HHS4M Summative



|Student’s Name: | |

|Teacher Name: |Ms Baines |

|Course: |Families in Canada - HHS4U |

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Expectation & Completion Chart:

Please review the following steps for the Independent Research Project. Ensure that all instructions and deadlines are understood. Upon completion and review of each step please initial the following:

| |Time Line: |Complete |Students |Teachers Initials |

| | | |Initials | |

|Step 1: Choose a Topic |September 12 | | | |

|Step 2: Research notes |October 1 | | | |

|Step 3: Proposal |October 17 | | | |

|Step 4: The Outline & Student-Teacher Conference |November 7 | | | |

|Step 5: The Rough Draft |November 14 | | | |

|Step 6: Peer Review |November 20-21 | | | |

|Step 7: The Polished Essay |December 5 | | | |

Requirements of the Independent Study Research Paper

• Hand written research notes (at least 7 sources)

• Essay Proposal

• Student – Teacher conference

• Outline

• Rough Draft

• Polished, analytical argumentative essay;

• Proper Title page

• Proper Works Consulted / Bibliography APA Style (8+ sources preferred)

• In-text citations (16+) (at least 2 citations per source)

• Sufficient and appropriate evidence, quotations & statistics

• Primary and Secondary sources

• Student analysis and commentary among evidence items

• Proper Introduction & Conclusion

• Essay length: 5-6 pages in length

Step 1: Selection of Topic

The following are broad topics, which need to be narrowed or refined for further analysis:

1. Current child rearing philosophies

2. Children’s issues (poverty, rights, education, legislation)

3. Influences on Canadian families (economic, demographic, social, etc.)

4. Relationships within families (father-son, mother daughter, siblings)

5. Effects of birth order

6. Effects of marital / family discord on health (physical, mental)

7. Same sex marriages

8. Marital fidelity/infidelity

9. Cohabitation

10. Family planning

11. Teen pregnancy / adolescent parenthood

12. Teen runaways

13. Adoption

14. Single parents

15. Gays and lesbians as parents

16. Multi-parent families

17. Polygamy

18. Domestic division of labour

19. Stress and the family

20. Family violence (its effects, rural vs. urban, etc.)

21. Divorce (causes, effects)

22. Second marriages

23. Step/blended families

24. Widowhood

25. Loss of a parent

26. The changing family structure

27. Issues of the elderly; the aging “boomer”; geriatrics

28. Cultural influences on parenthood

29. Changing roles of women in society

30. Effects of daycare on children

31. Discipline - the spanking issue; effects of lack of discipline on children; discipline styles

32. Women and divorce / men and divorce

33. Effects of addiction on families

34. Suicide

35. Arranged marriages

36. Sexual double standards

37. The future of marriage

38. Effects of faith on family relationships

39. Portrayal of the family in the media

40. Dating in the 21st Century

41. Wife battering

42. The empty nest syndrome

43. Role 0f income on family

44. Pre-nuptial agreements

45. Living single

46. Mother/infant bonding

47. The role of play in childhood development

48. Sex education and children

49. Teaching morals and values to children

50. Childlessness; (DINKs - Dual Income No Kids)

51. Foster children

52. Sex roles: Are we programmed into our sex roles?

53. Masculinity / Femininity

54. Peer Groups as agents of socialization; School as agent of socialization

55. Building self-esteem in Children

56. Effects of serious illness / mental illness on families

57. Roles of Grandparents

|Families and Society |Family Diversity |

|Communications and Media |Aboriginal Families |

|Defining Family |Disability and Family |

|Families and Community |Ethno-racial Families |

|Families and Economy |Families and Society |

|Families and Environment |Farm Families |

|Family History |Immigrant and Transnational Families |

|Family Law |Military Families |

|Gender and Family |Same-Sex Families |

|Family Formation |Family Roles and Responsibilities |

|Birth and Adoption |Caregiving |

|Death and Dying |Early Childhood Education and Care |

|Demographics |Family Relationships |

|Divorce and Separation |Household Spending and Production |

|Lone-Parent Families |Leisure, Recreation, Arts, Play |

|Marriage and Cohabitation |Paid and Unpaid Work |

|Mobility |Parenting |

|Step-Families, Blended-Families |Reproduction and Fertility |

| |Time Use |

| |Volunteering and Helping Others |

|Family Well-Being | |

|Children and Youth | |

|Family Finances | |

|Health | |

|House and home | |

|Learning | |

|Life Transitions | |

|Mental Health | |

|Poverty and Low Income | |

|Seniors | |

|Social Inclusion | |

|Spirituality | |

|Violence and Abuse | |

|Work and Family | |

Part 1 of the Essay Deliverables

Step 2: Essay Proposal

You cannot be successful at this stage unless you do sufficient research

DO NOT attempt to come up with a thesis until you have done A LOT of research (be open to wherever the information takes you!)

The following are required for your Proposal:

1) Research Notes (4 marks)

Minimum of 7 (8+ preferred) sources with notes

CORRECT FORMAT for each entry (see examples in APA booklet)

Correct citation of sources

Coded to link to arguments (once you have arguments)

2) The Issue Statement (3 marks)

Once you have done significant research, you can narrow your focus

Isolate a problem or controversy and identify an issue.

Form one sentence statement that begins with Although……or Despite….

Should not be too broad or too narrow, and should be rooted in facts from your research

3) The Research Question (2 marks)

Formulate (in one sentence) a challenging question that demands analysis and argument

***Must begin with WHY ****

(What, Who or How are not acceptable as they lead to a Report and not an Essay)

Again, should be rooted in fact

4) Alternate Theories (3 marks)

1-2 possible answers to research question that you considered but you think are flawed or incomplete

Will NOT be part of your arguments

Several sentences (state and undermine)

Try to name experts

Cannot be made up!!! (you will use this in your in-text citation in final paper)

5) Thesis (4 marks)

ONE SENTENCE statement answering your Research Question (your Point Of View)

Make sure that you have enough research to back it up

Can be THEMATIC or MULTIFACTORED

Everything you write will be linking back to this statement

6) Areas of Argument (3 marks)

Three (3) clear/distinct positions that support thesis

ONE sentence for each argument

Determine HIERARCHY

Weakest “Firstly…”, stronger “Furthermore…”, strongest “Most importantly….”

Provide LEGEND KEY for arguments (to link to Research Notes)

7) Bibliography (4 marks)

Minimum 7 (8+ preferred): VARIETY!!!

Max of 2 encyclopedias

At least 1 BOOK

Min 3 databases

PROPER CITATION APA (if you don’t know, find out!)

NO wikipedia!!!

A grade above Level 2- (60%) must be achieved to move on to the next step. If you receive a grade at, or under level 2- (60%) a Revised Essay Proposal will be required.

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