7th Gr. Art and Artists

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

You are to pick a piece of sculpture, and explain what is appealing to you. Include some fact about the art or artist. You will be making a power point slide This is due Friday.

You will turn in a regular Works Cited page to Mrs. Shull on Tuesday . You should have one citation for the website, and one citation for the picture.

2.1 Determine kinds of sources

2.2 Prioritize sources

Internet portion is a webquest, so this is done for you. Choose one or two books to help you understand your art or artist.

3.1 Locate actual resources

3.2 Locate information

Internet: the following sites ONLY:

Art Museums
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	deCordova Sculpture Museum and Park	The Rodin Museum
Museum of Modern Art, New York	The Getty, Los Angeles	Phoenix Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art	Art Institute of Chicago	Dallas Museum of Art
Nasher Sculpture Center	Smithsonian Washington, DC	The British Museum
	Everson Museum
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston	Seattle Art Museum

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.

Look for key concepts and good quotes.

Citation generator

You can use clip art on your project without a citation.

MLA date format: day month year

Heading example: 21 September 2010

Works Cited example: 21 Sep 2010

5.1 Organize information

5.2 Present information

Did you do your Works Cited page?

You will have: One website citation with information, One picture citation, and one book citation.

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. Double space everything - no more than double space.

PDF of how to do a picture citation (website and database)

If you are having trouble with the hanging format in Microsoft Word for your works cited, click here

6.1 Judge the product

6.2 Judge the process

What did you learn about these artists or art styles? Why is your person important?

What did you learn about research?