Hyler • For Tuesday 1/25 - Friday 1/29

Teacher:  Hyler                         Class:  Social Studies                   Hour:  2, 5, 6, 7, 8

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Assignment  Monday - Friday - Monday is our last collection day for Central Helping Haiti! - We have finished watching our videos of before and after the Brown v Board case (Separate But Equal and Crisis at Central High. -Students are beginning to select partners (max 3 to a group) for research papers and thinking about their topics. -Research materials are being handed out in class so students should have a 1.5 inch notebook for these materials and their research materials.  We will be working on these papers through February. -We will be going to the computer lab on Wednesday or Thursday for about three weeks for work on the papers. -After picking a topic and researching it, we will begin by writing the thesis sentence - easier said than done! -Students will also be getting information about a field trip to the Brown v. Board Museum in Topeka.  The transportation for this trip is thanks to a grant I wrote.  The Brown Foundation has funded approximatley $800 for our total transportation costs for this trip and there is no admittance cost to the musuem. 1)    Pick your topic. v Consider writing your paper about your History Day topic. Sample Topics for 9thGrade Research Paper Benefits of stem cell research Global warming Immigration The number zero. BIA & Native American rights. Sleep and teenagers. Treatment of animals (zoo, medical, cosmetics….) / animal testing  Should a communitybe able to ban, dangerous animals (pit bulls, lions, etc.)? Islamic women’srights Bioengineering’scontroversy U.S. Patriot Act - too invasive or not enough? School uniforms Shouldgun ownership be more restricted? Less restricted? Shouldthe U.S. Congress pass a National Health Insurance Program? Tribalwarfare (Hutu/Tutsi, Tamil, etc.) and how it affects the participants and theirpeople. Aboriginerights in Australia IllegalImmigration:  To what extent shouldillegal immigrants be given the same rights as U.S. citizens? Education:  Should schools today adopt dress codes? Presidential Topics The responsibility of first ladies (Eleanor Roosevelt, etc)  Their changing roles. Pick a President or First Lady and develop a thesis for research.  For example….. ___________ was (was not) a great President because... FDR’s monetary policies helped bring us out of the Great Depression by....  ________, ______, and _______  accomplishments of President ____________. Hoover’s policy created the Great Depression by....... As First Lady, ________’s greatest accomplishment(s) included _________. Our most important / effective First Lady was _______ because _________. 2)    Read, Read, Read about your topic!  Become an expert! 3)   Write your thesis sentence. After picking a topic and reading, you will need to write a thesis statement that includes the three topics for your three body paragraphs.  Below are some sample thesis statements. Before one decides their view on stem cellresearch, one should consider what stem cells do, how stem cells are harvested,and how stem cells can benefit society. While many people play video games for fun, thesevideo games have been proven to cause aggression, addiction, and evencontribute to death. Steroids can cause medical addiction,uncontrollable rage, and have physical consequences. Communism is a philosophy about equality, a morecontrolling government, and a planned economic system. Steroids are illegal drugs that have anegative effect on an athlete’s life causing mental aggression, unacceptablesocial behavior, and physical problems.