MGIQ3

STEP1RESEARCH:Phase1
ResearchingyourHumanRightsIssuefromaGlobalPerspective
DueDate:
Friday,Feb.5th

REVISING
Finishthehandout
Focuslessonspecificcountries
Finishthecitations
Directions:
ForStep1youwillselect
three
sources.YourfirstsourcemustbeGlobal
IssuesinContextandtheothertwosourcesmustbecredibleandreliablearticles,websites
and/orvideos.Allvideosmustbeatleast10minutesorlongerinlength.

LFHSLibraryClassLinksPage:
http://www.lakeforestschools.org/lfhs/academics/library/classlinks/modernglobalissu
esquarter3project/index.aspx

Besuretoaddressthefollowingquestions:

Defineyourissueandhowitrepresentsahumanrightsconcern.
Providedata(F.O.G.)thatrepresentsthishumanrightsissuefromaglobal
context.
Inwhatregionsoftheworldisthishumanrightsissuemostprevalent? z

Whatglobaltrendsdemonstratehowyourhumanrightsissuehaschanged
overthepast25years?Howhasyourissuechangedovertime?

Providedataandstatistics(F.O.G.)toprovethischange.

Provideatleastfiveresearchnotesforeachsourcethataddressthequestionsabove,the
mainideaofeachsource,andbestillustrativesupportingdetailsgiven.Besureto
color
code
yourresearchin
green
,
blue
and
red
typetoguaranteeyourresearchisfocusedand
ontargetwiththerequirementsofSTEP1.

SOURCE#1:GLOBALISSUESINCONTEXT(LFHSLibraryWebpage)
WritetheMLAbibliographycitationhere:
Kavakci,Merve."BestplaceforMuslimstolive?America."
ChristianScienceMonitor
28
Sept.2009:9.
GlobalIssuesInContext.
Web.29Jan.2016.

Copyandpastetheurlhere:

http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&source=gale&idigest=8cd8c70dd18e38c230
d2639a1dd69baa&prodId=GIC&userGroupName=lake56351&tabID=T006&docId=CJ20
8602386&type=retrieve&contentSet=IACDocuments&version=1.0

ClickonthislinktoaccesstheLFHSGlobalIssuesinContextDatabase:
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/lake56351?db=GIC

Shareyourresearchnotesbelow:
1. IslamophobiaisreallyprominentespeciallyintheNetherlands,German,
BelgiumandmanyotherEuropeancountrieswhereMuslimsareprohibited
fromwearingandpracticingreligiousritualsandbeliefs.


2.

Accordingtothisarticle.AmericaisconsideredthemostsafeplaceforMuslims
topracticetheirreligiousritualsandbeliefs.EveninpredominantlyMuslim
countries,thereisntalotofreligiousfreedomevenifonewasbornasaMuslim
wherethereonecanbeforcedtogotoreligiouseventsandthereisalwaysaset
timewheretheyhavetopray.

3.
Especiallyafter9/11,Americaandmanyothercountriesinthisworldtreated
Muslimsextremelydifferent.ThereweremanyCIAtorturesessionspost9/11
duringBushspresidency.Obamaisworkingtomakeamendsandhestartedby
promisingtoclosedowntheGuantanamoprisonwhichistheprisonwheretheCIA
didmostoftheirtorturesessions.
4.
OneofthereasonsAmericaisconsideredoneofthebestplacesforMuslimsto
liveisbecauseoftheFreedomofReligion.Forexamplein2005,aTexashighschool
prohibitedMuslimstudentsfromprayingonthepremisesoftheschoolduringthe
schoolday.Thestudentstookthistofederalcourtandthefederalcourtsidedwith
theMuslimstudentsfromthehighschool.

5.
InmanypredominantlyMuslimcountries,homogeneityisheavilypromotedand
itcanevenbepromotedthroughviolenceasonecouldseefromtheterrorist
organizationISIS,whoisspreadingthewordabouttheIslamicStatebycreating
fearinpeopleandforcingcountriesandregionsofcountriestobecomepartoftheir
empire.

SOURCE#2:YourChoice

WritetheMLAbibliographycitationhere:
Jasser,M.Zuhdi,andThomasJ.Reese."USATodayRemembertheHolocaustby
FightingAntiSemitism:Column."
UnitedStatesCommissiononInternationalReligious
Freedom
.USAToday/UnitedStatesCommissiononInternationalReligiousFreedom,
27Jan.2016.Web.01Feb.2016.

Copyandpastetheurlhere:
http://www.uscirf.gov/newsroom/opeds/usatodayremembertheholocaustfightingant
isemitismcolumn

Shareyourresearchnotesbelow:
1. InGermanyandothercountriesfrom19331945,Jewswereblamedfor
everythingevenalmosteverysingleoneofthemwerecompletelyinnocent
anddidnothing.InmanyplacesintheworldandespeciallyinEurope
AntiSemitismisnoticeablyprominentespeciallyaftertheattacksina
koshersupermarketinJanuary,ashooterwentafterasynagoguein
CopenhagenduringFebruaryetc.

2.
MostlyinEuroperecentlyinthenewsweseeviolationsagainsthumanrightsin
EuropeattacksinakoshersupermarketinJanuary,afterashooterattackeda
SynagogueinCopenhagenduringFebruary,adrunkenmobinLondonattackeda
synagogue.

3.

4.

5.

SOURCE#3:YourChoice

WritetheMLAbibliographycitationhere:

Copyandpastetheurlhere:

Shareyourresearchnotesbelow:
1.

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5.

STEP1RESEARCHINFORMATIVEWRITING:Aglobalperspectiveofyourissue
Writeaoneparagraphoverviewsharingyourhumanrightsissuefromaglobal
perspective.BesuretoanswerallofthequestionsrequiredforSTEP1Researchplease
reviewquestionsatthetopofthishandout.ThisInformativeWritingpiecewilleventually
bepostedontheWebsiteyoucreateforPhase4ofthisproject.ReviewtheRubricforStep
1toguaranteeyouarewritinganAqualityparagraph.