11th Grade Religion

Mission:

The mission of the CBA Markert Library program is to teach information literacy in collaboration with classroom teachers within the context of the content curriculum, inspire and develop a love of reading, and provide diverse materials and services to enable students to become life-long learners and effective users of information.

**Big 6 Research Method**
	1.1. Define the problem 1.2 Identify the information requirements	How do religious beliefs, economics, and the moral compass of the times (setting) influence plot and characterization? Religious beliefs: What was the religious tone in this time? Did Christian precepts match with behavior? What was the religion of the main character? What is right and wrong in the religion? (sins)? Morality of the religion? Economics: Loss of slavery impact economics? Cash crops/southern states/the Mississippi River? Moral Compass (morality/ethics/behavior): does the moral compass of the time overlap with religion? Segregation of races – impact on society? Political situation/abolition/tension between northern and southern states? Did the characterization of slavery in Huck Finn match the reality?
	2.1 Determine kinds of sources 2.2 Prioritize sources	Books, Internet, Databases. Prioritize according to your need; make sure you are not using encyclopedias as cited sources. Academic journals: peer reviewed journals are the most authoritative
	3.1 Locate actual resources 3.2 Locate information	Books: Mark Twain: 813, 818, Biography; slavery, 326; American history: 973.6, 973.7 Databases: Gale Student Resource Center Internet: Google, but be careful to choose academically credentialed sites Recommended sites "I will be heard!" Abolitionism in America Abolition: The African-American Mosaic (Library of Congress Exhibition) Mark Twain in His Times Homepage - Dr. Stephen Railton, University of Virginia (English Dept.) The Mark Twain House - The Man Make sure that your Internet sources are academically credentialed.
	4.1 Engage (read, view, interview) 4.2 Extract (make notes)	Take notes electronically, making sure to capture info for citation. Citation generator You are responsible for the accuracy of your citation, not the generator or the database vendor. Check against citation examples.
	5.1 Organize information 5.2 Present information	The Works Cited page will be the last page of your paper. Make sure that your Works Cited page follows MLA formatting: 1" margins, 12 point Times New Roman font, with resources in alphabetical order in hanging format. Be careful to use MS Word View>Header and Footer for the pagination. *Use proper MLA date formatting:* Heading: 21 October 2009 Citation: 21 Oct 2009 Works Cited sample (pdf) REMINDER: NO encyclopedia entries are acceptable as sources.
	6.1 Judge the product 6.2 Judge the process	What did you learn about research? About sources? What did you learn about the world of Mark Twain and how it impacted his writing?
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Big 6 Research Method

1.1. Define the problem

1.2 Identify the information requirements

How do religious beliefs, economics, and the moral compass of the times (setting) influence plot and characterization?

Religious beliefs: What was the religious tone in this time? Did Christian precepts match with behavior? What was the religion of the main character? What is right and wrong in the religion? (sins)? Morality of the religion?

Economics: Loss of slavery impact economics? Cash crops/southern states/the Mississippi River?

Moral Compass (morality/ethics/behavior): does the moral compass of the time overlap with religion? Segregation of races – impact on society? Political situation/abolition/tension between northern and southern states? Did the characterization of slavery in Huck Finn match the reality?

2.1 Determine kinds of sources

2.2 Prioritize sources

Books, Internet, Databases.

Prioritize according to your need; make sure you are not using encyclopedias as cited sources.

Academic journals: peer reviewed journals are the most authoritative

3.1 Locate actual resources

3.2 Locate information

Books: Mark Twain: 813, 818, Biography; slavery, 326; American history: 973.6, 973.7

Databases: Gale Student Resource Center

Internet: Google, but be careful to choose academically credentialed sites

Recommended sites

"I will be heard!" Abolitionism in America

Abolition: The African-American Mosaic (Library of Congress Exhibition)

Mark Twain in His Times Homepage - Dr. Stephen Railton, University of Virginia (English Dept.)

The Mark Twain House - The Man

Make sure that your Internet sources are academically credentialed.

4.1 Engage (read, view, interview)

4.2 Extract (make notes)

Take notes electronically, making sure to capture info for citation.

Citation generator

You are responsible for the accuracy of your citation, not the generator or the database vendor. Check against citation examples.

5.1 Organize information

5.2 Present information

The Works Cited page will be the last page of your paper.

Make sure that your Works Cited page follows MLA formatting: 1" margins, 12 point Times New Roman font, with resources in alphabetical order in hanging format.

Be careful to use MS Word View>Header and Footer for the pagination.

Use proper MLA date formatting:

Heading: 21 October 2009

Citation: 21 Oct 2009

Works Cited sample (pdf)

REMINDER: NO encyclopedia entries are acceptable as sources.

6.1 Judge the product

6.2 Judge the process

What did you learn about research? About sources?

What did you learn about the world of Mark Twain and how it impacted his writing?