Questions & Answers; a Writing Assignment
THE TASK:
By locating and evaluating information appropriate to the topics listed below, you will be learning how to become more information literate in today's electronic environment. There are many varieties of information sources which include print, electronic, visual, personal interviews, etc.
What will some of the questions involve? You may need to incorporate existing knowledge and you must know what the key word(s) are in the message.
You will also need to use the information responsibly and ethically. In addition to understanding how to quote, paraphrase and summarize, you also need to cite all of your sources in a bibliography.
THE QUESTIONS :
1. Does Washington's Farewell Address have any significance for us today?
Key word search:______________
What type of document are we dealing with?______________
2. What is a dielectric?
What will your key word search be?_________________________
3. Distinguish between cannibal and savage.
4. What did William Cullen Bryant say about death in his poem Thanatopsis? Give your attitude toward his ideas.
5. Explain the difference between cool and cold.
6. Discuss the techniques of nonviolent resistance in modern America.
Opposing Viewpoints
Nonviolent resistance = Civil Disobedience, Peace
WDHS Library 327.1 MEL Ain't gonna study war no more
7. What is a gladiolus?
Where would you find the most complete and accurate information?
What would you look for in the URL?
8. Defend this statement: "Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb in 1945 was an example of great courage."
9. What is honor?
10. Interpret: "Morality among teenagers has changed considerably in the past 25 years."
Opposing Viewpoints - Culture - Popular Culture