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Paideia 112 Research Unit

A step-by-step guide to the Research Paper Unit in Paideia 112.

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Paideia OwlWelcome to the Paideia Research Guide

On this website you'll find strategies by which you can produce a successful research paper, as well as worksheet assignments that your instructor might assign.  Please consult your individual section's research syllabus for assignments and due dates.

Below you'll find links to Guides with topic-specific resource suggestions for each section.

Spring 2024 Research Topics

Section 1: North America from 1830-1930 as Reflected in the Arts

Instructor: Kathy Reed
Librarian: Andi Beckendorf
 

Section 2: The Cold War: Competing Visions of the Global Common Good

Instructor: Todd Pedlar
Librarian: Ryan Gjerde
 

Section 3: The Struggle to End Apartheid in South Africa (1948-1994)

Instructor: Martin Klammer
Librarian: Germano Streese

 

Section 4: Film & The Social Imaginary

Instructor: Andy Hageman
Librarian: Andi Beckendorf
 

Section 5: Transhumanism

Instructor: Gereon Kopf
Librarian: Germano Streese

 
Section 6: Weimar Germany

Instructor: Jonathon Struve
​Librarian: Andi Beckendorf
 

Section 7: Historical Remembrance

Instructor: Mark Guerci
​Librarian: Germano Streese
 

Section 8: Medical Ethics

Instructor: Stephanie Travers
Librarian: Ryan Gjerde
 

Section 9: Propaganda and Fake News

Instructor: Mike Garcia
Librarian: Ryan Gjerde
 

Section 10: Asian America

Instructor: Brian Caton
Librarian: Andi Beckendorf
 

Section 11: The History of your Major

Instructor: Amy Weldon
Librarian: Ryan Gjerde
 

Section 12: Bias

Instructor: David Thompson
Librarian: Ryan Gjerde
 

Section 13: The Struggle to End Apartheid in South Africa (1948-1994)

Instructor: Martin Klammer
Librarian: Germano Streese

 
Section 14: Weimar Germany

Instructor: Jonathon Struve
​Librarian: Andi Beckendorf

 
Section 15: Social History of Shakespeare's England

Instructor: Kate Narveson
​Librarian: Andi Beckendorf
 

Section 16: Rumi and His World

Instructor: Christy Vrtis
Librarian: Germano Streese
 

Section 17: Nature and Society

Instructor: Richard Mtisi
​Librarian: Germano Streese​

 
Section 18: The Sixties

Instructor: Novian Whitsitt
Librarian: Ryan Gjerde

 
Section 19: Looking at Life Magazine

Instructor: Marie Drews
​Librarian: Ryan Gjerde
 

Section 20: Ableism & Disability

Instructor: Lindsey Row-Heyveld
Librarian: Germano Streese
 

 

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