Paper on interests in human rights
BTW IM DOING A PAPER NOT POWER POINT PLEASE BE SURE TO PUT THAT IN THE PAPER THANK YOU
Look through the topics in the text and consider your particular interests in human rights. Based on these considerations, select a topic that you will want to research for your major project in this course.
Be aware that a topic is typically very broad, too broad to conduct research. As such, you need to ask yourself, What, specifically, do I want to know about this topic? Why is it important? Do I have the capacity (both through academic and community resources) to learn what I want to know about it? You may want to go back to the Week Two Module on Critical Thinking in which creating a sufficiently narrow and relevant topic is discussed thoroughly.
Based on these considerations, determine your topic and research question about a particular human rights topic. Be sure to narrow it sufficiently to be able to research a deep, rather than broad, issue in human right
As you choose and work on a human rights topic, you might want to connect with the following groups as a part of your leadership:
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS RELATED TO HUMAN RIGHTS
- United Nations Association Tampa Bay (http://unatampabay.org/)
- UN Women Gulf Coast Chapter (https://www.unwomen-usnc.org/gccaboutus)
- Environment: Sierra Club (http://www.sierraclub.org/florida/manatee-sarasota )
- LGBTQ issues (http://www.alsoyouth.org/ )
- Death Penalty (https://www.fadp.org/)
- Human Trafficking (http://www.stophumantrafficking.org/)
- Food insecurity (http://www.allfaithsfoodbank.org/)
- Multiple HR actions: Amnesty International (http://www.amnestyusa.org/resources/students-and-youth)
- Forced Immigration (http://www.myflfamilies.com/service-programs/refugee-services)
- Veterans for Common Sense (http://veteransforcommonsense.org/about/chapters/)
- World Affairs Council Sarasota (http://www.sarasotawac.org/)
Pillars Major Project (20 points)
This is your major project for the course, examining ways in which you have brought ethics and critical thinking to your research, and using leadership skills to present the findings to an audience. You need to include at least 6 academic sources, using the USF research databases as well as resources from courses materials and possibly other internet sources.
This project will be a culminating research piece that demonstrates the ways in which you have developed your thinking on human rights frameworks, diverse opinions about human rights, ethical considerations about your human rights topic, and leading others to a greater understanding of your human rights research question.
You must determine a research question to pursue about your topic and use at least 6 academic sources to answer that question, along with course materials and any other evidence you find (current news, organization materials on a website, etc.). Sections must include 1) background about the topic, 2) the question and its significance, 3) multiple perspectives about the question, 4) ethical considerations in addressing the question, and 5) conclusions based on the research evidence and ethical elements of the question.
Topic to Research Question: Begin by considering a human rights topic that is of interest to you. Review book chapters for ideas. To move from topic to question, ask yourself: What do I want to know about this topic? Why is it important? Is my question one that opens itself to multiple viewpoints? In what ways can I bring ethical considerations to this question? Can I work with an organization to gain more information and present what I learned?
Format: Although I value research papers, I have come to assign them only in graduate courses. For my students who may not go on to graduate school, I find that multiple media presentations are more valuable for you to master for your future careers. Frankly, to do a good job, you need more skills than for a well-written research paper. Multimedia presentations require you to consider not only written words, but also appropriate background, images, videos, audio, and ways to introduce all of these onto your slides. You are, additionally, expected to use both appropriate in-text citations and a final reference page in APA format.
Required Elements: As both a Pillars course in Ethics and Leadership and an Incredi-bull Critical Thinking course, I will expect you to use multiple ways in which to highlight each of these essential elements. Review the PP in Module One on critical thinking and implement the concepts. Utilize ethical frameworks discussed in Week 3 that have also been used throughout the course. Try to include ways in which you have worked with a human rights organization to both learn from and lead from what your research has taught you.
Rubrics: Use the rubric for leadership, ethics, and critical thinking as your guide for final project expectations (separate link in Canvas Week One).