Extra Help

Tips to Research People

  1. Read several case studies in Between the Lines 11 about influential people.
  1. Choose one you have not used for a previous assignment as your source of information:
  • ?oeMother Theresa: An Exemplary Life?, page 105
  • ?oeRick Hansen: Still in Motion?, page 101
  • ?oeThe Nature of David Suzuki?, page 97
  • ?oeThe TV Host: Oprah Winfrey?, page 76
  1. Choose one you have not used for a previous assignment as your source of information:
  • Chief Allan Adam
  • Project Open Hand
  • Cindy Blackstock
  • Sombrilla
  • Louis Riel
  • Amnesty International Canada
  • Rick Mercer
  • Canadian Hunger Foundation (CHF)
  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • The Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC)
  • Nellie McClung
  • CUSO International
  • UNICEF Canada
  • CW4WAfghan (Canadian Women for Women in Aghanistan)
  • SPCA
  • CAWST (Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology)
  • Oxfam Canada
  • World Fit For Children (WFFC)
  • TakingITGlobal
  • UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization)
  1. Use the following prompts to guide your responses.
  • You may choose an environmental, industrial, or social issue affecting your community, your region, Canada, or the world.

  • Include information to help your reader understand the background of the issue:
    • What caused this issue?
    • Where is it occurring?
    • Who or what is involved?
    • What are the long- or short-term effects of the issue?
    • What has been done already to address the issue?
    • What remains to be done?
    • How does this issue affect most people?
    • How does this issue affect the minority?
  • You may choose the issue used in your 1.3 Rant if you complete all instructions for this assignment. Submitting your 1.3 Rant again will automatically result in a request for you to resubmit this assignment.
  1. Plan your proposal following these steps :
    1. Brainstorm hypothetical ways to obtain a positive solution to the problem.

    1. Compose a realistic proposal that hypothetically may be used by anyone to advocate for change.

    1. Attach a timeline identifying the necessary actions, resources, and deadlines to complete the project by a specific date.

    1. Create a blog, and use the provided template to write a proposal on your main page. You could publish your polished proposal later on your blog (Module 4). Mark your blog ?oePrivate? and provide the URL so your teacher may access it for assessment.

  1. ?oePitch? your plan orally, using a set of detailed notes. Deliver your presentation using podcast, Skype, phone message, video conference, or other audio recording device.
  1. View Darcy's 4.3 Reaching Out.

Extra Resources

Web tool suggestions for timelines are

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