Oedipus+Paper

=Social Issues Research Paper=

English 10


[|Summary and analysis of Oedipus]

Theme:
Sight vs. Blindness

Identify a societal issue
Think about something where people "know" what the better course of action is, but consistently make poor decisions


 * Drug / Alcohol / Tobacco use
 * Poor diet / Obesity
 * Personal health and fitness (like exercise, flossing or practicing safe sex)
 * Financial decisions
 * Bullying
 * Media Piracy / Theft
 * Crime
 * Driving habits (texting while driving, speeding. etc)
 * Pollution
 * Being "green" - conserving energy, recycling, etc.
 * Believing in creationism vs. evolution

Determine keywords:
Delusional Deluded || "Blinded by ideology" || Addiction (drug, alcohol, gambling, food) ||
 * Sight || Consequence || Ignorance || "Turn a blind eye" || Sunk cost fallacy ||
 * Vision || Risk || Blindness || "Blinded by greed" || Escalation of commitment ||
 * Knowledge || Perception || Willpower || "Blinded by ambition" || "Throwing good money after bad" ||
 * Truth || Denial || Delusion
 * Insight || Irrational || Commitment device || "Blind obedience" ||  ||

Resources
Remember to keep track of what you find so you can cite it! //**Bonus:**// Articles found in databases will include a correctly formatted citation already !


 * A few articles to get you thinking:**
 * New York Times [|article] on weight loss commitment devices
 * MSNBC [|article] on texting and driving
 * National Geographic [|article] on Americans' belief in Creationism, Gallup poll [|results] from 2010, NPR [|blog post] from 2012
 * Is pirating media stealing? [|YES!] according to the RIAA, [|NO!] according to students
 * Why do people play the lottery? [|Wired Magazine] and [|DailyFinance]
 * TIME [|article] on food perception and obesity
 * The Sun Chronicle [|article] about food decisions
 * New York Times [|article] "Getting Doctors to Wash Their Hands"
 * CBS news [|article]: "Rupert Murdoch guilty of 'willful blindness'"
 * Research [|paper] on risk perception of people living near dams (PDF, go to page 5)
 * Bullying in [|Seattle], [|Iowa], [|Florida]
 * USA Today [|article] on "Green Guilt"
 * The Milgram Experiment (electro-shock) [|Psychology Today] [|Simply Psychology]


 * Search the following databases for information:**

[|Consumer Health Complete] Remember: Chicopee CLIC [|Rosen Teen Health and Wellness] Remember: Chicopee CLIC


 * media type="custom" key="16148904" || media type="custom" key="16149120" || [[image:compcolts/Issues_and_Controversies.JPG caption=" Remember: Chicopee CLIC" link="http://www.2facts.com.ezch.ez.cwmars.org:10100/icof_home_feature.aspx"]] ||

media type="custom" key="16144640"
 * Type in one or two of your keywords
 * Sort by Relevance
 * Refine by "Documents with Full-Text"
 * Content Types: default is magazines, but also try "news"
 * Limit Search by: related subjects, or document type ("Article")
 * Keep track of what you find so you can cite it later! (Printed or emailed articles from a database will include a citation)
 * To search from home use : cchslibrary

media type="custom" key="16302172"
 * Need more? Ask the Googler!**


 * Type in one or two of your keywords
 * Examine your search results for success or failure, and use search results to identify new keywords (or discard old ones)
 * Broaden or narrow your results using different combination of your keywords
 * Filter your results by "News"
 * Evaluate websites using the [|5 W's],[| RADCAB],and by using the [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png link="http://compcolts.wikispaces.com/file/view/Clues+to+URL%27s.doc"]] [|Clues to URL's.doc]
 * Keep track of what you find so you can cite it later! (copy and paste URL's into a new document)

Cite Your Sources
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 * [|Bibme.org]
 * [|Citation Machine]
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://compcolts.wikispaces.com/file/view/MLA+Format+and+Style+1.PDF"]] [|MLA Format and Style 1.PDF] || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://compcolts.wikispaces.com/file/view/Incorporating+Quotations+1.PDF"]] [|Incorporating Quotations 1.PDF] || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://compcolts.wikispaces.com/file/view/Research+Paper-Editing+Checklist.PDF"]] [|Research Paper-Editing Checklist.PDF] ||
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Sample Citations

 * ===Article=== ||  ||
 * =====Format===== || Author’s Last name, First name. “Article.” //Italicize// or __Underline__ Periodical’s Title Day Month Year: page #. ||
 * =====Example===== || Bezell, Robert. “Science and Society: Growth Industry.” __New Republic__ 15 Mar. 1993: 13-14. ||

=== Remember: "Google.com" is NOT a valid citation!! ===
 * ===Website=== ||  ||
 * ====Format==== || Author’s Last name, First name (if given). “Article’s Title.” __Underline Site Title__. Date posted or last updated. Sponsor of the site. Day Month Year of Access . ||
 * ====Example==== || “Cambridge MA Census 2000: Data and Analysis.” __City of Cambridge: Community Development Department, Community Planning Division__. 2002. City of Cambridge. 8 July 2002 []. ||