AS1 IB Ethics and Professional Skills II-Newman 5th Assignments

This draft will be the final for the 1st semester. More importantly, it's my chance to take time to give you the necessary feedback to get to the next step. Note: The grade for this will be largely determined by you ability to meet the deadline and show progress and appropriate use of time in developing your project. The attached formatting is a recommendation, though you may have to deviate, which is fine with some permission/discussion. 

Rubric
20 points — turned in on time
10 points — formatted properly (see Google Doc attachment)
10 points — Idea development and rigor of research 
10 points — quality of writing, organization, idea development, etc.

Use the attached chart to collect your information and thinking about your paper and Reflective Project elements.

Read the Form, do the things.

Read — and annotate as needed and you may want to scan the original study summary — the handout and read the work on student loan debt linked. Then answer the questions on the Form. Take your time with this as we'll likely discuss the results Monday, but note that it is due by Sunday so I have some time to read your thinking.

Open the Doc, follow instructions.

Use this alternative to the Reflective Project to consider your own work — is this a format that would work for you? Watch the video in class and skim the essay, then grade the work on the assigned Google Doc. A sentence or two reasoning for each grade is fine, but please make use of the grading rubric — in the Reflective Project Resources folder in Classroom — to define your thinking.

This is worth 40 formative points for the various steps taken to get to a working draft and 10 summative points for the reflection. We'll discuss deadlines and expectations in class.

You may have done this already in a PE class — or other class — and can ignore if so. If you do not have time to complete in class, please do so for homework. The deadline is Wednesday, Nov. 30. 

We are asking you to complete an important survey. It will provide us with pertinent data and create an individual profile for you which will be used to support you with your scheduling/programming needs and post-secondary endeavors. This survey is being administered to all high school students across the district (CPS). You will be provided with time in your PE class to complete this task. If you are currently not in a PE class, you will be given time in an alternate class and your teacher will reach out to you. It should take approximately 30 minutes, in the event you didn't complete it in the time provided you can submit it at a later time. 


When they mention "IB", they are referring to IB Diploma/CP classes at the 11th and 12th grade level only (not IB-MYP 9th/10th). Please click on the link below to begin. Thank you.

Please take a couple moments to complete this Form. 

Read the selected and assigned Reflective Project essays and critically analyze them for content, marks, and other criteria.
Please copy-paste the markband scoring onto your Doc and grade the individual work you're assessing. 

Using the Google Slides presentation and class discussion, work to answer the questions and prompts on the attached Google Doc as we attempt to better define ethical systems and decision-making strategies. 

Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to identify different ethical paradigms;
Students will gain an understanding of Applied Ethics;
Students will begin to develop personal and professional ethical standards specific to career pathways;
Students will work to problem-solve using ethical systems.
Core Career Programme Learning Outcomes:
LO1 - Identify their own strengths and develop areas for growth;
LO2 - Demonstrate the ability to apply thinking processes to personal and professional situations;
LO5 - Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions.
Standards Applied
SS.IS.1.9-12. Address essential questions that reflect an enduring issue in the field.
SS.IS.3.9-12. Develop new supporting and essential questions through investigation, collaboration, and using diverse sources.
SS.IS.4.9-12 Gather and evaluate information from multiple sources while considering the origin, credibility, point of view, authority, structure, context, and corroborative value of the sources.
SS.IS.5.9-12 Identify evidence that draws information from multiple sources to revise or strengthen claims.
SS.IS.6.9-12. Construct and evaluate explanations and arguments using multiple sources and relevant, verified information.

In class, we will watch the video. Use it and the attached articles to answer any of the the question prompts (your choice, a max of one). You may use any other information you need to, but cite what you use in APA style. You may receive partial credit — there is no negative grade risk with the assignment. You can choose to apply any points earned to either PPS or Biz/Ent.

Prompts:
1. Define "cash bail" and discuss how it is used in the criminal justice system. Make an argument that it is either positive or negative, supporting your reasoning with evidence. 
2. Explain Political Action Committees. Investigate the People Who Play By The Rules PAC. Use this information to make an argument whether misleading political ads should be allowed as part of the election cycle and whether "money equals speech" when it comes to politics. How, if at all, should political advertising be regulated?
3. Discuss the importance of voting. Make an argument for why it matters and a counterargument for why it doesn't. Explain which argument you believe and why that might be the case. 
4. If you are able, actually vote! Show some sort of evidence and write a reflective paragraph and whether this felt empowering — or how the experience was for you at the very least.

Essay length (1 page): 5 points
APA bibliography and citations: 5 points
Claim or argument: 5 points
Evidence and supports: 5 points
Analysis and conclusion: 10 points

Read the article and work to answer the question prompts.
If you have college application work to do, prioritize that, but this still is due Wednesday.

Take a few minutes to complete the bellringer — you will need to break out the Google for section 2.

We'll be watching the documentary "The Inventor" about Elizabeth Holmes and her company, Theranos, this week. You will take notes and observations on the movie and any classroom discussion we have — worth 20 formative points — and writing a reflective paragraph — worth 10 summative points. You can use the attached Google Doc or in a notebook or anything that works for you. 
I have linked to the Amazon version of the film because that works on our network. It is also on HBO Max, I think Hulu, and maybe other areas in case you need to watch in your own time. Let me know if there are issues with this and we'll sort it out. 
I've also included two news articles on the topic which will be helpful in better understanding the story, but aren't *required* for completion. That said, at least skim them. There also is a case study looking at the ethics of the thing which I HIGHLY suggest you read for use in the summative portion of this assignment.
ATL (notes) - 20 points
Summative - 20 points

In class we will watch an interview, linked below if you need it, with founder and entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes who launched a multi-billion dollar biotech startup at just 19-years-old. In class or over the weekend you will read the linked and watch the video. 
You should take notes or develop questions about Holmes and her company for discussion next week — turn in at least one question or idea on the index card. We will watch a documentary on her and the company's rise and fall and this background will be useful. Think in particular about sales culture, investing, and how to be a responsible, skeptical thinker around business and ownership.

This week we will meet individually to discuss your research questions. You will take notes on this and write a reflective paragraph to be used in your Criterion E assessment.

Use the CP Service Learning handbook to research and find the answers to the prompts on the Google Form.

Please take a moment to answer this before class today — the first question in particular — and the rest after class. Ms. Murray will be in 2nd and 3rd periods for sure, so do the best you can. You only have to do the Form once.

Read the article and answer the questions to the best of your understanding. You may need to do some additional light research (googling) to find answers.

Use the linked article — it's a radio report, so you can listen if you'd prefer — to help answer the following questions. Include source citations in a bibliography and in-text. 

This week you will begin the research process by finding texts that may work in your Reflective Project and annotating at least one of them

Today we begin the Reflective Project in earnest by exploring what will be the focus of the research. THIS IS A PROCESS! Don't expect the first pass to be the final version. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good!

Using class discussions and resources provided or that you find, do a critical analysis of the Boeing 737 Max saga thinking about ethical implications and outcomes. 
Full credit only available for work turned in on time.

Read the Newsela article and take the quiz and complete the reading question. Annotate the article as needed. You should read it at Max level - it is set for that as a default.

You will find at least one code of ethics that applies to your intended industry or career path and analyze the document, answering the questions on the attached Google Form. Please take some time on this and be thorough. It shouldn't be too difficult, but you'll have to apply some critical thinking and be prepared to discuss in class.

Read the linked article and answer the Google Form questions. This will require you to focus a bit on your life plans, so don't stress out if you don't have it all figure out yet. Just be honest with the answers — it will help me and you as we start to think about Reflective Projects.

Read the linked articles and analyze the meaning, then work on the assigned Google Doc to critically assess the "trend."

Use the Google Doc to organize background information for an updated resume. 

Take 5 minutes to Google your name and summarize what you find. 

Please take time in class to read and investigate this guideline document — we will discuss as a class. You should then take the contract home and use the next two days to think about what's there or what's missing. Amend with any changes or additions you'd like to see and be prepared to discuss on Friday.

Please take a few minutes to complete this Google Form so I get a better idea of where you are at to start the year.

On the supplied index card, answer the following question: Do we still have a right to privacy when using social media or do we sign away those rights when we agree to terms of service?

Read the two linked articles — they are relatively short — and use them to answer the questions in the Google Doc. Note that the final question is a summative paragraph. You will have the whole class to work on this, but we will have some discussion pegged to your thinking at the end.

Please take time to fill out the Google Form Survey. Answer honestly and give it some thought — not one-word answers or "I'm fine."