8th Gr. Social Studies - 20th Century Change

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	Find information a topic in American history around the turn of the 20th century. Events: Building of Panama Canal, World’s Fair (1876, 1893, 1904) and the 1901 Pan- American Exposition, Spanish American War, beginning years of baseball, football, basketball (late 1800's to early 1900's) People: Jobs, born, died, achievements, family Cultural trends: Clothing, inventions, entertainment, Temperance movement, language Business and politics: political movements, anarchists, newspapers (muckrakers), new companies & industries, Immigration policies, possibly native American topics (reservation), political corruption, wars You must have 4 academically acceptable sources.
	2.1 Determine kinds of sources 2.2 Prioritize sources	Books, databases, Internet *Remember, you may use only ONE encyclopedia entry!
	3.1 Locate actual resources 3.2 Locate information	Books: Events: 973.8-9, Search the catalog, using keywords; Fashion, 391 Databases: Facts on File American History, ABC-CLIO Pop Culture Universe (after 1900), ONE encyclopedia Internet: Google for general searching, but remember that you will need to make sure the site is academically acceptable - make sure you can find the proper credentials. *Recommended sites:* PBS - America 1900 University of Houston's Digital History - links to maps, timelines, and more SUNY Oneonta: Fashion History Inventions Gilder Lehrman Institute of History - Immigration Gilder Lehrman Institute of History - Panama Canal National Park Service: Thomas Edison 1876 World's Fair (Remember that Wikipedia is NEVER academically acceptable because it cannot be credentialed.)
	4.1 Engage (read, view, interview) 4.2 Extract (make notes)	Take notes electronically using Microsoft Word and save them to a flash drive or your network folder. Citation generator MLA date format: day month year Header: 21 September 2009 Citation example: 21 Sep 2009
	5.1 Organize information 5.2 Present information	Example of a correct "Works Cited" You are required to have a Works Cited page - make sure it is in correct format, with 1" margins, 12 point Times New Roman font, with resources in alphabetical order in hanging format. Remember, your Works Cited page will be in MLA format although your paper will NOT. (See requirements above.) Only ONE encyclopedia entry will be accepted.
	6.1 Judge the product 6.2 Judge the process	What did you learn about American life at the turn of the century? What did you learn about research?
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Big 6 Research Method

1.1. Define the problem

1.2 Identify the information requirements

Find information a topic in American history around the turn of the 20th century.

Events: Building of Panama Canal, World’s Fair (1876, 1893, 1904) and the 1901 Pan- American Exposition, Spanish American War, beginning years of baseball, football, basketball (late 1800's to early 1900's)

People: Jobs, born, died, achievements, family

Cultural trends: Clothing, inventions, entertainment, Temperance movement, language

Business and politics: political movements, anarchists, newspapers (muckrakers), new companies & industries, Immigration policies, possibly native American topics (reservation), political corruption, wars

You must have 4 academically acceptable sources.

2.1 Determine kinds of sources

2.2 Prioritize sources

Books, databases, Internet

*Remember, you may use only ONE encyclopedia entry!

3.1 Locate actual resources

3.2 Locate information

Books: Events: 973.8-9, Search the catalog, using keywords; Fashion, 391

Databases: Facts on File American History, ABC-CLIO Pop Culture Universe (after 1900), ONE encyclopedia

Internet: Google for general searching, but remember that you will need to make sure the site is academically acceptable - make sure you can find the proper credentials.

Recommended sites:

PBS - America 1900

University of Houston's Digital History - links to maps, timelines, and more

SUNY Oneonta: Fashion History

Inventions

Gilder Lehrman Institute of History - Immigration

Gilder Lehrman Institute of History - Panama Canal

National Park Service: Thomas Edison

1876 World's Fair

(Remember that Wikipedia is NEVER academically acceptable because it cannot be credentialed.)

4.1 Engage (read, view, interview)

4.2 Extract (make notes)

Take notes electronically using Microsoft Word and save them to a flash drive or your network folder.

Citation generator

MLA date format: day month year

Header: 21 September 2009

Citation example: 21 Sep 2009

5.1 Organize information

5.2 Present information

Example of a correct "Works Cited"

You are required to have a Works Cited page - make sure it is in correct format, with 1" margins, 12 point Times New Roman font, with resources in alphabetical order in hanging format.

Remember, your Works Cited page will be in MLA format although your paper will NOT. (See requirements above.)

Only ONE encyclopedia entry will be accepted.

6.1 Judge the product

6.2 Judge the process

What did you learn about American life at the turn of the century?

What did you learn about research?