Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Research Source Log for Online Source #5


“Specific Page Title or Article Title”
 Ex: Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?
"6 Good Things that Hitler did?"
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)
Ex: POV
Grant J. Kidney
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )
 Ex: CBC News
Grantjkidney.com
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)
Ex: CBC
N/A
Date Page was Last Revised
Ex: 10 September 2010
12 July 2011
Date You Read It
Ex: 21 January 2012
15 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)
http://grantjkidney.com/6-good-things-hitler-did/


FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):
EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV).
Hitler sets a great tradition that will last for a long time if not forever as the author says "The Olympic torch relay ceremony was Hitler’s idea for the 1936 Berlin Olympic games. We haven’t since gotten rid of the ceremony" (Grant J. Kidney).
Hitler probably improved health during his rule as the author states that "Hitler was vehemently anti-smoking. The Nazi’s were also the first to link smoking to the contraction of cancer" (Grant J. Kidney).
The economy became better under Nazi rule, for example "Before coming into power in 1933, mass unemployment crippled the German economy. The global depression of that era made it so that a wheelbarrow full of money couldn’t even buy a loaf of bread. When the Nazis stormed on to the scene, they put everyone back to work. Over night, the wheels of the economy were turning once more and money was flowing back into people’s pockets" (Grant J. Kidney).
The Volkswagen helped everyone in economic and beneficial ways and "Hitler wanted every German, whether rich or poor, to have a car. And thus he invented the Volkswagen (“People’s Car”)" (Grant J. Kidney).
Hitler and the nazis wanted to prevent all sorts of animals from danger as the author states "Hitler and many top Nazis were environmentalist types who cared deeply about animals and their rights. The Nazis were among the first to put in place laws protecting animals from abuse" (Grant J. Kidney).


Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 

 Grant J. Kidney gives six beneficial acts that Hitler did as a leader throughout the article. He first mentions how tired he is of how people and students automatically think of evil whenever they hear Hitler's name because all the media wants to talk about was how evil the third reich was. Then he lists the six good things that Hitler offered to the world and explained each of them as well.


Credibility of Source: Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?

 Grant J. Kidney is a renegade free-thinker, artist, and author. His primary pursuit in life is challenging the existent social orders of the world by various means of art, writing, audio, and video.

Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?

There is a bunch of attachments and ads that come along with this online article.

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?

 There is a pretty strong bias due to the fact that the author only looks at the positive and beneficial side to Hitler's decisions and actions. 

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?

 The author only sites his sources. 


Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?

I plan to use this source to make my argument stronger on how Hitler only wanted to do good not only for the German people but for the rest of the Europe and the World as well. And to provide hard evidence that lists all the beneficial programmes and economic policies that Hitler passed under his rule.

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