Carroll Witch Hunt Assignment–English 10

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DAY 1:

1.  Update or create your Noodletools account (www.noodletools.com)

2.  Download the Subtext app on your iPad  (there is no web equivelent)

3. Copy and paste the address below into “Find Free Web Articles” field (on the top left of the screen) in Subtext: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/arthur-miller/mccarthyism/484/

OR click on this link and use the article directly from the web  “Arthur Miller: McCarthyism” PBS article

4.  Create a citation for the article (you will need to have the article open on the web to do this)–use the link above to get to the article.

5.  Read the article and highlight the main ideas.

DAY 2:

1.  Write an annotation for the McCarthyism article using this template:  Annotation templates generic

2.  Write the annotation in the “Annotation” field at the end of the citation in Noodletools.

3.  SummaryParaphraseQuotation 

4.  Create the following notecards in Noodletools (use the McCarthyism article):

  • Summary
  • Paraphrase
  • Quotation

DAY 3

Witch Hunt Assignment

Mindset:  Although you are not writing a paper, you need to conduct and document your research as if you were.  All of your work will be graded with a final paper in mind.

Background: Witch hunts follow a similar pattern which begins with fear.  A large number of people begin to fear something.  Then an event happens that becomes the trigger for action.  Finally, a person or group of people become the target of the action, or the scapegoats.

  • FEAR
  • TRIGGER
  • SCAPEGOAT(s)

Task: Select a metaphorical witch hunt and research it.  Some suggestions:

  • The Red Scare (Joseph McCarthy)
  • Post 9/11 Muslim and Middle Eastern people
  • Salem Witch Trials
  • Japanese American Internment WWII
  • AIDS epidemic outbreak 1980s
  • Pedophile priests in the Catholic church
  • WWII Nazi desire to eradicate any non-Aryan people
  • Daycare sex-abuse in the 1980s and ’90s

Do the following:

  1. Write a research question for the topic you have selected.  EXAMPLE:  To what extent was ______ a “witch hunt”?  Enter the question into the “Research Question” field on your project dashboard in Noodletools.  Consider the three elements of a witch hunt listed above when crafting your question.  Don’t just use the example I provided.
  2. Find 1 source that provides information about your topic (evaluate it to make sure it is a reliable, academically sound source)
  3. Carefully read and take notes on the source (consider loading it into Subtext so you can highlight and take notes).  Consider how it answers your research question.  A useful article will provide you with possible answers to your research question.
  4. Create a citation for the source in Noodletools
  5. Write an annotation for the source–here is where you show that you read, understood, and evaluated the source.
  6. Create three notecards:  Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation
  7. On each notecard, reflect on the information it contains and write your ideas in the “My Ideas” section.
  8. Write a thesis statement and enter it in the “Thesis Statement” field on your project dashboard in Noodletools.  Your thesis statement should answer your research question.

GRADING: Witch Hunt Scoring Guide–1source

DAYS 4 and 5

Research time–All pieces of the assignment are due at the end of the period on Day 5