Tuesday, April 10, 2012

book source

Title of the Book (in italics when typed, underlined when written)
 Ex: Twilight

sold
Author(s) or Editor
Ex: Stephanie Meyer

patricia mccormick
Publisher
 Ex: Little, Brown and Company

hyperion
Year of Publication 
Ex: 2003

2006
City of Publication
Ex: New York

NY
Mode of Access (Print if you read the actual book, Electronic if you found it online, or through your kindle/nook/ereader):
Ex: Print

print
Eddition if indicated:
 

first




FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):
EX: After having known Edward for just a few short months, Bella admits that “it would cause [her] physical pain to be separated from him now" (Meyer 283).
the protagonist admits that "here i do a different set of calculations" (book cover) and divisions n subctractions now refer to the amount of men she can bring back to her room

when tormented by her own image the protagonist of sold admits that "a few days later when i am finally strong enough to get out of bed, i pass by a mirror. The face that looks back is that of a corps." (192)
when taken to her room she sees "iron bars on the windows" (95)

after drinking a yogurt beverage given to her by some girl, the prtagonist says "i feel odd, and soon her imagwe is fading in and out like a lantern light" (119_

when wakuing up to a thud she admits that "habib rolls off me, then i understand i was the person crying" (121)



Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
This book ia about Lakshimi, a thirteen year old girl who lives a simple life in her village untill the himalayan moon destroys her crops and forces her father to move away.

Lakshimi is then promised a job in the city to work as a maid, but her nightmares only begin when she findsout to havebeen sold into the world of human traffick. Mumtaz is the antagonist who keeps her working to pay off the debts for her family, which are later on revealed to be impossible and nothing but a downward spiral which lakshmi must escape at her own costs.

Credibility of Source:
Author or Editor: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the editor.
Attachment: Does the author or editor have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative?
 the author is patricia mc cormick, her work surrounds the imperfections of society putting a spotlight on all the horrible but true stories happening within our own neighborhoods.  


Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?

the author's bias is quite general, expanding to all points of view yet portrays a favor for the unfortunate protagonists in her stories.

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?

i plan to use this to tell about the horrid stories and tales of human traffick, exposing the tortures and cruelty put upon these victims.

there are none, this is a fiction

Monday, March 5, 2012

Online Source

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”


Human Trafficking: Human and child Trafficking on the rise. 
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)


Lisa Collacott
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )


Human and child Trafficking On The Rise. 
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)


Tribune News 
Date Page was Last Revised


February 12, 2012 
Date You Read It


March 5,2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)



FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):


Human trafficking is not only a problem in other nation but also in the U.S. Human Trafficking is gradually increasing in our Nation, Trafficking such as "Trafficking for sex or labor exploitation "  

Many organization is been created to help stop Human Trafficking, organization "Colorado Springs is working with victims once they've been rescued."

Organization such as " the Restore Innocence" is been created to help stop victim on child Trafficking 

The organization helps provide "counseling and medical treatment as well as receiving help in getting a job or into college." for victims 

In average there is about "100,000 to 300,000 human trafficking victims in the United States."


Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 


The article is about Human and Child Trafficking being on the rise. there are organization created to help stop Human trafficking and child trafficking. The Restore innocent Organization is created to help child victim at the age 18. the organization help victim to receive counseling and medical treatment as well as as receiving help in getting a job or into college. 
 
Credibility of Source: 
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site? 


The author for the article is Lisa Collacott. cannot find any interesting facts. but she is a writer for the tribune news. 


Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business? 


The article is simply informative. 

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 


No bias 

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 


Yes. no her citing references didn't take away from her work. 


Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 


I plan to use this source to help me support to write my essay. 


Saturday, March 3, 2012

Online Source

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”


Human Trafficking: Officials Team Up To Stop Human Trafficking 

Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)


Sharon Lawson 
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )


Official Team Up To Stop Human Trafficking NBC 6 Miami
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)


NBC
Date Page was Last Revised


March 1, 2012
Date You Read It


March 3, 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)




FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):

Campaign such as“The Route Ends Here.”  is being form to help stop human trafficking 


To help stop Human Trafficking The "Kristi House a child advocacy center in Miami Dade" has created a training team to teach employees to identify victims of human trafficking 



To ensure the safety of children and for all about "400 employees at MIA and the Port of Miami have been trained." to help stop human trafficking 

Statistics fun fact "Traffickers make $32 billion a year in profits from over 27 million victims worldwide."


Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 


This articles talks about officials taking the fight to stop human trafficking. there are programs form to help train employees to spot victims. Base on this article, Human trafficking has cause traveling process more difficult. there is a lot of security process ones have to go through in other to travel. for kids its not that difficult but they too are required to go through security.  


Credibility of Source: 
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site? 


The author o this site is Sharon Lawson. Lawson joined NBC Miami in august 2003 as a general assignment reporter. she had already earned nearly a decade of experience covering everything from natural disasters and presidential elections to interviewing Hollywood celebrities on the red carpet. 

Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business? 


The author is informative. she inform many people like myself about the issue of human trafficking , and the programs that's been created to help stop it. 


Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 


NO bias


References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 


The author uses quotes for her article to support her article. no her adding references doesn't take away from her work at all. 

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?


I plan to use this source to support my opinion of human trafficking of the different step that taking to help stop it.  i also plan to use this source to help supporting my writings on human trafficking. 


Thursday, February 2, 2012

second online source



Specific Page Title or Article Title”
Human Trafficking
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc
n/a
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )
  
The polaris project for a world without slavery
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)

polaris project
Date Page was Last Revised
Ex: 10 September 2010
2010
Date You Read It
Ex: 21 January 2012
february 2,  2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)
http://www.polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/overview?gclid=CJ3B46Lo_60CFQF3hwod70AQAw




FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):
they refer to Human trafficking as a " form of modern-day slavery "
according to the us federal law, " victims of human trafficking include children involved in the sex trade, adults age 18 or over who are coerced or deceived into commercial sex acts, and anyone forced into different forms of "labor or services,"
this traffick is such an eenormous business that it goes from  small-scale "mom and pop labor operations" to bigger scale farm and factories
human traffick victims do not have a specific stereotype, "Victims of human trafficking in the United States include U.S. citizens or foreign nationals, adults or minors, and men or women.  Foreign-born victims in the U.S. may be either documented or undocumented."
human traffick is considered "one of the fastest growing criminal industries"

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 
this website summarizes the history of human trafficking. Although human trafficking has always been there, statistics show it has increased in the past years. The polaris project exposes huuman trafficking to its very roots and tells us exactly what human trafficking is, does and its main locations are.



Credibility of Source: 
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site? 
This source is very reliable, they are a very big community and only experienced people specialized in human trafficking are aloud to share the information.


Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business? 

this author is simply informing us about the issues in the world today wit human traffic. 

 

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 
no, there is none.

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 
yes, the author cites U.S. federal law as well as CSEC , they definitely add to the credibility because both are very informative and established
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 
i plan to use this website when describing the history of human trafficking as well as simply citing the facts.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Senior Project Online Source



Specific Page Title or Article Title”
Human Trafficking in the United States
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc
Nicholas Kristof
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )
  
The New York Times
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)

NYT
Date Page was Last Revised
Ex: 10 September 2010
APRIL 13 2011
Date You Read It
Ex: 21 January 2012
january 10  2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)
http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/23/human-trafficking-in-the-united-states/




FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):
the article looks at human trafficking and the misunderstanding that "there’s sometimes a tendency to think that the problem just exists overseas" and insists 
"we also have significant problems in the United States" (NYT)
they then proceed to say that this problem perseveres "particularly among home-grown young teenagers" (NYT)
the article also states that instead of criticizing other countries we should look in our own neighborhoods because "we don’t have the credibility to address the problems abroad unless we clean up our act at home." ( NYT)
they noted that even some skeptics have admitted to "voluntary prostitution." (NYT)

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 

in the article "human trafficking in the us" by nicholas kristof the author writes about his past experiences and writing about human trafficking throughout his career as a journalist for the NYT. In most of the quotes cited above he talks about the negative impact thinking that our country is immune from human traffick has on our society today. 



Credibility of Source: 
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site? 

Nicholas kristof is a journalist and op- ed columnist  as well as winner for two puiizer prizes.
He studied at harvard and graduated as a Phi Beta Kappa at harvard



Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business? 

this author is simply informing us about the issues in the world today wit human traffic. 




Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 
no, there is none.

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 
yes, the author cites Rachel Lloyd's compelling new memoir " girls like us"  which definitelyy adds to his credibility 

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 

i plan to use this source throughout my persuasive essay and speech. There is too many people out there who are misunderstanding the locatin of most crimes because they are put under a "far away" ideal of crimes by the local news and my essay will concentrate on exposing the issues brought by human traffick.