?
• Who is the publisher or sponsor?
• Are they reputable?
• What is the publisher's interest (in any) in this information?
• Are there advertisements on the website?

4) Purpose/ Point of View

• Is this a fact or an opinion?
• Is it biased?
• Is the creator/author trying to sell you something?

Causes/Effects/Solutions

• Disability Discrimination (explained)
• Why Disability 
• History of the Disability Rights Movement 
• Disability Discrimination Statistics
• South Korean Paralympian’s Journey 
• Changing Talk About Disabilities

 

• Gender Discrimination Overview
• How Children Are Affected By Gender Issues
• Teachers Begin Favoring Boys in Math As Early as Kindergarten 
• We Celebrate Woman, But…
• U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Files Lawsuit for Equal Pay

• The State of LGBTQ Rights Worldwide
• Bullying in the Philippines (video)
• Are “Safe Schools” Enough?
• What You Need To Know About LGBT Rights in 11 Maps
• Tanzania LGBT Community Fearing Lives
• Discrimination Prevents LGBT From Health Care

• Racial Bias (defined)
• Systematic Racism Defined
• Kids Exposed to Racism at Risk for Depression
• World’s Most Racist Countries
• South Africa Today

• Hate Crime Rates Rise
• FIBA Overturns Ban on Hijab
• Minority Rights: Hindus
• Religious Restrictions
• Anti-Semitic Attacks Rise
• Rohingya
• What Happened to Aung San Suu Kyi