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English 10: Nobel Peace Prize Exploration: Intro

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English 10:

Tragedy into Triumph

Intro to Project

Today's Gameplan: 

Introduce the assignment

Choose a figure to research

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Learn how to do notecards in NoodleTools

Start research!

Article Link

How to Annotate Research

How to annotate while reading:

Left Side: Right Side: Throughout:

Topic of the paragraph

-Summary of the paragraph or section (connect sections with a line)

*Literary techniques being used

-Questions

-New understandings / Creating connections

 

*How author is using language to help you understand

-Circle unknown words

-Underline key phrases or ideas

 

Research Reading Techniques

When searching and garnering many results:

  • Read the titles
  • Read any blurbs
  • Do those two things automatically count some out?
  • If there are still many results, either consider changing the time frame and making it more recent and/or making your search term more specific

How to decide if the source is one you want to use:

  • Read the first paragraph
  • Read any headings
  • Read the last paragraph
  • It will be one of the following:
    • Solid - you're going to read it all or most of it and most likely use it
    • Unsure, but possible - you're going to save the link for just in case and see if there's something better
    • Absolutely not - great, you haven't blown a whole lot of time - find a new option

Difficulties into Activism: Research Possibilities

The list below has all sorts of possibilities of people you can research - Nobel Peace Prize winner style. THE LINK to start with to decide who you would like to research upon reading about them.

Each student will be studying a different person - no doubling up. Below will be a link of the people to see who has been claimed. If there are initials next to a person's name, they have been claimed and you will need to choose someone else.

Period 6

  • Narges Mohammadi (2023)
  • Ales Bialiatski (2022)
  • Dmitry Muratov (2021)
  • Maria Ressa (2021)
  • Abiy Ahmed (2019)
  • Nadia Murad (2018)
  • Denis Mukwege (2018)
  • Juan Manuel Santos (2016)
  • Malala Yousafzai (2014)
  • Kailash Satyarthi (2014)
  • Tawakkul Karman (2011)
  • Leymah Gbowee (2011)
  • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (2011)
  • Liu Xiaobo (2010)
  • Barack Obama (2009)
  • Martti Ahtisaari (2008)
  • Al Gore (2007)
  • Muhammad Yunus (2006)
  • Mohamed ElBaradei (2005)
  • Wangari Muta Maathai (2004)
  • Shirin Ebadi (2003)