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Prof. C. Bock/Research Worksheet – for EN 102
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1. Read in EASY WRITER Chapters 13 and 14 on Research for week of October 29
2. Bring this research worksheet to Library Research Day (in the MAIN LIBRARY/Gomatos Literacy Room on main floor) on Monday, October 29
3. Read ahead: Chapters 10-14 in Another Brooklyn for discussion on November 1 & 5
This worksheet begins the ‘Research packet’ process. This can be handwritten, or typed. PLEASE WRITE NEATLY. Write in full sentences. A FINAL COPY WILL BE DUE ON Thursday, November 15 with your ANNOTATED BILBIOGRAPHY (note change from syllabus – due date moved forward).
1. What are your ideas for your Research Topic inspired by Jacqueline Woodson’s Another Brooklyn?
Women’s Rights Movement and how Mary Tyler Moore (The Show) helped.
2. Why are you interested in this research? What does it matter to you?
Women’s Rights is an interesting topic for me I’ve always been interested in this particular topic. I don’t have a specific reason, but maybe because of the lack of women’s rights in the Middle East.
3. What is the purpose of your research? What question(s) do you want to answer?
-When and how did the movement started?
-Who started it?
-How did Mary Tyler Moore helped (The Show) changed women perspective about themselves?
-How did it change the US?
-What rights did women accomplished?
-How is it different from now?
4. What are key words you will use to research your topic? List the words:
Women’s Rights Movement
Mary Tyler Moore
Women’s right
5. What is your working thesis?
Women’s rights movement is important because it promotes women engagement in political affairs, sensitizes on social relations and promotes gender equality.
6. What ‘Pattern of Organization’ do you envision as best-suited for your paper? (Note: These ‘Patterns of organization’ for your research will also be reviewed in class).
Problem and solution.
7. What are likely sources of information (peer-reviewed academic journals, major general interest newspapers geared toward a college educated audience including: New York Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg Business, Time Magazine, TRADE Publications focused on your field)? LIST AT LEAST THREE sources, including date and author or authority:
Academic Journals:
· Shaw, Jessica. “She Made It after All.” Entertainment Weekly, no. 208, Feb. 1994, p. 64. EBSCOhost, proxymu.wrlc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=9404271917&site=ehost-live
· Grace, Kevin Michael. “Mary Tyler Moore: TV Revolutionary and a Feminist Icon--but Passive Aggressive.” Alberta Report / Newsmagazine, vol. 25, no. 45, Oct. 1998, p. 30. EBSCOhost, proxymu.wrlc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=1231981&site=ehost-live.
Newspapers:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/us/womens-march-2019.html
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/everything-i-learned-from-mary-tyler-moore
Other:
https://www.womensmarch.com/2019/
8. What are your concerns (personal and/or professional) as you approach this project?
-Is the government doing enough towards the women’s rights movement sustainability?
-Are women engaged in these movements as much as they should?
-What is the role of institutions in fostering women rights?