Social Justice Project Page

	St. Wenceslaus School 15353 Pacific Street 402.330.4356 May 18, 2008

Social Justice Project
Student Page

You are not currently logged in.
Login

WELCOME! This webpage was created to help you research information for your Social Justice Project. We want you to get the best information as efficiently as possible. Using this page will help you to research and write a paper that will help your class choose your 8th Grade Confirmation Service Project. Good Luck!

Quick Links
Assignment Objectives | Evaluating Web Sites | Topic Links
Other Resources | Citing your Sources | Homework Help

Assignment Objectives
As you search for information and write your paper, remember the objectives of this assignment:
1. To learn about social justice.
2. To find individuals, organizations, and agencies that work to correct social injustice.
3. To suggest how you and your classmates can participate in a service project
related to social injustice.
Evaluating Web Sites
Not everything that you read on the Internet is useful! A web site should be current, accurate, unbiased, and written by someone who is an expert in the topic on that site. Go to the following sites to learn more about good web sites.
Quality Information Checklist
Checklist for Evaluating Web Resources
Complete a Web Page Evaluation Sheet for each site that you use in your Internet research.
This will benefit you in two ways:
1. You'll be able to determine if the web site is useful and appropriate for this assignment.
2. The information on the evaluation sheet can be used in the bibliography of your research paper. All of the citation requirements are included in the evaluation sheet.

Topic Links
Click on your topic to find appropriate links.

Poverty	Homelessnes	Hunger
Poverty USA (Catholic Campaign for Human Development)	National Coalition for the Homeless	Bread for the World
Children in Poverty	Homes for the Homeless	Food Research and Action Center
Share Our Strength	Hunger and Homelessness	America's Second Harvest

Literacy	Domestic Abuse	Child Abuse
National Center for Family Literacy	Domestic Violence Handbook	Child Abuse: Helpguide
Adult Literacy Services	Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition	Child Welfare League of America and Child Welfare League of Nebraska
Literacy Center for the Midlands	Safe Horizon Domestic Violence Shelter Tour and Information	Childhelp USA

Old Age	Mental Illness	Prejudice
Administration on Aging	The Nation's Voice on Mental Illness	Anti-Defamation League
Elder Abuse - Aging and Life Course	National Alliance for the Mentally Ill	Tolerance.Org
National Institute of Aging	National Mental Health Association	Say No to Racism

Disabilities	Chemical Dependency	Imprisonment
People with Disabilities (Healthfinder)	Straight Facts about Drugs and Alcohol	Prison Activist Resource Center
Center for Disease Control and Prevention	National Institute on Drug Abuse	Catholic Social Teaching
Learning Disabilities	Join Together Online: Substance Abuse	Juvenile Justice
Immigration
Justice for Immigrants
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Catholic Relief Services

Other Resources
Websites are just one of the ways you can get information for your social justice project.
Be sure you investigate these other valuable sources:

Encyclopedias (Information Center printed sets) Grolier OnlineElectric Library Database

Information Center Vertical File Information Center Information Plus books

Magazines and Newspapers Guest Speakers

Almanacs (print and online) Community Experts

Citing your Sources

Your research paper will need a bibliography, which is a list of sources from which you obtained your information. You will cite your sources in the bibliography. It's very important that you give credit to the sources that provided information for your paper. You need to be accurate and follow a set form when you write your bibliography. It is possible that your teacher will be checking your citations for validity and accuracy. A word of advice: Always record the information necessary for citations while you are taking notes. It's very difficult and time-consuming to have to go back through your sources to look for citation information. Here is how you should cite an Internet source for this research project:

Author (if any), title, name of web site (if different from title), the word Online, Internet address (URL),
date the web site was found. Example:

Smith, John. "Breaking the Cycle of Abuse." Child Abuse Prevention Home Page. [Online]. Available:
http://www.agcom/news.htm. August 5, 2004.

To see explanations and examples for citing other sources see Guide for Citing Sources.

Homework Help

The following web sites may be helpful as you work on your Social Justice Project.
Internet Public Library
This "virtual library" contains links to many online reference sources such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, style and writing guides.

Homework Center
How to Write a Research Paper - This site will take you through nine steps of writing a research paper, from establishing your topic to proofreading your final draft.

Taking Notes and A Statement on Plagiarism
These two sites will help you avoid plagiarizing information that you find on the Internet or in print. Plagiarism is serious; know how to avoid it!

Guide to Grammar and Style
If you need some help with grammar (ex. verb agreement, punctuation (ex. how to use quotation marks) or style, check out this site.

Top of Page

St. Wenceslaus Catholic School

15353 Pacific Street

402.330.4356