An inspirational dream is something that
everyone has at one time in his/her life. Many of those dreams are achievable
and some are not. If a dream seems achievable, a goal and a plan are set. In
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, the Younger family is faced
with several major issues.
The setting of the story takes place in the 1950's when African American families had to deal with blatant issues of poverty, segregation and culture. Hansberry's personal experience can be seen in A Raisin in the Sun.
You are a student in Ms. Sevieux’s class, who
has been given a paper to expand one of the major themes in the play. You want
to show how one of the themes has affected the outcome of the play.
You are to select and research one of the
various themes in the play such as, racism, poverty, classism, sexism or dreams
deferred because of these social problems. You are required to use the Internet
and various outside sources in your paper. Discuss and evaluate how these themes are
evident in today’s society. Do you
believe that these problems are a major issue in today’s times?
State various solutions that you feel can
aid the theme that you have chosen.
As you conduct your research, look for
various scenarios that have been in the news that you can correlate with your
theme.
You are to formulate your research into a
3-4 page paper. Be sure to use the TIPS methods as a guideline for writing your
research paper.
In
A Raisin in the Sun, the author
addressed the social problems of racism, poverty, classism, sexism and affected
dreams deferred. Your task is to choose one of these problems and show how it
affects the outlook on life that the characters in the play held.
Before completing your paper, use the following 6-step TIPS public
policy analysis work sheets using evidence from A Raisin in the Sun.
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/select.html
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Research the Web page listed above in
order to respond to all the following statements:
Define and describe the problem
Gather evidence
for this problem
Identify causes for this problem
Describe and evaluate
the existing policy for this problem
Develop your
own solutions/policies for the problem
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Complete the 6 step public policy
worksheets
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Hand in the worksheets for evaluation
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Gather and cite various sources from the
Internet such as past headlines, statistics, or the media, to support your
essay.
You must
cite where you get your information from.
These citations must be listed on the final
page of your report.
1) A cover sheet must be
included (it is not counted as a page). Your cover sheet should have the title
of your report name, date, class, teacher and your name. You may have computer
graphics if you want to.
2) Your research paper must be
based on the information from the Internet sources and from the 6-step public policy
analyst format. You are to
incorporate at least four possible policies that help alleviate the problem.
3) Your report must be typed
and double-spaced, using the Times Roman Numeral font and the font size of 12.
4) Focus your report on the
themes of the play and how society plays a major role in them. State how these
problems can be dealt with or even solved?
5) Works Cited Page
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Style.html
Use
the link above to help you with your works cited page.
6) Finally, this is your
paper. I do not want you to copy someone else's work and take credit for it.
You will receive no grade for your paper.
Search engines that you may find helpful
www.askjeeves.com www.excite.com
www.dogpile.com www.google.com
www.dejanews.com www.altavista.com
(Here are a few websites
that I have found helpful. You are not limited to these websites only. Skim
through some of them.)
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/racial_discrimination/national_consultations/report/nat_summit_session1.html
http://www.wits.ac.za/bahai/page10.html
http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/gender.html
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Standards |
Below 1 Standard (55-69%) |
Approaching 2 Standard
(70-79%) |
Meeting 3
Standard (80-89%) |
Exceeding 4
Standard (90-100%) |
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Websites Research |
No research Information is not relevant to question or PPA steps. |
Two to three sources. Information
is relevant to question & PPA step. |
Three to four research sources
Information
answers PPA question & steps.
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Five to six quality
comprehensive and extensive research sources
that answer & explain PPA step
& question. |
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Written Report 3- 4 pages |
incomplete but follows the 6 step PPA format -does not use the conventions
of standard written English |
complete with too few analyses of the PPA format for this topic -exhibits a weak usage of the
conventions of standard written English |
-complete with sufficient analyses of the PPA format for this topic -exhibits an acceptable usage of the conventions of standard written English |
-complete with a
superior understanding
of the PPA format for this topic
-exhibits a
strong use
of
the conventions
of standard
written English |
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Originality of paper |
paper is directly copied from the Internet without citing or
giving any credit to authors |
majority of the paper is not original student writing -a few resources are cited |
paper is mostly original student writing -most resources are cited |
paper is completely original student writing -all resources are cited |
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Based upon the research conducted racism, poverty, classism and
dreams deferred, students will be able to utilize the TIPS PPA to analyze
causes for the social problems affecting society, and also be able to create and analyze their
own policies that might help the various issues that society are faced with
today.
In addition, students will have met the following
Math, Science, and Technology
Standard 2. Students will access, generate, process, and
transfer information using appropriate technologies.
Standard 5. Students will apply technological knowledge
and skills to design, construct, use, and evaluate products and systems to
satisfy various needs.
Standard 7. Students will apply the knowledge and thinking
skills of technology to address real-life problems and make informed decisions
English Language Arts
Standard 1. Students will listen, speak, read, and write
for information and understanding; they will collect data, facts, and ideas and
use electronically produced texts.
Standard 4. Students will listen, speak, read, and write
for social interaction.