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The Position Paper—Finding and Using Good Sources
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SIRS
Username/Customer #: WI0489H
Password: 53217
IN CLASS TODAY:
- Debating our arguments in small groups
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HOMEWORK
- Click on this link: Upper SchoolOnline DatabasesSIRSUsername/Customer #: WI0489HPassword: 53217
- Find anything and everything you can that relates to your argument, even tangentially. I want you to muck around in this and get a sense of what works for you and what doesn't, what problems you run into, etc. This is exploratory. If you are doing a highly specific USM related piece, I want you to look for information that sets a broader context. For example:
- USM's soccer teams should have support equal to or greater to the football program - find information about the cost of high school sports, popularity of soccer versus football in American sports, related injuries in each--anything that would help you make a case
- USM's service program needs to be revamped: look up information on service learning programs, successful examples elsewhere, the value of community service in education, etc.
- USM should allow students to choose their reading assignments in classes or during breaks: find information about open curriculums, the importance of outside reading in general, power of choice in reading, etc.
- When you have mucked around and saved pertinent articles, write down some bullets to share with me about what worked and what did not. Where are your frustrations? What do you wish you knew? What do you wish you could find?
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