Injustice Project UHS English 10 Spring 2010 Justice

Injustice Project UHS - English 10 Spring 2010

Justice – www. merriam-webster. com Main Entry: jus·tice Pronunciation: ˈjəs-təs Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French justise, from Latin justitia, from justus Date: 12 th century 1 a : the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments b : judge c : the administration of law; especially : the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity 2 a : the quality of being just, impartial, or fair b (1) : the principle or ideal of just dealing or right action (2) : conformity to this principle or ideal : righteousness c : the quality of conforming to law 3 : conformity to truth, fact, or reason : correctness

Injustice – www. merriam-webster. com Main Entry: in·jus·tice Pronunciation: (ˌ)in-ˈjəs-təs Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin injustitia, from injustus unjust, from in- + justus just Date: 14 th century 1 : absence of justice : violation of right or of the rights of another : unfairness 2 : an unjust act : wrong synonyms injustice, injury, wrong, grievance mean an act that inflicts undeserved hurt. injustice applies to any act that involves unfairness to another or violation of one's rights <the injustices suffered by the lower classes>. injury applies in law specifically to an injustice for which one may sue to recover compensation <libel constitutes a legal injury>. wrong applies also in law to any act punishable according to the criminal code; it may apply more generally to any flagrant injustice <determined to right society's wrongs>. grievance applies to a circumstance or condition that constitutes an injustice to the sufferer and gives just ground for complaint <a list of employee grievances>.

Research Options www. youtube. com/edu - Search for Justice Harvard Sandel Search www. delicious. com under “People” for sarahbergen – my suggested links for this project are tagged IP

Project Specifics Sources must include one interview or survey, one journal article, one book, and one website At least five sources must be used. The fifth source may be another of the required types of sources or another type of source entirely.

Types of Justice Restorative Distributive Environmental Retributive Social Issues of injustice arise wherever some entity is not receiving its due…whether that is a person, an organization, a people group, an element of our environment, or something else.

Research Options Henry Madden Library – http: //www. csufresno. edu/library/ databases and books! – pictures, music, texts, photos CLRN – California Learning Resource Network - http: //www. clrn. org/weblinks/search. cfm

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Resources Online When searching the Madden Library articles/databases by subject, you will have many options: Article databases Primary sources Books Images Statistics Dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference And…as ever…an offer for MORE help if desired!

Works Cited This assignment demonstrates that you have reliable, credible sources in ample supply for your project Use your style guide or Ms. Bergen’s favorite online resource: OWL at Purdue (link on delicious) General rule: Last name, first name. Title. City: Publisher, Year. ALWAYS indent second and following lines of an entry!

Outline Your outline doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s outline—each one will be unique. You may use common outline formats, such as cause and effect, sequential/chronological, problem/solution, elements of a whole expository text—that means its purpose is to be informative This paper is an

Outline In this expository/informative paper… What do you want your reader to come to understand? (your answer should be your thesis) What do you want your reader to know/learn? (your answer should be your main points)

Outline SAMPLE: I. Introduction A. B. II. IV. V. VI. A. story about California civil rights movement Thesis: In California, minorities have sought for civil rights in unique ways; their journey is one wherein they have been treated as less than human at many junctures. Main Point #1 Main Point #2 Main Point #3 Main Point #4 Conclusion Summary statement about California, reflection on meaning of unique struggle, restate informative goal of paper

Exploring our Definitions What are your impressions about injustice? How do you define the terms justice and injustice? Consider some words and their significance in understanding what injustice is. Demonstrate and explain how the words and terms relate to one another. Be creative and true to your own understanding!

Exploring our Definitions You may use as many of these words as you like; you don’t have to use all of them. Advocate Appeal Debt Deserve Disservice Due Equal Equity Ethics Fairness Grievance Hurt Injury Morality Need Punishment Reconciled Reward Right Understand Unfair Violation Witness Wrong

IP – Introduction In your introduction, you should hint at your own understanding of the issue of injustice about which you are informing your reader.

IP – Introduction While you shouldn’t use the firstperson POV in this paper, you can make your views known through tone, word choice, and your selection and ordering of information.

IP – Introduction Write an introduction paragraph! Give it your best try and see what you come up with…

IP – Revision/Using an outline Today we will look at the organization in our first drafts… And we will examine our introduction paragraphs to revise and improve them!

IP – Revision/Using an outline I. Introduction A. Hook – B. Transition – C. Thesis –

IP – Revision/Introduction Hook - capture your reader’s interest; use a story, a quotation, a startling statistic, an anecdote, a question, or some other attention-getting device.

IP – Revision/Introduction Transition - It’s helpful if your “hook” ties in linguistically with your thesis. This may be as little as part of a sentence or as much as one or two sentences. It may be as simple as using some of the same words you’ll use in your paper, or the tie-in may be more creative and complex.

IP – Revision/Introduction Thesis - your thesis must state your topic in one complete sentence. Since this is an informative paper, don’t use the word “should. ” You must use the word injustice or the word unjust in your thesis statement. Place your thesis at the end of your introduction.

IP – Revision/Introduction Her long legs folded beneath her, she sat on the sidewalk, hunched over against the biting cold. A thin windbreaker hung on her bony shoulders, and the hood flapped loosely against her cheek every few seconds. Seated on the concrete, it must have been freezing. Her movements were slight and infrequent; she sat with the stillness of deep resignation. This life is not unusual; hundreds of homeless men, women and children find themselves similarly situated, with the sidewalk their only living room and cast-off clothing their only wardrobe. Homelessness, a great injustice of our “United” States of America, separates rather than unites the citizens of this country.

IP – Revision/Introduction Identify the Hook, Transition and Thesis in this Introduction paragraph.

IP – Revision/Introduction Her long legs folded beneath her, she sat on the sidewalk, hunched over against the biting cold. A thin windbreaker hung on her bony shoulders, and the hood flapped loosely against her cheek every few seconds. Seated on the concrete, it must have been freezing. Her movements were slight and infrequent; she sat with the stillness of deep resignation. This life is not unusual; hundreds of homeless men, women and children find themselves similarly situated, with the sidewalk their only living room and cast-off clothing their only wardrobe. Homelessness, a great injustice of our “United” States of America, separates rather than unites the citizens of this country.

IP – Revision/Introduction Her long legs folded beneath her, she sat on the sidewalk, hunched over against the biting cold. A thin windbreaker hung on her bony shoulders, and the hood flapped loosely against her cheek every few seconds. Seated on the concrete, it must have been freezing. Her movements were slight and infrequent; she sat with the stillness of deep resignation. This life is not unusual; hundreds of homeless men, women and children find themselves similarly situated, with the sidewalk their only living room and cast-off clothing their only wardrobe. Homelessness, a great injustice of our “United” States of America, separates rather than unites the citizens of this country.

IP – Revision/Outlines & Introductions FIRST…use your paper to see if you have followed the outline. SECOND…Revise or rewrite your introduction to match the format suggested and demonstrated. THIRD…Begin outlining your paper, following the model.

IP – Revision/Main points III. Main Point #1 _____________________ A. Topic sentence – B. Quotation/Research findings – 1. Lead in or explanation – C. Quotation/Research findings – 1. Lead in or explanation – D. Transition/Conclude main point –

IP – Revision/Main points A. Topic sentence – yes, you still need these; you never outgrow the topic sentence. It may be the topic sentence for one or two paragraphs, but you still need to identify what you will be saying.

IP – Revision/Main points B. Quotation/Research findings – for outline purposes, record the direct quotation, summary or paraphrase from one of your sources here, so you know it falls under this main point.

IP – Revision/Main points 1. Lead in or explanation – you need to do one or both of these things with all information from your sources. Don’t start a sentence with a direct quotation; always lead in with your own words. Also, explain your quotations and other source info (summaries/paraphrases); your reader doesn’t know every thought you’ve had as you’ve been working. Take them with you!

IP – Revision/Main points D. Transition/Conclude main point – you should try to do this in one sentence; it is important above all to always conclude your main point. If you can smoothly transition to your next point, great! If not, then make this concluding sentence and the topic sentence in the next paragraph at least roll together as smoothly as possible.

IP – Revision/Main points Using information and details from your research is just like shampooing your hair!!! “Repeat as needed…”

IP – Revision/Main points Sample student main point…

IP – Revision/Main points Identify the… Topic Sentence Lead in or explanation of quotation Source material (quotation, summary, paraphrase) Transition Sentence

IP – Revision/Main points …The consequences of food waste include three branches— economical, environmental, and social issues. Three types of food waste include destruction, unnecessary consumption, and disposal. The first of the three types can be best represented by food fights. The stereotypical cafeteria food fights are severely undermined when compared with festival food fights such as the Tomatina festival of Spain. In 2008, more than 120, 000 kilograms— roughly 264, 554 pounds—of ripe tomatoes were flung at people (Tomatina. net). The sea of juice-covered, ecstatic participants hunched over to pick up tomatoes strewn on the floor featured in a video and a description on the official Tomatina website—”Why it happens? To have fun!!!”—do not show any regard for food waste (Tomatina. net).

IP – Revision/Main points (Thesis – Abuse is common in children and partners, but elder abuse is something that goes unreported in most cases because the victim is usually too weak to stop it, making this an issue of great injustice for the victim. ) Financial abuse is the most common form of elder abuse. It is when a family member or caretaker takes advantage of the elderly person’s financial income, property, or purchases. This includes the forcing of signing a check or document, cashing checks without permission, and stealing property and jewelry (Schlesinger 13). This type of abuse is extremely common because of the vulnerability of the victim. Many times the elderly person will notice that these things are going on because someone else is in control of the finances. Some warning signs of financial abuse are: going suddenly broke, unexplained cash withdrawals from a bank account of large sums of money, illegal use of a credit or debit card, unexplained transfers of money, and stolen property. Although this form of abuse is extremely common, emotional abuse is almost just as common.

IP – Revision/Main points (Thesis – The current healthcare system for treating disorders is unjust because patients are not given proper care or coverage. ) In the United States, because of the current healthcare system, insurance companies cover less than ten percent of treatment costs. The average costs of inpatient, outpatient or residential treatment ranges from one thousand to twenty-eight hundred dollars per day (“Eating”). Even worse is that most insurance companies that do cover treatment only pay for the first thirty days, though most patients spend an average of three to five months in a treatment program or center (Beumont and Vandereycken). Since eating disorders cause medical problems, costs for treating those problems should be covered. For example, until an anorexic patient is above ninety percent of their healthy weight, which is the required weight for necessary bodily functions to occur, the treatment needed is primarily medical, thus finances should be under medical coverage (Beumont and Vandereycken). Still, it is important for both the physical and mental aspects to be treated; funding needs to be given for both of these types of issues.

IP – Revision/Main points (Thesis – The Armenian Genocide was an unjust massacre of 1. 5 million Armenians that occurred in three waves: the murder of the intellectuals, the slaughter of Armenian men, and finally the rape and death marches of women, children and elders; and now the world is denying that it ever happened. ) Almost a century after the mass murder of the Armenian race by the Ottoman Turks, the Turkish government is still denying the Armenian Genocide ever occurred. Not only do the Turks deny the genocide, but the United States of America, and well as several other countries are denying it too. The Turkish officials are buying off American diplomats to deny the Armenian Genocide. John Chookasian was a witness to an attempt to cover up remembrances of the Genocide: “When I was having dinner in Istanbul, Turkey, with the hotel owner, an entourage of American politicians came in, 4050, and two Turkish men with bodyguards on both sides with black attache cases hand-cuffed to their wrists, and began passing out big envelopes to the American politicians. They were accepting an actual bribe and being bought off by the Turkish officials. ” This occurrence showed that the Turks stepped in to ensure that the Armenian Genocide is forgotten. And this is why the United States does not recognize the Armenian Genocide.

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IP – Revision/Main points (Thesis – The mistreatment of infant calves in order to produce veal is unjust and cruel. . ) Many veal consumers are unaware of what veal is, and how it is produced. Veal is the meat of young calves, usually males, who are taken from their mothers shortly after birth. Because of this they are denied their mother’s milk, a primary factor to helping them grow and thrive. Veal calves are purposefully deprived of proper health to soften their meat (Noveal. org). These unfortunate calves are confined to small veal crates throughout their sport lifespan. Another main issue in the veal industry is the injustices in transport and handling (Gregory 237). Many veal calves die or are severely injured while being cared for, and many more die from sickness or malnutrition prior to arriving at the slaughterhouses. Veal is thought of as a delicacy by many people, but many people remain ignorant of the inhumane ways in which veal calves are treated.

IP – Revision/Main points (Thesis – The injustices that dogs face in puppy mills are horrific as well as cruel, where the animals are kept in deplorable conditions. ) Since profit is the millers’ highest priority, health falls below everything else. The wellbeing of the dogs is ignored as long as the animal can produce and provide income. The “mass production” breeding often leads to health problems that could have painful, and often fatal, consequences (“Digging”). In addition to the physical neglect, the dogs also suffer from psychological problems due to the lack of care they receive. The lack of socialization in addition to early weaning leads to emotional issues: ill-tempered puppies and emotionally and physically distressed parents (“Puppy”). Through no fault of its own, the dog must suffer through its deteriorating physical and mental condition.

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Writing Exercise What makes something an issue of injustice?