Social Justice Course HPC4U1 2017-2018 AEDT High School

Grade 12 Canadian Social Justice Course HPC4U1

Final Independent Study Project
Note: Class time will not be provided for the completion of this assignment.
Students will be given 4 weeks to complete.
Instructions:
By following the Information Strategy that we discussed over the course of the
term, complete the following,
1. Choose a Social Justice Problem of interest review one of the videos found
on our class website.
2. Research your Social Justice Problem by using credible online resources,
journals, blogs, videos and sources.
3. Critique sources and multimedia texts for Accuracy, Authority, Objectivity,
Currency and Coverage.
4. Complete the attached note-taking sheets using your sources. Record the
APA reference information for each source used.
5. Create an online reflection post (min. 4) on our class website.
6. Create a research report in a multimedia format using YouTube, PowerPoint,
Prezi, PowToon or any other approved medium of 5-7 mins in length.
Due Dates:
November 20, 2017 Upload rough draft to Google Classroom Project Forum for
feedback. Provide feedback/review to two (2) other drafts and respond via the
online chat tool within Google Classroom.
Google Classroom HPC4U1 Password: student#abc
November 23, 2017 Sign up for Individual Presentations via Google Classroom
Sign up Sheet
November 27, 2017 Research Project Presentations

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Information Strategy (Adapted from Eisenberg & Berkowitz 2012):

Clarify Understanding (What is known? What information is needed? Where can
information be found)
Locating Information (Identify Sources)
Selecting/Analyzing (Examine the resources that are found. Useful Keep!!! Not
useful Reject)
Organizing/Synthesizing (Distinguish between fact and opinion Organize
information logically)
Creating/Presenting (Multimedia presentation)
Evaluating (Detailed evaluation of new understanding of concept)

APA Format
http://www.citationmachine.net/
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Videos
1. Access to Justice in Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M54x0y1cbmk
2. Homelessness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm5RHmfuyJo
3. Poverty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbkMT2P3NeY
4. Prison Reform
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbkMT2P3NeY
5. Racism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBHK4WWDdq4
6. Treatment of Indigenous Peoples in Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsAg-Ta8dFA

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Note Taking Sheet:

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Rubric

Description Exemplary (4) Strong (3) Adequate (2) Marginal (1)

Knowledge and Demonstrates a Demonstrates Demonstrates Demonstrates limited

Understanding clear and deep deep limited/surface knowledge and
understanding of understanding of understanding of understanding of the key
the key elements of the key elements key elements of elements of the Information
the Information of the Information the Information Strategy.
Strategy. Strategy. Strategy.

Organization and Illustrates a clear Illustrates an Illustrates some Illustrates no evidence of

Synthesis and logical appropriate evidence of clear or logical
organizational organizational organizational organizational structure with
structure with structure of the structure with the material presented.
connectedness of material presented rushed or illogical
material presented with obvious shifts or ineffective
that were easy for pattern. flow of material.
the viewer to follow.

Critical Thinking Contributes ideas Contributes ideas Contributes ideas Contributes ideas that do
that significantly that somewhat which help not significantly help in
illustrate the illustrate the illustrate the clarifying concepts of the
concepts of the concepts of the concepts of the online Information Seeking
online Information online Information online Information Process or making a point.
Seeking Process, Seeking Process Seeking Process
draws connections and draws some but does not help
and provides a connections draw connections
context for the between the between the Social
Social Justice topic Social Justice Justice topic in
in question. topic in question. question.

Creation of Multimedia Effective use of Relatively Credible sources Credible sources and
Artifact software to share interesting delivery and findings findings not conveyed in a
credible sources of credible sources conveyed with multimedia format.
and convey findings and findings using limited multimedia
in a dynamic, a multimedia presence.
visually compelling approach.
presentation

Total = /16

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