English 10: Difficulty into Activism: Home

Essential Questions

• How do people use tragedy or trauma and turn it into activism?
• How do I find appropriate, relevant, and credible resources to research someone?
• How do I find appropriate, relevant, and credible resources to research a moment in history?

Project Goals

• Learn how to use strong resources for research
• Learn how to transfer research notes into an engaging presentation

HOW DOES A PERSON TAKE THEIR PERSONAL TRAGEDY OR TRAUMA TO RAISE SOCIAL AWARENESS?

What is a social warrior?

1) Experienced / overcame something "tragic"

2) Used this experience to become an advocate to:

-Make people aware

-Try to exact change

-Developed a life-long advocacy for this (and other) issue

Contact the Librarians

Lisa Koch & Morgan Popma