outline and thesis

Gina Rhodes
Outline

I. Introduction
A. Talk about third world countries: Africa
B. There is disease lurking everywhere and government killing citizens
C. Different ways to make people aware
D. Video games-almost everyone plays. Good way to educate people especially teens about world issues
E. Thesis:
1. The proposal at the end of both games Darfur is Dying and Deliver the Net are geared towards educating the players of ways to help people suffering in Africa whether it be through placing the player in third world conditions to show the hardships people face in Darfur or to save African people from malaria.

II. Body 1-Darfur is Dying
A. Explain game- before game even begins some background info on Darfur
1. Beginning of game need to pick family member to get water for community
2. Have to hide from Janjaweed militias so you do not get caught
3. If caught, explains what happens to girl/boy typically. Rape, abuse, etc.
4. Can go to refugee camp and try to help community
5. Stories of all people losing families and getting hurt.
-widow mother of ten who is separated from seven of children
-women being raped police do not do anything
-man lost got herd stolen and police did not help
-woman’s cry for help, “Can someone please help us?”
6. Explains specific details about people in Darfur
7. Jobs 13 year old girls and boys have in order to help community survive
B. In camp Janjaweed attacks, gives player options.
1. Send message to President Bush
2. Ask representative to support people in Darfur
3. Start divestment movement on campus
4. Find more ways to get involved
5. Return to game
C. Educational video game
1. Not just used for entertainment but rather to inform people of what is going on
in world
2. Links to explain more about Darfur and to show something needs to be done

III. Body 2- Deliver the Net
A. Explain game- background information about malaria in Africa
1. Objective- to deliver as many bed nets as you can to children in Africa before
the infected mosquitoes come out at night. Can pick up more from UN trucks
carrying them
2. Game is very easy to play and impossible to lose
B. After done have options to help save the children in Africa from malaria
1. Donate $10 to save a child
2. Send game to a friend-“Show your friends how easy it is to save a child”
3. Play again
C. Running tally of how many nets have already been sent
D. Show poor conditions people are living in
E. Links to explain more about malaria and how to send bed nets

IV. Body 3- Compare/Contrast games and effectiveness
A. Both games are educational and very effective
1. Both easy to play
2. Both inform about problem and propose many solutions to help save lives
3. Video games are very popular and they are using that to their advantage by
creating games to educate about poor conditions in third world countries.
4. Give a lot of information
B. Games are different in own way to be effective
1. Darfur is Dying is hard to retrieve water for community
-takes awhile for someone to get to the well to show hardships they are
facing
-in camp it is hard to read stories of people and to see people living in such
awful conditions with the Janjaweed constantly attacking and taking away
property and lives.
-once viewing that hopefully gives players incentive to help
2. Deliver the Net is easy to play and very simple to save lives
-So easy to deliver nets before sun goes down
-shows how simple it is to save people’s lives
-living conditions are not easy to live in and how mosquitoes come out at
night and are infesting children with malaria
C. Darfur shows how difficult it is to survive while Deliver the Net shows how easy it is
to help

V. Conclusion
A. Reword thesis to wrap up paper
B. Explain how easy it is for people to help African people survive from genocide and
disease
C. Games use video games in positive way to educate and inform about problem
D. Propose many solutions that are simple
E. People should play game and get involved in learning about what is going on