Secondary Education Commons^™

Human Trafficking, Rodrigo Fajardo

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Human trafficking is a rampant crime around the globe. Men, women and children are trafficked in this dirty activity. The scale of women and children trafficking is vast but it is challenging to put a figure on the actual number of women and children trafficked all over the world. The crime of human trafficking is very secretive and remains a hidden activity. Many cases of human trafficking are not reported, while many of those reported are untraced. Women and children are the easiest victims of human trafficking due to their vulnerability, making them an easy target for traffickers.

The Impact Of Women’S Rights, Shauntee Mims

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Gender bias affects the teaching in young girls. The development of gender behavior has been passed down from generation to generation. The issue is that there are double standards in how gender bias affects women professionally, academically, and socially. Current efforts by many women have started to correct this learned behavior. More and more people are becoming aware of the issue, but some do nothing to try to change it. In a book by Anne Helen Petersen, Serena Williams is viewed as being “too strong” and that her body is “too masculine” and does not match the body of a …

Stress Among Teens, Raul Ramirez-Galindo

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Stress is something a majority of people go through. Teens however have to deal with finding their “identity” and struggling to prove to themselves that they are good enough. Teens don’t have much of a clue on how to “fix” or manage their stress which can be changed. The stress teens experience can impact them emotionally, mentally and socially, leading to greater effects in their lives.

Intelligent Design And Darwinian Evolution, Raul Sanchez

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Darwinian Evolution has many fundamental flaws that are only being discussed in the technical papers and yet it’s portrayed as an unequivocal theory. Intelligent Design is being censored In Academia and represented poorly in public media. Even with leading scientists at the forefront of discovery and logical reasoning Intelligent Design is portrayed as a religious way of infiltrating the science classroom but in reality its far from it. Ultimately it comes down to what the evidence points to and if it points to God then let it be so.

The Impact Of Videogames, Say Wah

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

There is an abundance of misconceptions about the effects of videogames. The current connotation is negative, especially for videogames that show violence. The importance of this research is to help shine a light on the true extent on how videogames affect its users and the world around them. Many studies have been conducted around the link between videogames and aggressive behavior. Some studies have shown that there can be an increase in aggression. However, a similar study that found an increase in aggression, also found that the aggression was rooted from frustration of the game and not around the game …

Societal Disadvantages Of The Lgbtq Community, Mia Kennedy

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

In the United States, homosexual students face an increased rate of hardships that contribute to becoming homeless more often than their heterosexual counterparts which starts their disadvantages in society. These disadvantages include the lack of access to education, counseling, and of course a set home. LGBTQ students are at higher suicide rates, dropout rates, and less successful compared to heterosexuals which is all compared with the fact that they were homeless at one point in their life. The best way to battle this stigma against homosexuals would be to help spread awareness of the situation and from there begin to …

The Lost Mind Of A Culture, Ladaysia Smith

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

The black community struggles with mental health just like every other community, group of people, or singular human beings but the difference because its rarely talked about. The black community has many generational traumas and silent codes that dictate what we discuss and who we discuss these things with. Suppressing your thoughts, emotions, illnesses, and issues is unhealthy and ineffective. As a whole community this research would like to find outlets to work on effective communication and iterating our emotions without creating traumatic experiences for other people wo look like them. This research will talk about generational trauma, the perception …

How Animal Abuse Feeds Into Acts Of Human Violence, Elisa Soto

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

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Brain Dominance On Education, Dj Rodgers

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

What are the differences of being "left-brain" dominant and "right-brain" dominant. Would being one or the other make public education easier for some? That’s the answer that is being sought after. This is important because it can help prove to people that the way we do public education now isn’t good for everyone.

Journalism: Developing Students Into Global Citizens, Caitlin Pieters

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

This research project discusses high school journalism classes and the long-lasting effects those classes have on students. Journalism class can provide a student with helpful skills that are useful throughout their careers and lives. It also offers real life examples from students who have taken these journalism classes. Research done for this project illustrates how journalism can impact the information literacy skills of students when searching for and evaluating information. Overall, findings of this research shows significant evidence that completing a journalism class can positively effect students and should be a mandatory class or at least be a highly suggested …

Ethical Acceptance Of Drone Usaga, Maliik Jones

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Drones are currently not ethically accepted everywhere in the world, even illegal to use in some places. There are many different uses for drones, many are harmless and positive to the community. But the reason places are hesitant to allow them are due to the violent acts drones are used for. There are some countries who allow restricted use of the drones, I believe with more knowledge this should be a worldwide acceptance. As the technology advancements that drones provide outweigh the negatives that could possibly happen. This presentation will cover the laws that have been put into place, along …

Ethical Artificial Intelligence, Adrian Maya

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

This paper will address the lack of Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulation within the United States and with European Union Artificial Intelligence ethics as a guideline. The current notion about Artificial Intelligence stems from movies, such as Terminator, that create a stigma that Artificial Intelligence will cause robots to take over the world. Ethics in Artificial Intelligence is a new concept that has risen as smart technologies concerning Artificial Intelligence have become widely used. To address the lack of Artificial Intelligence regulation this paper will suggest a process to analyze each use case of Artificial Intelligence such as its weaponization. To …

Climate Change, Ricky Suarez

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Climate change or global warming is an increase in the average global temperature. Human activity and natural causes are believed to be contributing to the increase in global temperature. The primary cause of the rise in temperature is the increase in greenhouse gases such as Carbon Dioxide. Human activity is clear to be causing most of the warming by releasing heat-trapped gases into the atmosphere. This research seeks to identify what is causing climate change, who is causing it, what are some ways we can stop it from getting worse, what will happen if we don’t do anything to stop …

Education: Our Flawed And Outdated System, Gavin Farmer

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

Public schools are a place to learn and prepare for the real world. Even so, they do not fully succeed in providing a good education to all students. Some kids leave high school without all the life skills necessary to succeed in the real world and others feel they haven’t learned enough about what they are passionate about. Schools also seem to neglect certain aspects of their students' lives, such as their mental health. This research looks at surveys, journals and articles, to learn more about just a few areas in which the public school system seems to be lacking, …

Dakota 38+2, Jaidan Payer

Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects

This poster will discuss the largest mass execution in U.S. history. Thirty-eight Dakota men were executed on December 26, 1862, in Mankato, Minnesota. Plus two for the two Dakota men who were hung the next day. This execution was the end of the Dakota War of 1862. All of which was under the decision of Abraham Lincoln.

Tennessee Promise Mentoring And Its Impact On Social Capital Of Disadvantaged Students, Tara Laroy

Ed.D. Dissertations

Disadvantaged students (i.e., students characterized by first generation status, low socio-economic status, or racial minority) in the United States enrolled in college at higher rates but still faced a significant college graduation gap. Research has shown that a close, personal relationship with a mentor can increase the social capital of disadvantaged students in post-secondary education. The Tennessee Promise Program was a scholarship program for high school students, designed to remove the financial barriers while also supplying them with an adult mentor to guide them through the college process. In this qualitative study, the researcher aimed to investigate the experiences of …

Exploring Race, Class And Power In Young Adult Literature, Jessica Eddings

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

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Spices, Spirituality, And Scarcity: Experiences Of Food And Drink In The Middle Ages, Thomas Nelson

History - Master of Arts in Teaching

I. Synthesis Essay………………………….......3

II. Primary Documents and Headnotes………27

III. Textbook Critique…………………………...37

IV. New Textbook Entry………………………...40

V. Bibliography…………………………………..49

Civil Rights And The Black Experience During The New Deal Era: Limitations And Possibilities 1932–1948, Garth Sutherland

History - Master of Arts in Teaching

I. Synthesis Essay………………………………3

II. Primary Documents and Headnotes……….27

III. Textbook Critique……………………………39

IV. New Textbook Entry…………………………47

V. Bibliography…………………………………..53

'Massacres', 'Tragedies, ‘Genocide:’ A Critical Analysis Of Differing Perspectives On The Armenian Genocide, Samuel Hugo Willner

History - Master of Arts in Teaching

I. Synthesis Essay………………………………4

II. Bibliography…………………………………..31

III. Primary Documents and Headnotes………33

IV. Textbook Critique…………………………….43

V. New Textbook Entry…………………………..46