Process Paper
Our topic is "Special Olympics: Turning Point for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities." The Special Olympics is an international athletic competition with many different sports for people with intellectual disabilities. The Special Olympics has changed the way people view those with intellectual disabilities. It also changes the attitudes and lives of the Special Olympics athletes. We chose this topic because we knew we would be going as volunteers to the Special Olympics as our school service project, so we wanted to learn more about it before we went.
The secondary sources we used were websites that gave us background information about Special Olympics. Many websites gave us background information on how kids with intellectual disabilities were treated. We used a few pictures and videos of athletes during the Special Olympics from the websites to illustrate their story. We also used a book that gave us information about the history of the Special Olympics and a few personal stories about the athletes who compete in the Special Olympics. We learned more about the impact of Special Olympics from several email interviews we had with people involved in Special Olympics.
Most of our primary sources are pictures, videos, and newspaper articles. The pictures are of athletes competing in their favorite sports. The videos are about how Eunice Kennedy Shriver started the Special Olympics and how she changed our world. The newspaper articles report on the first Special Olympics in 1968. We also have an interview. Grace Amemiya, mother of a son with an intellectual disablity, shared her experiences as a long-time Special Olympics volunteer.
We created a website because with technology advancing, we thought it would be fun and challenging. We also thought it would display our information better than an exhibit would. An exhibit could not include as many pictures and videos to show how the Special Olympics changed the lives of so many people. We didn't encounter a lot of problems in making this website. It was fun to do, and there were a lot of choices on what to put on each page. The few problems we encountered we figured out by ourselves and learned more about building a website.
The Special Olympics relates to the theme "Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, and Events" because it changed the way people viewed and treated those with intellectual disabilities. By working as volunteers and coaches or just watching the athletes compete, people can see how much talent persons with intellectual disabilities have. Participating in Special Olympics also changes the attitudes of people with intellectual disabilities. They have confidence in themselves, knowing how much they have accomplished through the excellence of sports. It was one woman, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who helped change the way people with intellectual disabilities were treated and how they viewed themselves through the amazing power of the Special Olympics.
The secondary sources we used were websites that gave us background information about Special Olympics. Many websites gave us background information on how kids with intellectual disabilities were treated. We used a few pictures and videos of athletes during the Special Olympics from the websites to illustrate their story. We also used a book that gave us information about the history of the Special Olympics and a few personal stories about the athletes who compete in the Special Olympics. We learned more about the impact of Special Olympics from several email interviews we had with people involved in Special Olympics.
Most of our primary sources are pictures, videos, and newspaper articles. The pictures are of athletes competing in their favorite sports. The videos are about how Eunice Kennedy Shriver started the Special Olympics and how she changed our world. The newspaper articles report on the first Special Olympics in 1968. We also have an interview. Grace Amemiya, mother of a son with an intellectual disablity, shared her experiences as a long-time Special Olympics volunteer.
We created a website because with technology advancing, we thought it would be fun and challenging. We also thought it would display our information better than an exhibit would. An exhibit could not include as many pictures and videos to show how the Special Olympics changed the lives of so many people. We didn't encounter a lot of problems in making this website. It was fun to do, and there were a lot of choices on what to put on each page. The few problems we encountered we figured out by ourselves and learned more about building a website.
The Special Olympics relates to the theme "Turning Points in History: People, Ideas, and Events" because it changed the way people viewed and treated those with intellectual disabilities. By working as volunteers and coaches or just watching the athletes compete, people can see how much talent persons with intellectual disabilities have. Participating in Special Olympics also changes the attitudes of people with intellectual disabilities. They have confidence in themselves, knowing how much they have accomplished through the excellence of sports. It was one woman, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who helped change the way people with intellectual disabilities were treated and how they viewed themselves through the amazing power of the Special Olympics.