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Update 2nd June 2008
- Final Thesis and powerpoints due today, June 2nd.
- Presentations in the afternoon, June 2nd, 3rd, and 4th; parents welcome
to attend.

Update 12th May 2008
BEST/6th Period
Students should be working on their thesis paper and working on their
power point presentations.  

NOTE: Students will NOT earn credit for this class if they do not have a
final paper AND a powerpoint presentation.  

Final Paper due June 2nd
Presentations: June 2nd - 4th.

Update 28th April 2008
Rough Draft of power point presentation due Friday May 2nd

Update 21st April 2008
FINDINGS SECTIONS DUE ON FRIDAY, APRIL 25th!
((This section is at LEAST 30% of the 4th quarter grade))

Update 14th April 2008
#10 Findings Activity	30 points	4.11

NOTE: Findings/Analysis is due on Friday April 25th. With state testing
the week of April 21st, seniors are expected to work on this document in
the mornings. See attachment.

Update 7th April 2008
STUDENTS SHOULD BE WORKING ON THEIR ANALSIS AND FINDINGS SECTIONS. FINAL
PAPERS DUE IN MAY

Update 17th March 2008
#5 Letter to 10th Grader		2.28		20 points
#6 Peer Editing				3.3		20 points
#7 Analyzing Data			3.10		30 points
#8 METHODOLOGY SECTION	3.21		30% of 3rd Quarter Grade

Update 3rd March 2008
- Final Survey/interview Questions should be done and being administered.

Final Methodology sections due Wednesday March 26th

Update 14 February 2008
#4 Survey / Interview Questions - Final draft	50 points 	Feb. 19th

Week of 28 January 2008
#1 Writing a Survey Practice			Feb 1st	30 points
#2 Methodology Intent				Feb 5th	50 points


NOTE: All students should be working on research proposals and looking for
field work/internships. Parents can be very helpful in this process!

Week of 7 January 2008
NOTE: Literature Review is considered part of students' final exam. 
Failure to complete this part of the project will jeopardize semester
grade.  

Week of 10 December 2007
#14 How is your senior year going? 	Nov. 2nd   30 points
#15 Aticle: "Senior Stress and Yoga"  Nov. 2nd 30 points
#16 Narrative Hook Brainstorm	  Nov. 14th 30 points
#17 Narrative Hook - Part I		  Nov. 28th 100 points
#18 Narrative Hook - Part II		  Dec. 7th 100 points
#19 Three Journal Entries - Internship  Dec. 18th 50 points
#20 Literature Review Practice 	 Dec. 14  50 points
#21 Sources Check - four sources  Dec. 20th 100 points

Week of 21 October 2007
#13 First Quarter Research/Fieldwork Evaluation 200 points  Friday Oct.
26th

Week of 8 October 2007
BEST / 6th Period

NOTE: STUDENTS WILL NOT EARN A PASSING GRADE WITHOUT AN INTERNSHIP / FIELD
WORK PLACEMENT

#9 Socratic Seminar - College 25 points
#10 Policy Paper: Affirmative Action  Due Thursday Oct. 11th 100 points
#11 Working Works Cited Page Due October 25th  75 points

Week of 24 September 2007
#5 Five year plan 	Due Sept. 21  	80 points
#6 Journals (3 field work; 3 current events) 	Due Sept. 26th    60 points
#7 UC Berkeley Reaction Paper    	Due Friday, Sept. 28th 		50 points
#8 OCTOBER 5th Field Work Placement - ALL STUDENTS NEED TO BE IN THEIR
FIELD WORK PLACEMENT BY THIS DATE.  200 points


Week of 10 September 2007
Students should be working on these assignments continually: 

- Journal; 10 entries about their field work; 10 entries in reaction to
current events

- Five year plan; Final document will be created, outlining their plan for
the next five years of thier life. 

- Senior Research Project: The main focus of the class, developing a
proposal, research question, plan of action, field work, data collection,
and then compliation of all work to be presented in the spring.  Final
work will culminate in a PowerPoint presentation and a final research
paper.

Week of 3 September 2007
#1 Cover Letter   Sept. 5th 
#2 Resume 	       Sept. 5th
#3 Research topic and Essential Question Sept. 6th 
#4 Research proposal  Sept. 7th