Assess the advantages and problems of hosting major sporting events. Advantages of hosting Problems of hosting ‘Countries should be ashamed, not proud, of their history.’ Discuss. Countries should be ashamed Countries should be proud As a group, you will analyze this single question from multiple lenses. Each team member will be responsible for researching the question from ONE of the five Hand Approach lenses listed in the box at the beginning of this handout. If there are only 4 students in the group, the unassigned lens will be the responsibility of all the group members to research in addition to their own, assigned lens. EXAMPLE 4 GROUP: Team of students GROUP PROMPT: Is it always best to tell the truth? TEAM MEMBER 1: Science and Tech TEAM MEMBER 2: Politics and Gov’t TEAM MEMBER 3: Environment TEAM MEMBER 4: Social/Cultural ALL MEMBERS: Leisure/Media During individual research, each team member will be required to locate evidence that BOTH supports AND refutes the essay prompt, and this evidence MUST relate exclusively to his/her own lens. EXAMPLE TEAM MEMBER 3: Must find evidence where telling the truth is the best policy when it comes to the environment, AND he/she must also find evidence where withholding the truth may serve the environment better. When locating research to serve as evidence in support and/or against the research question, each specific, concrete examples team member MUST pinpoint to prove or disprove/challenge it. EXAMPLE TEAM MEMBER 3: Evidence in favor of truth-telling = Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth
Assess the advantages and problems of hosting major sporting events. Advantages of hosting Problems of hosting ‘Countries should be ashamed, not proud, of their history.’ Discuss. Countries should be ashamed Countries should be proud As a group, you will analyze this single question from multiple lenses. Each team member will be responsible for researching the question from ONE of the five Hand Approach lenses listed in the box at the beginning of this handout. If there are only 4 students in the group, the unassigned lens will be the responsibility of all the group members to research in addition to their own, assigned lens. EXAMPLE GROUP: Team of 4 students GROUP PROMPT: Is it always best to tell the truth? TEAM MEMBER 1: Science and Tech TEAM MEMBER 2: Politics and Gov’t TEAM MEMBER 3: Environment TEAM MEMBER 4: Social/Cultural ALL MEMBERS: Leisure/Media During individual research, each team member will be required to locate evidence that BOTH supports AND refutes the essay prompt, and this evidence MUST relate exclusively to his/her own lens. EXAMPLE TEAM MEMBER 3: Must find evidence where telling the truth is the best policy when it comes to the environment, AND he/she must also find evidence where withholding the truth may serve the environment better. When locating research to serve as evidence in support and/or against the research question, each team member MUST pinpoint specific, concrete examples to prove or disprove/challenge it. EXAMPLE TEAM MEMBER 3: Evidence in favor of truth-telling = Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth
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