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Research - Wonder and Dream


Point to what's important in the text and ask informed questions.

Find 2 or 3 journal articles, reports, or scholarly studies on your inquiry. Print (or add to Crocodoc or Docs), then read and annotate. These sources should have higher text complexity and be academic. Check for articles in our Youth Voices folder on Cocodoc. Also add articles you find into a folder there as well.

Use the Guide: Dialectical Notes. Make your Notes public. Link Notes and articles at the bottom of your post.

For this task, choose one of the following places to go deeper with your research:

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No matter what teachers
and others think about
the accuracy and
reliability of Wikipedia,
most agree that it's a
good launching pad for
finding more solid
sources for your research.

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PDFs are often a
great source for
finding reliable, 
complex, interesting
articles about your
topic. And it's as
easy as adding a
couple of filters in
Google's Advanced
Search. Once you
find 2 or 3 articles,
reports, or studies,
add them to your
Crocodoc files, learn
vocabulary by adding
words to Quizlet
flashcards, and make
Dialectical Notes.

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Use databases such
as JSTOR, EBSCOhost,
or GALE to gain access
to full-text journal
articles, government
reports, and academic
studies in organized
collections. Although
the differences between
what you can find on the
surface web and in the
deep web sometimes
seem to be exaggerated
and are changing, it's still
true that the content of
databases has undergone
a review process and the
information is often more
reliable than some of the
information found on
the Internet.

When you have finished your annotations and your Dialectical Notes, click the Post Comment button here (on P2PU), and add links to your Dialectical Notes in Google Docs and to a folder where you have collected the article that you've annotated. You can create a folder with a public link both in Google Drive or on your Personal Crocodoc account. You can find the link to a Google Document under the Share button, and remember to make it Public.

Make these two links in a comment -- one to a folder of your annotated articles, the other to your Dialectical Notes -- before you click Yes, I'm done .

Task Discussion


  • JohnathanR said:

    on March 22, 2013, 12:09 p.m.
  • Miguel said:

    on Oct. 10, 2012, 11:17 a.m.
  • Monisha Nelson said:

    on Sept. 27, 2012, 1:10 p.m.
  • Chante said:

         Economics                      

                                          
    Of the 2012 presidential candidates who has the best economic proposal?

              The 2012 election can have a major impact on our lives as Americans. Either a negative impact or a positive impact. As a U.S citizen I can honestly say I am in fear of my life, as well as my Families. The U.S economy is in a period of hardship. Debts, No jobs, people can’t afford to stay healthy, People can’t even afford to feed themselves or their families. This to me is a major issue, and it is also sad. BARACK OBAMA, age 51, party of democrats, and MITT ROMNEY ,age 65, party Republican are running against each other for the presidential position of 2012. BARACK OBAMA says “he sees government having a key role in stimulating economic growth and as the average Americans protector.” BARACK OBAMA favors raising taxes on the wealthy, and lowering taxes on the poor to tackle the federal debt. OBAMA also favors “OBAMACARE”, which is his health-care reform that  gives many more people access to affordable health care.
    MITT ROMNEY favors lowering taxes for both individuals.He says “he’ll reduce government spending and regulations.” MITT ROMNEY says “He views government as a nuisance: its excessive regulation endanger individual opportunity, and the free markets.” MITT ROMNEY says he would repeal “OBAMACARE” and take a completely different approach. ROMNEY favors lower taxes for both individuals.  

    A economic plan that I am really big on is OBAMACARE I feel this is extremely important because a lot of people can’t afford to pay hospital bills, and many people are dying because of this reason. OBAMAS economic proposal make more sense to me because instead of just going straight in, and taking away things that people really need and making himself look good. OBAMA is putting the people first and trying to work around eliminating the government because he know there are people out there who desperately need their help. BARACK OBAMA says his foreign policy is based on the belief that “there’s no contradiction between being tough and strong and protecting the American people, but also by abiding by those values that make America great.” A economic plan that I am really big on is OBAMACARE I feel this is extremely important because a lot of people can’t afford to pay hospital bills, and many people are dying because of this reason.        
    MITT ROMNEY economic proposal to me shows that he does not care about the lower class, or the people who is poor. To me he only cares about  the wealthy, and wants to make sure the recession doesn’t affect them in anyway. Romney also has a history of changing his political opinions, when he was governor of Massachusetts he supported health-care reform that requires to buy insurance, proving to me that he’s a flip-flopper who adjust his position to suit the political circumstances. BARACK OBAMA to me is what this economy needs he not only wants to help build back up the economy, but he also cares about the people,and how some of these changes can affect them. Besides most Americans already have a pretty good idea of who OBAMA is. From his alter ego to his economic plans he has won me over.   

    WWW.THENEWYORKTIMESUPFRONT.COM

    on Sept. 14, 2012, 12:55 p.m.