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Journal 10 - Thinking about opportunity
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1. Write summaries for each of the articles in the module for this week. You can be brief here, but write in full sentences and make sure you are demonstrating that you understood the topic and articles major claims/conclusions. Write a separate summary for each of the four articles.
2. What is, according to these articles, going on with the American Dream? Is it achievable for all? What hindrances might one experience in their pursuit of the American Dream?
3. The articles presented this week are delving into some of the (many) issues of inequity and inequality across the American landscape that might lead to a lack of access to social mobility and opportunity. Do you agree or disagree with their claims? What do you think about the evidence they present to you? Can anyone rise up in America, if only they work hard? When Martin Luther King Jr. stated that:
"It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps"
what did he mean? Do you agree? Explain, and use the articles as support.
Journal 12: Thinking about what others are saying
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1. Write a brief summary of McClure's article.
2. This week, all the sources provided to you are about sources - how to evaluate them, what makes them credible, how you should approach them, all in the name of expanding your information literacy. What are your thoughts on information literacy - how does one acquire it, how important is it, and how do we spread it?
3. How relatable are the "student examples" McClure uses in his article? What do you think about the changing landscape in regard to how we access information? What do you believe to be the most critical research skills?