Non-Fiction+Article


 * Non-Fiction Article Task and Rubric**

There are four key branches of knowledge in this Social Justice unit. They are as follows: v Statistical analysis v History of a major event v Interrelation between Scientific Phenomena and Social Justice v Personal Reflections on Social Justice


 * Task:** Non-fiction Article
 * Students will produce a researched article aimed at informing others about a Social Justice issue through the lens of one or more of the four key branches of knowledge
 * Must draw a direct correlation between the global and local ramifications of social justice via personal interview, local investigation, etc.
 * Requires visual data such as graphs, Pictures, Pull Apart Quotes, etc.
 * Length and number of citations determined by grade level.

//If multiple students wish to work on the same topic, they must divide the work into subcategories or smaller parts with each one meeting the same length requirements as a student working on his or her own. Students are allowed to choose their own topic with teacher permission.//
 * Topics:**


 * Sample Topics:**

__Science Issues__ Race and Genetics Poverty and Food production Genetic Testing Innocence Project Corporate Pollution Carbon Footprints The Bell Curve Company Farming

__Racism__ Underlying mentality of people who have racist views, even though they may not outwardly express them Slavery Modern slavery Abstract forms of slavery (slave to a situation; e.g. income level) Freedom rides: African-Americans and Caucasians used each others facilities on their trip to make a statement History of racism: Ancient and Modern Uncle Tom’s Cabin Tuskegee Airmen KKK Black Panthers NAACP

__Poverty__ Vicious cycle Salary gap Skilled job training Money management Education Welfare/Social Programs Great Depression Health concerns Poverty inheritance Violence Crime Segregation Housing issues Neighborhood transformations Lack of economic development in already underdeveloped areas Subtle message that is sent to you that you’re a lesser person if you’re poor Inequality Lack of opportunity Poverty and race correlations

__Abuse of Power__ Hitler – Nazi’s U.S. Government and the wars in Iraq Corruption Racial Profiling Corporations KKK Jim Crow Laws Military Slavery Prisoner abuse Spousal Abuse Apartheid South Africa Child Abuse Animal Farm

__Social Justice Leaders__

Rosa Parks Mohandas K Gandhi Jawaharlal Nehru Nelson Mandela WEB Du Bois Thurgood Marshall Martin Luther King, Jr. Harriet Turban Mary McLeod Bethune Susan B. Anthony Yitzhak Rabin Yasser Arafat John Brown Linda Brown Homer Plessy Dred Scott Sojourner Truth Nat Turner Malcolm X Fidel Castro Eva Peron Bayard Rustin Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Sanford Berman Mary Lee Bundy Ernesto Cortés, Jr. Jeffrey T. Huber Jonathan Kozol Kathleen de la Peña McCook Golda Meir Oprah Winfrey Stokely Carmichael Medgar Evers Shirley Chisholm Frederick Douglass Benjamin Banneker Jesse Jackson Marcus Garvey Booker T. Washington Douglas Wilder Bishop Desmond Tutu Rubric: Available at http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=1443826&