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PLEASE CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST OF TOPICS. WITH A PARTNER, YOU WILL PRESENT
THE TOPIC TO THE CLASS AND CONDUCT A CLASS DISCUSSION WITH YOUR PEERS. YOUR GOAL
IS TO INFORM YOUR FELLOW CLASSMATES OF THE ARGUMENTS ON EACH SIDE OF THE ISSUE.
YOU DONT NECESSARILY HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOUR CHOSEN POINT (BUT IT WOULD HELP IF
YOU DID), BUT AT LEAST BE ABLE TO TEACH IT TO THE CLASS. YOU AND YOUR PARTNER WILL
THEN LEAD THE CLASS IN A DISCUSSION OF THE TOPIC. THIS WILL BE A SUMMATIVE GRADE
AND WILL BE SHOWN ON THE 2ND/4TH QUARTER GRADE.
DATE
THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. LOOK FOR THE DATE OF THE ARTICLE OR LAST TIME THE
SITE WAS UPDATED. IS THE INFORMATION CURRENT? IF THE INFORMATION IS NOT
CURRENT, YOU MAY WANT TO FIND A MORE RECENTLY UPDATED SITE.
DOCUMENTATION
DOES THE SOURCE TELL READERS WHERE ITS FACTS ARE FROM? IF THE SOURCE
MENTIONS MANY DETAILS OR STATISTICS WITH NO DOCUMENTATION, BE WARY.
TYPE OF SITE
WHAT TYPE OF SITE ARE YOU USING? IS IT A DATABASE OR OTHER SITE RECOMMENDED
BY THE SCHOOL LIBRARY? SOURCES RETRIEVED THROUGH JACOBS LIBRARY ARE
CREDIBLE.
YOU WILL WANT TO AVOID HOMEMADE SITES, SUCH AS BLOGS.
A WIKI WEBSITE IS NOT CREDIBLE BECAUSE ANY PERSON CAN MODIFY THE
INFORMATION.
ONLINE PERIODICALS OR ONLINE VERSION OF PRINT PUBLICATIONS ARE MORE SECURE.
EXAMPLES INCLUDE NYTIMES.COM AND SLATE.COM.
SEARCH ENGINE
DO NOT ASSUME THAT THE TOP RESULTS FROM A SEARCH ENGINE LIST ARE NECESSARILY
CREDIBLE. YOU ARE LIKELY JUST LOOKING AT THE MOST POPULAR RESULTS, NOT THE
BEST ONES. EXAMPLES INCLUDE .ORG OR .EDU. THESE TYPES OF SITES ARE USUALLY
MORE RELIABLE BUT DO NOT JUST RELY ON THEM BECAUSE OF THE DOMAIN TYPE.
ANYONE CAN OWN .ORG AND MANY .EDU PAGES ARE MADE BY STUDENTS.
UNIT 3: FEDERALISM
6. CATEGORY: LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT (MARCH 9TH)
DOES THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IMPACT THE PEOPLE MORE THAN THE STATE
GOVERNMENTS?
YES
NO