English 12 Research Project about Human Rights Violations
"The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, the Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948 General Assembly resolution 217A, as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations. It sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected and it has been translated into almost 500 languages" (United Nations website).
Universal Declaration of Human Rights pdf link
Link to original assignment
Research Paper Guidelines
Universal Declaration of Human Rights pdf link
Link to original assignment
Research Paper Guidelines
Where to find information
Database - Student Resources in Context
Password: madcohs
Use Topic Pages whenever possible. Click browse topics in the upper left of the screen. These topic pages are created from the most popular searches from high school students across the United States.
Below is the topic page for Human Trafficking.
Look on the right underneath 'On This Page.' Here is a list of every resource in the database about human trafficking. You can easily see there are 3 featured content pages, 12 reference articles, 11 images, 108 audio files, 8 videos, 2,603 news articles, 224 magazine articles, etc.
Password: madcohs
Use Topic Pages whenever possible. Click browse topics in the upper left of the screen. These topic pages are created from the most popular searches from high school students across the United States.
Below is the topic page for Human Trafficking.
Look on the right underneath 'On This Page.' Here is a list of every resource in the database about human trafficking. You can easily see there are 3 featured content pages, 12 reference articles, 11 images, 108 audio files, 8 videos, 2,603 news articles, 224 magazine articles, etc.
Websites - These are the three allowed for the assignment:
Books -Human Rights books will be located in the 300s. Specifically, in
- 362 Social problems of & services to groups of people
Organizing Information and Sources
For books and websites, use the flip book for MLA citations to fill in as much information as you can find to create your citations.
For the database, the articles and citations can be saved directly into your google drive. The steps are listed below:
If you find an article you want to use for your paper, save it to your Google Drive. To do this:
1. Click on Download (on the right side of the screen)
2. Choose the save to Google Drive option (if prompted, sign in to your Google account.
After saving article to your Drive, the article will be in a folder named Student Resources in Context.
For the database, the articles and citations can be saved directly into your google drive. The steps are listed below:
If you find an article you want to use for your paper, save it to your Google Drive. To do this:
1. Click on Download (on the right side of the screen)
2. Choose the save to Google Drive option (if prompted, sign in to your Google account.
After saving article to your Drive, the article will be in a folder named Student Resources in Context.
It is a good idea to organize your Google Drive into folders, so you do not get different article for different classes confused. The create a folder:
1. Click New
2. Choose Folder
3. Name the folder : Brockman Research Project 1
4. Click Create
5. Click on and drag the folder into the Student Resources in Context folder.
6. Now Double Click to open the Student Resources in Context folder.
7. Click and drag any articles for the paper into your new folder.
If you need any help creating folders or organizing your Google drive please ask Mrs. LaVoie to help you.
Source Citations from Student Resources in Context
Student Resources in Context will create MLA citation for you.
1. With your article open, on the right click on citation tools.
2. Make sure MLA is selected. '
3. Choose Save to Google Drive
4. Your citation will appear in the Student Resources in Context folder and be titled "citation - title of article"
1. With your article open, on the right click on citation tools.
2. Make sure MLA is selected. '
3. Choose Save to Google Drive
4. Your citation will appear in the Student Resources in Context folder and be titled "citation - title of article"