We will spend the next two weeks working on your first large writing assignment for this class, the social justice exploration.

We will spend the next two weeks working on your first large writing assignment for this class, the social justice exploration. Think of this as using last week’s paragraph assignment as the foundation of what your future project will be. You can select your own topic but you need to have one by Friday at the latest. We will spend this week working on selecting a topic, researching, and deciding on your format. By next Wednesday you should have a rough draft. Rough drafts are required no matter which format you choose. If you choose the video option, then I will accept an outline or script of what you plan to discuss. 

If you need help with selecting a topic, I can help with that. Some broad social justice issues are: poverty, climate change, school shootings,racism, wars, refugee crises, domestic violence,and gender disparities. 

Some more focused options would be specific cases of injustices such as: George Floyd, Sandra Bland, Ahmaud Arbery, Arkansas Negro Industrial Boys School Fire, MOVE bombing, Atatiana Jefferson, Samantha Josephson, George Stinney Jr., LaTasha Harlins, and Adnan Syed. You can also expand on whatever subject you chose last week. 

Once you’ve selected your topic and found three sources(do not use Wikipedia) you will submit that information here. Submission must include: 

MLA header

Title

Topic

Three sources

Paragraph sharing why you chose the topic 

What you plan to cover 

Which format you plan to use