Morality Final Project: Home

Project Requirements:

• The PowerPoint must include the following parts:
  • Explain the basics of the issue, especially aspects that people would not be familiar with.
  • Use principles of Catholic moral reasoning you have learned this semester to analyze your topic:
    • Three parts of a moral act
    • Principle of double effect
  • What aspects of this issue go against the particular commandment/s? How? Why?
  • Are there aspects of the issue that are in accord with Catholic moral teaching / the commandments? How? Why?
  • For the aspects that go against Church teaching, what are key reasons why people consider them to be morally acceptable? What does the Church say in response?
  • What are the connections to what you learned in the unit about the various types of law? (Use your schema as a resource for this!)
  • Feel free to include any other aspects of Catholic morality we have learned this semester as well: modern moral philosophies, happiness, formation of conscience, etc.
• Include references to St. Peregrine the Red
• Annotations: This will be a separate Word document, citing all your sources in MLA format. You will also include a 4-6 sentence summary of each of your sources.
  • Note: Magisterium.com will help you find Church documents as resources, and you will need to cite those plus this website
  • The library will also have a Libguide to help you find Church and secular sources.
  • All sources must be credible: written by a knowledgeable, identifiable author(s); cites its sources of information; is up-to-date; is transparent in its purpose; is available in full text.
  • All sources for Church teaching must be Church documents, including the Catechism. You may also include additional credible sources that provide additional details or context, but your main sources for Church teaching must be Church documents.
  • Source requirements:
    • Church teaching: at least 3 Church documents (1 must be the Catechism)
    • Details about issue: at least 3 credible published sources

Project Timeline:

1. Select your topic from the Signupgenius link posted as a Teams assignment.
   1. 5 point assignment, not part of the project grade
   2. Due Tuesday, April 29 at the beginning of class

2. Research Church teaching about the issue in order to find sources, which you will then annotate.
   1. Go to https://www.magisterium.com/
   2. Input your prompt/s into the website. It will give you a basic explanation of your topic, plus a list of Church documents it used as sources. You will use these to guide your further research.
   3. Use these sources for the following:
      1. Read the cited sections of these sources for additional details and context.
      2. Capture citation details: name of document, author, section, etc. – everything you need to create MLA formatting.
      3. As you read, compare what the AI told you against the source documents:
         1. Do they align?
         2. Look at the dates: are there more recent Church documents that discuss this issue? Check those for additional details, and record that info into your Word doc as well.
      4. For this checkpoint, you will submit a Word document with the following:
         1. Citations for at least three Church documents that explain Church teaching on your topic in MLA format. One must be the Catechism.
         2. After each citation, write a draft of your annotation: 4-6 sentence summary of each of the three Church sources. These must be in your own words unless you put quoted material in quotation marks. You will polish these for the final project: this is your first pass to capture key details. Also cite that you used Magisterium.com to find these sources.
   4. Due into Teams Thursday, May 1 at the beginning of class: 15-point assignment

3. Research additional details about the issue, as needed to explain it clearly.
   1. Use the Libguides to find credible published sources with current information about your issue.
   2. For this checkpoint, you will submit a Word document with the following:
      1. MLA citations for at least three credible sources that have key information and details helpful to include in your resource on your topic.
      2. After each citation, write a draft of an annotation: 4-6 sentence summary of each of the three secular (non-Church) sources. These must be in your own words! You will polish these for the final project: this is your first pass to capture key details.
   3. Due into Teams Monday, May 5 at the beginning of class: 15-point assignment

4. Create a draft of your PowerPoint
   1. Your draft can be in the form of a Word doc, OneNote plan, beginning to your PowerPoint – whatever format works best for your initial project draft.
   2. Due into Teams Friday, May 9^th at the END of class: 15-point assignment
      1. That day will be a project work day
      2. Tuesday, May 13^th will also be a work day

5. Project Due: Thursday, May 15
   1. All pieces of your project are due into Teams at the beginning of class
      1. PowerPoint
      2. Annotations: Word doc with all citations in MLA format, plus 4-6 sentence summaries of each source, in your own words. Submit this via the Turnitin.com link in the Teams assignment.
         1. Also cite that you used Magisterium.com to find these sources.
   2. Presentation: You will orally present your project, 5-6 minutes in length
      1. Explain the key specifics of the issue
      2. Explain what the Church teaches on it, and why
      3. Analyze your topic using the 3 parts of a moral act and the 4 steps of the principle of double effect using no notes or resources. PPt will be offscreen.
      4. Presentations will begin that day and finish the next class period.
         1. Students will draw names that day to determine presentation order.
   3. Reflection: 5 points of your project grade
      1. Due into Teams by the beginning of class Monday, May 19^th
      2. The Teams assignment will post Thursday at the end of class so that you can also include some take-aways from classmates’ presentations

All assignments must be submitted into Teams with a document attachment: no links to OneNote or online documents (Word, etc.) will be accepted. If a link or online document is attached to the Teams assignment, it will be counted late.