Monday, March 14, 2016

Blogger #4

Due:  Monday, March 28th

Compare & Contrast Preparation 

Your next assignment is going to ask you to compare and contrast to things.  As promised, I am moving away from our digital theme and I'm opening up this assignment to any and all topics for comparison.  

I will offer you some topics to choose from.  You may choose one of these or come up with your own two things to compare and contrast.  You have freedom here.  

  1. Choose two things (people, places, ideas, objects, etc.) to compare and contrast 
  2. Find one informational article (scholarly or not) that discusses your two things
  3. For each article
    1. Select two quotes that stand out to you the most and explain why the quote is important and/or relevant to the work you want to do. 

Possible topics to choose from (these are very broad and you would have to become more specific once you choose a topic).

  1. People 
    1. Celebrities 
    2. Athletes 
    3. Family Members 
    4. Musicians 
    5. Entrepreneurs
    6. Presidential Candidates 
    7. Politicians 
    8. Types of Professions:  educators, business owners, chefs, etc. 
    9. Or any combination of those above 
  2. Places
    1. Cities
    2. Countries
    3. Neighborhoods
    4. Institutions:  Cal States, UCs, Ivy Leagues, Government Institutions 
    5. Homes 
    6. Landmarks i.e statue of liberty & eiffel tower 
    7. past, present, future
    8. theme parks 
    9. parks 
    10. restaurants 
    11. clubs, bars
    12. concerts, festivals 
  3. Ideas
    1. Religion 
    2. culture
    3. politics 
    4. philosophical notions
    5. myths 
    6. gender 
    7. sexuality 
    8. patriotism/nationalism 
    9. colonialism 
    10. revolutions/rebellions 
  4. Objects
    1. Food/Dishes 
    2. phones 
    3. computers 
    4. cars 
    5. TVs
    6. cooking wear 
    7. clothes, clothing lines, fashion trends 
    8. shoes
    9. instruments/types of music/etc. 

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