Research Project

Please write this on your page: Due on Thursday May 7th     100 pts./10 Bonus points for charts
Choose one of the following thesis statements and use it for your research project:

•   People should have complete control over the rights to their own bodily tissues because....
•   People should have some rights over their own bodily tissues, but scientific researchers  should also have some rights because...
• People do not need to have complete control over the rights to their own bodily tissues because...

Your paper must:

• Have a minimum of 4 in-text citations (textual evidence)  

All citations must clearly state the source and page #. Choose one of the following methods:

According to Source 2 page 4, "We...

Source 2 states, "We must...." (3).

The author states, "We must...." (Source 2, pg. 4)

• Be a minimum of 2 pages long
• Be FINAL COPY QUALITY!!!

Today you will be completing a very important task.....please focus.

Tomorrow I will give you the format sheet, and begin explaining the research paper.

In order to complete tomorrow's work, you will need 4 source sheets completed.
We have completed the following 3 source notes already: 6, 3, and 2
(If you are missing the notes from Friday (#2) I will post them shortly. If you are missing #3 or #6, ask a friend.
So, today you will be:
1. Completing notes for a 4th source.

• The source will be chosen from the remaining 4 sources (1, 4, 5, and 7).
• It will be chosen by you.
• I have given you the following Inquiry Questions to use for these sources.
• You will read the source and annotate according to the Inquiry Question and then complete a min. of 4 entries on your note-taking worksheet (as we have done for the previous 3 sources).

2. When you are done, you should work on completing the questions for sources #3 and #2 if you haven't finished those yet.

****AGAIN, I STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE SOURCE NOTES IF YOU WANT ANY HOPE OF COMPLETING THE RESEARCH PAPER. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO TOMORROW'S WORK WITHOUT THEM.

AFTER TOMORROW (TUESDAY), WE WILL NOT SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN UNTIL FRIDAY. yOU WILL HAVE FRIDAY'S CLASS TO WORK ON YOUR PAPER.

Source #2/ Questions and notesheet---ESSAYS DUE TODAY!!!

Please copy the following questions down on a sheet of paper that you can hand in.
1. Why has the San Diego community been examining Skloot's book: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks?
2. At what point are the rights we have over our own tissues changed?
3. Explain the case of William Catalona and the University of Washington.
4. What were 2 of the potential "public policy" ramifications the court found in this case?
5. What are some of the problems associated with defining tissue donors' ownership?

At the top of your note page, write the following information:

• Write: A BIG "2" (indicating it is source #2)
• Next to "Inquiry Question" write: How much ownership should we have over our bodily tissues?

*If you did not finish Source #3 notes and questions, please do that as well.

*So, by the end of today, YOU SHOULD HAVE 3 COMPLETED NOTE SHEETS FOR YOUR RESEARCH PROJECT: SOURCES #6, #3, AND #2--SO YOU WILL ONLY NEED 1 MORE.

Please copy the following questions down on a sheet you can turn in:

ARTICLE 3 Questions (Please copy where you can turn them in): (Leave room for your answers)

1. What is the Ardais Company?
2. What will they do that is significant as far as human tissues?
3. What ethical, legal, and financial questions does this raise?
4.What is the "legacy" that the biomedical community has with tissue donation?
5. How is public policy regarding tissue donation often confused?


Write on the top of FRIDAY'S ARTICLE (6): Inquiry Question: Should tissues be allowed to be bought and sold?
Write down what you think and why!

• Read article 3: Write a BIG "3" in the top corner to keep track of your article
• Inquiry question: What are the costs of selling human tissues?
• Use this question to guide your annotations
• Fill in your chart (side 2) MIN 3 ENTRIES

Beginning the Research Paper....

Inquiry Question:  Should tissues be allowed to be bought and sold?

Underline or Highlight:
Key words and concepts
Information that answers inquiry questions
Initial impressions of the information
Areas for possible further exploration
Connections to other sources
? to things you are questioning
write down any questions you have
! next to things that surprise you.
Add an arrow to connect points
* ideas that seem important

THESE ARE NEW FOR RESEARCH:
Underline areas that represent major points. If its too long to underline, put vertical lines on each side of the paragraph.
Use numbers in the margin to indicate a sequence of points to trace the development of an argument

Answer before you leave, (EXIT VISA): 
Should tissues be allowed to be bought and sold?

I believe that ....................(tissues should or should not be allowed to be bought and sold)
I think this because......................
One piece of evidence from the article that led me to believe this way is..................... because........
Another piece of evidence from the article that led me to believe this way is..................... because........

Today you will have the class period TO WORK ON ESSAYS OR EXTRA CREDIT ONLY.

*In fact, I am giving you an IN-CLASS work grade to work. Meaning, you will get 20 points for working on your essay (100%). You will get 10 points for "kind of" working on your essay (a 50%) or a 0% for not working. THIS WILL COUNT AS THIS WEEK'S QUIZ GRADE.

*I made an additional outline for those who need extra help as well as earn extra credit.

*Also, I have some grammar worksheets available for those people who need credit for their Castle Learning Assignments. (Write your answers on lined paper please!!!). For each side that you complete, you will get DOUBLE CREDIT.

Help for your last Quick Write

Thesis: Two ideas the author develops are  _____________ in TAG:

1. Privacy violation---page 30 the scientists publish a study with her real name and genetic information without permission (specific lines to support and SAY how this is privacy violation)

2. Racial tension--Henrietta moved to the north for more rights and she was treated by the medical community like a “black person” not a person” page 29 (specific lines to support and SAY how this is racial tension)

Summary: