Ms. Patel's World Issues Class
World News Presentations
The Task
Every day, a pair of students will report to the rest of the class on one issue of global importance in the news from the last 6 months. In additional to educating the class on the current issue, each student will present one perspective or viewpoint of the event.
The most complete sours of news information is a good daily newspaper or website with coverage of world news, such as: the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, globalissues.org and globalpost.com. You should also watch the news on television. This is only a start!
Assignment Requirements
- Provide a clear introduction with adequate background information on the issue
- Show where and when your story took place (who newspaper clipping or link to the online article/video)
- Provide a synopsis of the current story (5 W's)
- Map the geographical location
- Outline the global significance/impact/importance of this story
- Present opposing viewpoints - each student will take a side, presenting differing perspectives
- Students will initiate class involvement through discussion and/or activity sometime during the presentation
Finding the Databases
- Go to www.peelschools.org.
- Click on the pink BYOD link.
- Click on the teal library circular icon.
- The intermediate/secondary library databases will be listed below.
Boolean Search Operators
The Research - Databases
- Diversity Studies Collection
- Global Issues in Context
- Ontario Newspapers
- Canadian Points of View
You will need to use specific key words to find some of your topics and not type in your research question (refer to the video on Boolean search operators for more information). Do not limit your search to one database. Be sure to check all of the databases that have been recommended because sometimes information will be found in one and not another. To connect directly to the databases below, click on the Secondary eResources link. You cannot connect to the databases by clicking on the database icons. They are there to show you which ones to look at for your assignment.
Note Taking and the Databases
APA Citations - The Sixth Edition
Embedded Citations - APA Format
Research - Completing Your References Page in APA format
One of the easiest tools to use when creating a references page is Citation Machine. If you go to www.citationmachine.net , you can input your book, magazine, website, film or other resource and the citation will be created for you! Please keep in mind that if some parts of the citation are missing, you can easily fill them in using Citation Machine.
Finally, many of the databases create the citation for you! When you are in a database and you are looking at an article, look to the top or the left of the article to find a citation tools like (in some databases it will look like a check mark). If you click on that link and select APA formatting, the citation will be created for you and then you can copy and paste it into your references page.
When completing your references page, there are a few key things to remember:
- It should be in alphabetical by author's last name. If there is no author, then it should be in alphabetical order by whatever letter comes first in the citation.
- The second line should be indented. You can do this by pressing "Enter" and then "Tab".
- You do not have to number your citations.
- You do not have to put your list of citations into categories (i.e. books, magazines, websites, etc.).
- You should only include resources that you actually used in your research. If you looked at it, but did not use it, it should not be included in your works cited.
References Page EXAMPLE – APA FORMAT
References
Atwood, M. (2003). Oryx and Crake. London: Bloomsbury.
Harris, J. (2002). Five quarters of an orange. Boston, MA: Harper.
Packer, A. (2003). The dive from Clausen's Pier. New York: Vintage Books.
Policy.ca. (2000-2006). Retrieved March 1, 2007, from http://www.policy.ca.
Westerfeld, S. (2005). Uglies. New York: Simon Pulse.