EXPOSITORY RESEARCH PAPER: PREJUDICE

Barbara Petty

Choose a form of Prejudice
- Racial Prejudice
- Sexual Prejudice
- Social Prejudice
- Religious Prejudice
Research 3 different cases of the type of prejudice you have chosen.
- NOTE: When searching the Internet, use the word discrimination instead of prejudice; and you will find more results. You may print any articles free of charge in the computer lab. You must turn in a copy of each of the three cases you choose to research.
The finished product will include an introduction with an appropriate thesis statement and at least 3 examples of internal documentation (quoting the articles you researched) along with a works cited page. The proper format for citation of a web page is:
Author's Last and First Names, if Known. "Title of Work." Site Name. Month, Day, Year of Publication or Date of Download. Complete URL.

Example: Halse, John, and Walkowiak, Karen. "The Great Debate Project." SchoolWorld Projects. September 26, 1998. http://www.schoolworld.asn.au/debate.

INTERNET RESOURCES

Texas Library Connection Click on High School, Scroll to the bottom and select Discovering Collection--Type discrimination in the search box

Lexis Nexis
http://www.lexisnexis.com/scholastic

Big Chalk (access to paid area) http://library.bigchalk.com

FOR DECISIONS OF ACTUAL SUPREME COURT CASES:

Court Cases (Multimedia) http://oyez.nwu.edu Click on Cases and Search by Subjects

Legal Information Institute--Supreme Court Collection-- http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct---Enter your search, ex. racial discrimination (When looking at a particular case, look at the Syllabus)

Find Law http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html

Federal Documents on the Web http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/fedjudi.htmlClick on Search and type in discrimination