shirttails: September 2017

Learning targets:
I can cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
I can determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis.
I can analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.
I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
Essential Question: What are some of the factors that have come to influence contemporary journalism?

New addition: have you checked out the SOTA DATA BASES?

Destiny http://destiny.rcsdk12.org

Are you unsure how to use citation machine? Watch this short video: citation machine MLA format

Below is the list. The first thing you need to do is to go back to the directions and carefully read the requirements for your project. Some have required readings. Do you need a text? Check with Mr. Kelly. If you are productive, all your research will be done in three days. Take careful notes and citation information.

Projects 5th period

period 7

Monday, September 25.

Read through the topics below.

From the list below, please list 3 topics that interest you. Take the time to understand what you will be researching. You might not get your first choice. Handing yours in first is no guarantee that you will get number one on your list. Write them on the 3 x 5 card that I'll hand you. Don't forget your name. I'll let you know your topic tomorrow. Only one person per topic; no duplicates.

Tuesday, September 26- Thursday, October 5

You will be given your topic today. ((I'll post the list at the top of the blog on Tuesday.) Over the next 8 class days you are to research your topic, creating an outline and MLA citation page. Your outline is in lieu of a research paper. A successful outline is one that could be handed over to another individual, who should be able to write a paper.

class time to work on projects. See specific directions below.:

ALL PROJECTS ARE DUE BY THE CLOSE OF CLASS ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5. This gives you 8 class days to work on the project. If you receive extended time, please use the out of class time as needed. There is enough time allotted to complete the assignment in class. The presentations will take place from Tuesday, October 9 through Friday, October 13.

Grading: Outline- writing grade (50 % category / Common
Core ELA rubric)
Prezi or Power Point / Oral presentation ( see rubric below)

Checklist...
Monday, September 25--choose your topics; read over directions and time table carefully. Note format for the MLA citation page and outline. (examples at the end of the blog)
Tuesday, September 26 through Thursday, October 6. confirmation of topic choices; begin research. Compile notes / citation information. Finish up your outline by Tuesday, October 4, so as to allow time to assemble a power point or prezi for presentation on October 12.
Thursday, October 6...turn in outline by the close of class. Remember that you will not have access to this during your presentation next week. Compile any notes you may need on a card.

History of Journalism Project

Directions.

1. Select three of the topics from the list that interest you. Write them on the 3 X 5 card I give you in order of preference. You selections will be posted tomorrow on the blog. I strongly suggest you do a little research before making your selection. The topics are to be narrowly focused and succinct.

2. This is a research paper without the actual paper. In order to demonstrate your thorough research skills, you will write a detailed outline.

See example below. Yours must look

similar. Your outline will have a clear thesis, a minimum of 6 points you want to make about your topic and a conclusion. The outline is the end product where you have organized the notes, ideas and comments that you have accumulated in your research. You must use a minimum of six outside sources, none of which is Wikipedia. You will also need a conclusion, which addresses the significance of your project: why or how does it matter in terms of contemporary journalism.

Note that reputable sources are edu, org or news source.

Your citations should go onto your outline.

Citation information:

http://www.citationmachine.net/mla/cite-a-website/manual
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/

3. Your outline will serve as the organizational bases for either a Prezi or power point presentation.

Power point or Prezi:

First image: topic title / anchoring image to appeal to the audience, your name (That is all on this slide)

Minimum of 6 more images that relate directly or associatively to your topic

Qualities of a good Power Point or Prezi

No plain white backgrounds; very, very few words; primarily one or two images that dominate each picture frame.

Remember that you are not reading off the screen; it exists to keep the audience focused and engaged with what you have to say. You may include no more than a 30 second video clip)

Presentation skills: 1. eye contact with audience

2. avoid verbal disfluencies / fillers (ums / ahs / like)

3. project your voice (stand tall; no slouching)

4. practice ahead (organize your thoughts)

5. know what you are talking about.

Your presentation should not exceed 5 minutes.

You have adequate time to complete the

work in class. Please maintain a

respectful level of noise, so as not to

disturb your classmates.

TOPIC CHOICES: You have 13 main topics, with sub topics beneath. There are a total of 65 choices. Explore them!

1. Printers: Find out about famous journalists that devoted themselves to improving the print industry. Show and discuss the progression of printing through the years. How have techniques changed and what impact did each change have on the newspaper industry? Letterpress, Offset Printing.

1. Possible focus: Gutenberg - mechanics of press and cultural impact

2. Printing in the American colonies- Benjamin Franklin, Elizabeth Glover

3. Mechanized presses..what's involved in the mechanics of printing today.

2. Reporters were sometimes found to be “radical” in different periods of history. (muckrakers)...you will end up with one; however, if this is what you want to work on, select more, as there are no duplicates. Note that you must go beyond biographical information, but research their actual writings, how the public responded, how they reflected their time frame. What else is happening in their world?

1. Horace Greeley

2. Upton Sinclair

3. Sam Adams

4. Ida Tarbell

5 Matt Taibbi (contemporary journalist)

6. Andrea Elliot (contemporary journalist)

7. Julian Assange (wikileaks)

8. Rachel Carlson

3. Coverage of politicians’ private affairs – How does the media handle cover personal situations in politicians’ lives? How have they done this in the past and what developments have occurred? You will select one, but if you want this category, write down more than one name, as there will be no duplicates. Make sure to check various newspapers for contemporary sources. What ultimate happened to these people? Perhaps some psychological background?

1. Profumo Affair

2. Chappaquiddick
3. Wilbur Mills
4. Monica Lewisky Bill Clinton
5. Thomas Jefferson
6. Strom Thurmond
7. Eliot Spitzer
8. Neut Gingrich

4. Examine the history of the papers owned and run by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst during the period from 1895 to 1905. How sensational can reporters write without becoming a “yellow journalist”? Go beyond the biographical information. How are their papers reflective of their time? What else is happening socially? politically?

1. Joseph Pultizer

2. William Randolph Hurst

3. Fox News (The writer Joseph Campbell says this is Pulizer and Hearst's heir)

Make sure you have read this:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/press_box/2009/03/bring_back_yellow_journalism.html

Also note sociological shifts and advertising.

5. Beginning with the area of the “Penny Press,” going through today, discuss the cost of newspaper subscriptions and the evolution of advertising. Consider how advertising helps finance production costs? How much revenue is generated today vs. years ago? How does the industry decide on the price of the ads? You will have to find contemporary ads. Understand the historical context of the time. Understand the demographics of the population and its purchasing power.

1. Penny Press and Benjamin Day

2. The Herald and James Gordon Bennett

3. Walt Whitman as an editor during Civil War...note this is not Whitman's poems, but his work as an editor!

6. Stunt (Immersion) Journalism – Does it take reporters engaging in “dangerous” acts to get stories and to make it in the field? How has it made a difference in society? You will choose one. 2-6 are non-fiction texts. You will need to read through these works to understand the writers' objectives, what they experienced and the social implications of their experiences.

1. Nellie Bly

2. Black Like Me

3. Nickel and Dimed
4.Bait and Switch
5. The Year of Living Biblically

7. War coverage of the Civil War / WWI / Vietnam War / Desert Storm. Show how reporting and photography has played a major role in shaping the public’s opinions of U.S. involvement. How has reporting changed over the last 100 years? Where do reporters, called correspondents, get their information? Restrictions?

Choose one only.

8. Trace the course of the woman’s involvement in journalism from the colonial days to the present time. You must choose two names. Remember there are no duplicates, so you might want to put down several possibilities, and I will assign two.

1) Anne Catherine Green

2) Fanny Fern

3) Margaret Fuller

4) Middy Morgan

5) Jane Grey Swisshelm

6) Winifred Black (Annie Laurie)

7.) Bessie Bramble,

8. Margherita Arlina Hamm,

9. Julie Hayes Percy

10. Kandia Crazy Horse

11. Nia Hampton

12. Suzanne Gamboa

9. Evolution of the nature of comic strips. Why are some humorous, some adventurous; why are some self-contained in one day, and some continuing stories? What purposes do comic strips serve? Note the social, economic and political circumstances in which the strip was written. Find out about the cartoonist? What was his / her motivation in the strip? Who read it? What were some of the reader responses? why?

1. Yellow Kid

2. Alison Bechdel

3. Little Orphan Annie

4. Krazy Kat

5. For Better or Worse

6. Boondocks

10. Trace the lines of communication that went up across America from the telegraph to the telephone and radio stations.

1. the technology behind the telegraph, telephone and radio- how it changed communication.

2. Roosevelt's "fireside chats" and Clinton's radio broadcasts

11. Music and music videos have made a huge impact on the youth of America. Show how forms of music have changed over the past 50 years in equipment, as well as the variety of content available. What change in the music industry took place when MTV aired? How has MTV changed from the original format? Trace the history. Don’t forget to touch on ratings and censorship within the music industry.

1. How the technology has changed in the sharing of music. Take the long view!

2. HISTORY OF MTV

12. Minorities have often had difficulties breaking into the media industry historically. Research and discuss historically minorities who have made it in the industry. What challenges did they face? How were they able to break into the industry when so many tried to shove them out? What was it about the people who were successful that helped them to make it? Did they have any advantages? To root this project, begin by reading the following. (you may use it as one of your cited sources.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/07/newsroom-diversity-a-casualty-of-journalisms-financial-crisis/277622/

1.. Charlayne Hunter-Gault

2. Bob Herbert, Amy Holmes, Cornell West

3.Latinx voices in the newsroom: Natalie Morales, Soledad O'Brien. Veronica Villafañe
4.4. Tavis Smiley, Donna Brazile, Roland Martin

http://www.ire.org/blog/extra-extra/ (This site is a source for what in happening now with investigative reporting. You will need to select a couple of the topics and find out the backstory, how the journalist has pursued the truth an what his / or her conclusions are.

2. Bill Dedman's 1988 investigation, The Color of Money for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on racial discrimination by mortgage lenders.

3. Seymour Hersh's stories on the My Lai massacre were distributed by the Dispatch News Service during the Vietnam War and won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1970; in 2004, Hersh reported for The New Yorker on torture inside the Abu Ghraib prison by members of a military police unit of the U.S. Army Reserve during the Iraq War

4. Watergate: Woodward and Bernstein (this is not a summary of the event, you must look at the social, historical and political circumstances of the time; understand the major players and the legacy of this event.

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Citation information:

http://www.citationmachine.net/mla/cite-a-website/manual
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/

Sample citation page Note that this is alphabetized. You must have a minimum of 5 sources.

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HOW DO I WRITE AN OUTLINE?

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Review the following examples:

In sample one you have an MLA format. Use the information under the introductory paragraph to write your own introduction.

Title: Frederick Douglass

Thesis: Frederick Douglass played a crucial role in securing the abolition of slavery and equality of African-American rights through his actions, ideas, and efforts as a lecturer, author/publisher, and politician.

I. Introduction

A. Thesis

B. Roles/Arguments

II. Douglass as Lecturer

A. History as slave and acquisition of education

1) He “experienced slavery”

2) Literacy allowed expression

B. Early lectures, including initial speech before Garrison

1) Success of initial speech

2) Goals for future speeches

C. Effect of lectures on society

1) Open eyes

2) Encourage activism

III. Douglass as Author/Publisher

A. Narrative’s success and effect

1) Springboard for paper

B. Goals/hopes for paper

C. Garrison set-back and significance

D. Significance of Paper

IV. Douglass as Politician

A. Key trait for success

B. Goal of political activism

C. Efforts for Republican party

1) Significance of efforts

D. Black soldier enlistment crusade

E. Joining of Republican party

1) Significance of efforts

V. Conclusion

A. Summarize arguments and efforts

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Title: The Federalist Papers’ Influence on the Ratification of the Constitution

Thesis: The Federalist Papers influenced the ratification of the Constitution by making some of their most important arguments, including the importance of being in a Union by having a Constitution, answering to the objections made by the Anti-federalists about separation of powers, and defending opposing arguments made against the characteristics of the executive and judicial branch as provided in the Constitution.

I. Introduction

a. Describe The Federalist Papers are and when they started

b. Thesis: The Federalist influenced the ratification of the Constitution by making some of their most important arguments, including the importance of being in a Union by having a Constitution, answering to the objections made by the Anti-federalists about separation of powers, and defending opposing arguments made against the characteristics of the executive and judicial branch as provided in the Constitution.

II. Background

a. State when The Federalist was printed and published.

b. Discuss the intentions and purposes of The Federalist.

III. Argument for the benefit of a Union

a. A Union would guard against external dangers

b. A Union would guard against internal dangers

A. The “extended sphere” argument about how it will control factions. (Federalist 10)

IV. Argument of the problem with complete separation of powers

a. Anti-federalists wanted a complete separation of the judicial, executive, and legislative branches

b. The Federalist said the maxim of complete separation of powers is misunderstood. (Montesquieu)

c. The branches need some limited power of the other branches to protect themselves from encroachment of the other branches (Federalist 51)

A. The branches need to have the interests of maintaining their powers, and not letting the other branches take that away.

V. Argument for a single executive, and against a plural executive

a. Anti-federalists didn’t want a single executive, too much like a monarch

b. The Federalist need the executive to be “energetic” and a plural executive would make this impossible (Federalist 70)

A. It would take too long for the people in the executive position to make decision in an emergency, because they might disagree.

B. In a plural executive, it is hard to tell who is responsible for a wrongdoing because they can all blame each other, so a single executive would lead to more responsible behavior

VI. Argument in favor of judicial review and terms of good behavior for judges

a. Anti-federalists didn’t like judicial review and the term of good behavior

b. The Federalist argued that judicial review was necessary to protect the judicial branch from the Legislature.

c. A term of good behavior was necessary to get qualified people for the positions; it would also give them time to develop knowledge.

VII. Conclusion

a. Thesis Rephrased

b. The dates of the ratification of the Constitution by the States

c. The Federalist’s influence beyond the ratification

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Title: Common Sense and Its Impact on American Political Thought

Thesis: Thomas Paine’s Common Sense articulated the anti-British sentiments of the Colonies in a way so unprecedented that it permanently changed the face of political thought in America.

I. Intro:

A. Thesis: Thomas Paine’s Common Sense articulated the anti-British sentiments of the Colonies in a way so unprecedented that it permanently changed the face of political thought in America.

II. What did Common Sense say that was so different?

A. It denounced both the monarchy and the English Constitution, which had previously been looked upon as a brilliant political document. Americans realized the inherent fallacies of hereditary government (specifically monarchy) as well as the English Constitution which protected the monarchy.

B. It called for Americans to disconnect themselves from the flawed British system and create a new one for themselves. Common Sense questioned the long-standing belief that residents of the colonies were inseparably connected to England. It gave them a new identity – Americans rather then Britons.

C. It also outlined the benefits of a republican government, which would go on to influence the ideas of the Founding Fathers as they created a new government for their new country.

III. What was Common Sense’s immediate effect on the Colonies?

A. The debate in the American Colonies shifted from that of reconciliation with England to that of independence.

B. It was read by an unprecedented number of colonists and united a great majority of them behind independence.

C. It inspired American intellectuals with its call for independence, leading to the composition of the Declaration of Independence a mere six months later.

IV. What were Common Sense’s long term effects?

A. It changed the connotation of the word “revolution” to something that looked to the future. “Revolution” became a word of innovation rather than renovation.

B. It permanently cemented the idea of a republican, non-hereditary government into the heads of Americans. Common Sense’s design for a republican government, and its basic principles were carried on to the Constitution.

V. Conclusion

A. Common Sense’s eloquent, articulate, and unprecedented arguments led to a permanent change in American political thought.

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Sunday, September 24, 2017

Monday, September 25 History of Journalism Project

Tuesday, May 22 and Wednesday, May 23- organizing your projects

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