FS HED 201 CD 138 ETHNIC 107

PART 1

Overview

The “Current Events in Public Health” assignments are designed to help integrate the concepts in each module and then relate them to public health current events. This week the topic is: finding valid support and using proper citations in your work.

It helps to meet: Course Objectives

• 12) Identify, assess and utilize credible information resources on community health current issues, such
  as the Internet, social media, media outlets, and libraries
• 18) Communicate orally and in writing in the scientific language of the discipline.
• 19: Interpret and evaluate public health and medical information from general and subject specific library and credible Internet sources.

You will use the provided article(s) to complete the assignment.

Key Takeaways:

• *You must use in-text citations AND references at the end on each assignment.
• *This improves your academic skills and also helps to prevent misinformation.
• *This will help your grades in ALL classes.

Deeper Dive Into Assignment Purpose

Why are we doing this? Searches are now largely AI based, many of us use AI to summarize or even edit documents. (You should not be using it to write it completely!). The goal is to get you used to:

1. Finding proof of a health claim
2. Making sure to find the actual references when AI is the search (which is pretty much all the time now!) Why? AI often lists references that are not exact, you need to scan the article to make sure it does contain your proof.
3. Understanding if the reference fits your level. Is the source it so complex you can’t even read it? If not, find another one.
4. Citing AI if you are using it for any summary or writing (even if you use it to summarize a very scientific article.)

Readings

Read this interesting from NBC. Then lets chat about it!

Assignment Steps

1. Read the provided piece. Then you will find another source about it and analyze how you found your information. FIRST FOR THE SUMMARY AND FACT FINDING
2. Find a comment in the article that is interesting to you. You can talk about aging, memory, loneliness, ways to combat aging, social inequalities and aging, the list is endless. Find anything that strikes you. Write two sentences on that in your own voice and tell us why it is interesting to you
3. Then use the internet to find a fact (something proven to be true) on the topic you chose.
4. Write a 1-3 sentence summary to tell the reader how it relates to the article.
5. Provide a reference for your fact. NOW FOR THE ANALYSIS OF YOUR RESEARCH…
6. Take a screenshot of your source.
   1. To screenshot, use the “PrtSC” or screenshot feature on your computer or phone. Save it as a jpg to include. (png will not work)
7. Comment on if the source was appropriate. Was it only available by abstract or could you see the whole article? Did it support your point well? Did you see the correct information in the article? etc.

Example: Education and Aging

SUMMARY AND FACT FINDING:

I decided to link education and longevity since I am a teacher. I fact I found is that having an education means you may live longer. I found another article called “A seminal 2005 study focused on increases in compulsory education between 1915 and 1939 across US states and found that a year of schooling reduced mortality by 3.6%” (1). Schooling makes you live longer!

1. Zajacova A, Lawrence EM. The Relationship Between Education and Health: Reducing Disparities Through a Contextual Approach. Annu Rev Public Health
2. Sourced via Chrome Pilot 8/20/2025

RESEARCH ANALYSIS

I used Google to search so it gave me its AI summary right away. I searched the question “does education make you live longer. I had to click a few links to find one that had proof of education and living longer. When I found the article, it did support my question, but it is pretty complicated. I used the summary more than the whole article, which I did have access to. Below is my search and the article.

What You Need to Accomplish

1. Provide an article summary of 3-5 sentences.
2. Provide an additional fact from an additional credible source
3. Your fact(s) must be properly noted on the slide with in-text citations
4. Provide a screenshot of the article for your additional fact.
5. Provide a personal reflection.
6. Use the format in the example.
7. Reference at the end.
8. USE YOUR OWN VOICE. IT SHOULD SOUND LIKE YOU ARE TALKING TO A FRIEND!

Potential Stress AND Grades Warning!

I went to a meeting with a panel of students and they were so focused on if faculty screened work for “cut and paste”. They were also very worried about the “Turnitin” score being high on work, indicating plagiarism . Let’s help keep stress down!

First, on an assignment like this, your “plagiarism” score will be high! Does it mean you copied? No! It means you have a quote and a reference in a short piece. Turnitin just scans for exact copy so it is naturally high on this and that is ok!

Faculty uses screening tools and” cut and paste search” when work is suspect, not as a sole indicator of cheating. So, try not to worry too much. Our academic integrity unit went over this, but I don’t want you to get high blood pressure on this assignment: ) Cite, use references and make work your own and you will do great!

Sources

Article: SuperAgers over 80 share strong memory and social lifestyles, Northwestern study finds.

Help Resources

Tutoring: if you need help , make an appointment with the

Office Hours: Use the to see how to schedule

Citation Help:

A summary is a short overview of the main idea. It is not listing facts, copying or saying a great deal. It is JUST the main idea of the article with a key point or two to support that idea. It has a clear overview sentence. Read my example to see.

PART 2-

Purpose

The purpose of the reflective journal is for you to take time to reflect on your values, perceptions, and beliefs regarding the care of infants and toddlers.

Expectation

Please make sure that your journal entries are at least one paragraph long. Keep in mind that your responses will be evaluated based on their depth, rather than being right or wrong. Please share your thoughts, and feedback will be given in the form of questions to encourage deeper thinking. You can resubmit these assignments, and they should be at least 150 words long.

Reflective Prompt

How would you define professionalism? What are the characteristics that make someone a professional?

PART 3

IF YOU CANNOT COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT BY THE DUE DATE YOU MUST CANVAS MESSAGE ME OR ELSE YOU RISK BEING DROPPED FROM THE CLASS.

Assignment goal

• Recognize settle colonialism in Native American lands.
• Discuss Native American resistance.

Instructions

Use your understanding from the readings and do the following:

1. Explain how the settler colonialism is established. How exactly are settlers transforming the lands and lives of indigenous peoples?
   1. Use the settler colonialism definition included in the video on Canvas for this week.
   2. Use at least 3 specific examples (direct quotations) from the the Takaki chapter only that show settler colonialism.
   3. In order to receive credit, please cite (Takaki, 2012, p. page number here) (Subheading_______). For subheading, use the subheading that the example falls under. For example on page 2 the subheading is Andrew Jackson: “To…Tread on the Graves of Extinct Nations”
   4. In order to receive credit you must explain why the example shows settler colonialism

1. Discuss examples of Native American resistance in Section 4.5: Perspective and Future Directions

1. 1. Choose 2 things that resonate with you from section 4.5. By resonate I mean what surprises you, what stands out to you, what affects you in some way, what did you learn that you didnt know before, and/or what did you already know that was enhanced by something you read here.
   2. Pick 2 specific examples using direct quotations, using the citation style above (with subheading) and explain why each thing resonates with you.

Post your assignment to Canvas assignment Settler Colonialism

Grading Criteria

• including 3 direct quotations in number 1 and 2 direct quotations in number 2 — (3 points each) = 15 points possible
• citing each quotation properly– redo if not cited according to guidelines
• includes an appropriate explanation for each quotation (5 quotations) — (3 points each) = 15 points possible
• appropriate use of the settler colonialism definition (5 points) = 5 points possible

PART 4

StudiesDiscussion board 2: Introduction to Ethnic Studies

**IF YOU CANNOT COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT BY THE DUE DATE YOU MUST CANVAS MESSAGE ME OR ELSE YOU RISK BEING DROPPED FROM THE CLASS.

PLEASE NOTE: Discussion boards are locked a few days after the due date. In most circumstances, they cannot be made up so please check that your post and responses have gone through. In extreme circumstances, contact me via Canvas.

Discussion Board goal:

1. Discuss the origins of Ethnic Studies.
2. Relate what you learned about Ethnic Studies to you and your life or interests.

Discussion Board purpose:

The purpose of this discussion is to take what you learn about Ethnic Studies and describe what meaning/significance it has for you. This will also help to process the affective (emotional) and cognitive (mind) and put it into conversation with the rest of us. Here we create a space where we start from where we are at in our learning and initial exposure to the subject.

Step-by-step prompt directions:

Please read the Ethnic Studies materials and write a response and submit via Canvas.

1. In the Ethnic Studies readings: tell me 3 things that resonated/stood out (or that “spoke to you”, that impacted you in some way, that surprised you, that you learned, that you knew already but “spoke to you” differently, etc) in the Ethnic Studies readings.
2. Use direct quotations and cite them. THEN explain why you chose those quotations (why they resonated with you).
3. To cite: After the quotation put (author, year, page). Although unconventional, I also want you to put the subheadings section that you cite. For the 1.1, 1.2, and 1.4 readings, there is no page number so you just put (Fischer, 2023, subheading). 2.4 The Beginning of Ethnic Studies reading has a different author.
4. Submit to Canvas by the deadline.
5. Respond to 2 other classmates by Wednesday, February 11th, 1159pm