Ms. Chauhan's ENG 1D0 Class
Culminating Assignment - The Ted Talk
The Task
You will need to research more about your social justice topic.
You will need to locate, read, and analyze some literature that deals with that issue
You will need to determine how (if at all) different elements of literature promotes awareness of your social justice issue
You will need to draw some conclusions about this journey of discovery and present all of it in a Ted Talk to the class
Potential Topics
Racism
Sexism
Faithism
Ableism
Classism
Heterosexism
Ageism
The environment
Police brutality
Body image
Poverty
Hunger
Homelessness
Human rights
Shadeism
Bullying
Feticide
Teen suicide
Etc.
Tips for a Great TED Talk
Choosing Literature - The Possibilities
- graphic novels
- fiction books
- poetry
- newspaper articles
- song lyrics
- short stories
- magazines
- memoir
- biography/autobiography
Luckily, we have all of these and more right here in the library learning commons! We can help you find what you need and make suggestions on where to look.
Research - The Library Catalogue
- Go to the applications page and click on the "Library Catalogue - Louise Arbour"
- Go to www.peelschools.org. Then click on the BYOD link. Then you should click on the Library link at the top of the page. The library catalogue will be a green icon toward the top of the page on the left hand side.
Once you are at the main page, enter the subject/keywords of the topic that you are searching for. Keep in mind that spelling is really important! If you spell the word that you are looking for incorrectly, the system will assume we do not have it. We have quite a number of books on many of the social justice issues that you will be looking for for this assignment, so I would highly recommend starting here. Book sign out will be limited as other classes are also completing this assignment.
Research - The Databases
- Go to the applications page and click on "Library Catalogue - Louise Arbour". Then click on Library eResources. Click on eResources. Click on Intermediate/Secondary. Then you will find all of our databases.
- Go to www.peelschools.org. Click on the BYOD link. Then click on the Library link at the very top of the page. The link to the intermediate/senior database will be toward the bottom of the page.
The Databases - Finding Material
- Britannica Online School Edition - This database is great for getting background information about your social justice topic. However, it is a primarily American resource
- The Canadian Encyclopedia - This is a good database for your research that has a Canadian focus.
- Global Issues in Context - If you are looking at your social justice issue from a global perspective, this is the right database for you.
- Canadian Points of View - I love this database! It's great because it often provids overviews of a topic, as well as the positives and negatives about that topic.
- Canada in Context - This database is great for finding information about social justice issues from a Canadian perspective.
- Explora and Power Search - These are both good but I recommend them as your last option because they will search all the Ebsco and Gale databases. Sounds good but sometimes too much information can be overwhelming!
All of the databases are great sources of information. Although these have been recommended as places to start, you can try other databases if you are not finding the information you need. They are better than a random search on a website because you can find a lot of information here that has been written by experts in the field. Many of the databases are specific to certain topics. Below are some examples of what the database icons look like. You can access the databases by clicking on the Secondary eResources link below.
Boolean Search Operators - Tools to Help Make Using the Databases Easier
MLA 8 - The New Way to Cite Your Work in MLA Format
Creating a Works Cited Page in MLA 8 Format
MLA 8 was designed to simplify the process, helping writers accurately and intuitively cite sources more easily, requiring that every source type follow the same format. This means that books, websites, periodicals, videos, photographs, and all other types of sources now use this same standard format.
MLA 8 requires researchers to locate the same “core elements” from their sources and place them in a standard order in order to create their citations.
The “Core Elements” of an MLA 8 citation, along with their corresponding punctuation marks, include the following (in this order):
- Authors.
- Title of the source.
- Title of container,
- Other contributors,
- Version,
- Numbers,
- Publisher,
- Publication date,
- Location.
The appropriate punctuation mark will follow each core element, unless it is the final piece. In this case, the punctuation mark would be a period.
Example of an MLA Eighth Edition Works Cited Page:
Patterson, James, and Chris Grabenstein. House of Robots. Little, Brown and Co., 2014.
Patterson, James, and Chris Tebbetts. Middle School: Get Me Out of Here. Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
Sparks, Nicholas. Dear John. Grand Central, 2007, p. 82.
– – – . A Walk to Remember. Warner, 1999.
Twenty-Eight Days Later. Directed by Danny Boyle, produced by Alex Garland, Fox
Searchlight Pictures, 2002.