April 29/30: Continue Research: Work on Mid-level Question and Analysis of Issue

4/29/2020

Check-in: "Show and Tell" Research Notes:
Critical Friends Feedback on Research Documentation:

In your Breakout Room, you will meet with 2-3 other classmates who will act as a "critical friend" to provide constructive feedback about how you are organizing your research notes so far...

Task #1: Go to SeeSaw to look at your Stakeholders "Who Has a Seat at the Table" Mind Map

What is a question (possibly one of your existing supporting questions) that is open to interpretation and a wide-range of views, including opposing viewpoints?

Pick some stakeholders that you know (or suspect) have opposing viewpoints.

Consider any of the following questions...

Why might they view (think, feel, respond, etc.) to this issue differently?
How do you know --or-- how can you learn more about how they view this issue and WHY they view this issue this way?
How does power/influence that they have/don't have on this issue impact them?
How does this impact what we or the rest of the world thinks about them? How does their power or lack thereof influence how we think the issue?

Helpful Source:
Gale Global Issues in Context - Password is posted in Schoology under "Library Services"
Access multidisciplinary resources, understand current global issues, conflicts and events. Primary sources such as personal narratives, interviews and speeches along with original reports and government documents, statistics.

Gale Opposing Viewpoints Password is posted in Schoology under "Library Services"
A good starting point for beginners who are taking their first steps in research with bite-sized articles from both sides of an issue. The differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.

Task #1: Find 2 articles/sources representing opposing perspectives/points of view of 2 different stakeholders

Find 2 articles or sources --each representing a different perspective of selected global issue. Read, annotate, and prepare discussion talking points about this.

Things to consider and make note of:

What is their perspective? Can you explain or summarize?
How much “power” does this perspective have? --or-- How much ‘voice’ do they have on this issue?
What evidence from this source informs you of their perspective and/or about their degree of power/influence on this issue? How do you KNOW this their viewpoint on the issue or how they think/feel?
What are the strengths and/or weaknesses of their point of view? What would the critics say about them and/or their viewpoint?

Have your articles, annotations and talking points ready for next class.

You will complete a formative task on these 2 opposing perspectives next class