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Video Games – Do They Cause Violence, or Not? (Anonymous student posts)

V.V.G.

The Main idea of the paper VVG (violent video games) is to dispute about the connection between VVG or Violent Video Games and aggression between them and to prove that the more violent the game is the more aggressive the people are in the personality and their life. The source is a reliable one and seems to have very accurate information to the topic. There is no bias or slant in it, it is all fact because they use examples of real video games in life and real events that happened according to the videogames that the kids play. For example there was a shooting in Columbine High School in Colorado and the evidence states that 2 students shot and killed 12 kids and one teacher and left notes at there house saying that is how they would have killed them in there video game doom.

Article reported on

Dill, Karen E. and Craig A. Anderson (2000). Video Games and Aggressive Thoughts, Feelings, and Behavior in the Laboratory and in Life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 78. 4 (April): 772-790. Full text (external)

                                                                                      

Not Violent

The Main idea of this paper Video Games don’t make kids violent is to prove to people that not all video games can cause all kinds of violets and that it is a big need for games in the time period that we are in. They talk about some of the most violent games out there such as Skyrim and Call of duty in which both of them you spend time killing and murdering people. The Main part of this that I am getting at is that All of these games re violent and all of them are rated M and that means unless a parent or guardian allows you to you have to be 18 or older to play this game. So the problem can sometimes with the parents, because if they don’t want there kids playing those games in the first place then they have the power to take it back or just not let them play them. So, yes the games can be violent but if we just follow the rating the it is ok. I don’t think there is any slant or bias because the only way to have that in this case is if someone you know has that problem.

http://ideas.time.com/2011/12/07/video-games-dont-make-kids-violent/#ixzz1kUHZglC

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Performance Task

Reading Nonfiction:  Research GRASP

Due Date:  January 27, 2012

Goal:               Your goal is to present multiple points of view on a single topic and to analyze each source for point of view, purpose, accuracy and quality of evidence.

Role:               You are an advance researcher for the eighth grade writing nonfiction project.

Audience:      Eighth graders at Northeast Middle School

Situation:       In our next unit, we will focus on writing nonfiction.  That will require you to have quality and balanced resources.  During our current unit, you will be creating a bank of quality and balanced resources for you or your classmates to use.

Product:         You will create a website or blog to present at least three (3) reliable sources that you have analyzed for purpose, viewpoint and quality of evidence.   Your website or blog should display a range of viewpoints that accurately display multiple viewpoints on the issue.

Requirements:

1.      Present at least three (3) sources

2.      Use at least one scholarly source

3.      Write an overview of your sources

4.      Presentation is clean and free of distracting errors (see writing rubric)

Analysis questions:

What is the author’s purpose for the source and how do you know? (Include bias or slant in your response.)

            What is the author’s viewpoint and how do you know?

            How does the author present conflicting evidence? If there is no conflicting evidence, explain why the author did not include any.

Common Core Standard 8.6:

Determine author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.