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1.1. Define the problem 1.2 Identify the information requirements (scope generated by students) |
Find information for a travelogue for a character you create, based from 1865 to 1914 in America. Describe your eyewitness accounts of people and events in America during this time.
Product: make a journal or diary, with decorated covers, and “photos” inside, with a map of your journey and character’s family tree. Also collect 3-4 “souvenirs” that can fit into a container appropriate to the time (leather bag, wooden box, etc.) Due Thursday, Dec 20. YOU MUST HAVE 4 INFORMATION SOURCES + pictures Format: text, pictures, map, objects |
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2.1 Determine kinds of sources 2.2 Prioritize sources |
Books, databases, Internet Books and databases are credentialed from the publisher; remember that Internet sites will require the student to check the credentials to make sure the site is academically appropriate. ONE Encyclopedia article only. |
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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:
ABC-CLIO:
ONE encyclopedia (World Book or Grolier) 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: University of Houston's Digital History - links to maps, timelines, and more Gilder Lehrman Institute of History - Immigration Gilder Lehrman Institute of History - Panama Canal Gilder Lehman Institute of History - Robber Barons National Park Service: Thomas Edison 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia YOU MUST HAVE 4 INFORMATION SOURCES + pictures (Remember that Wikipedia is NEVER academically acceptable because it cannot be credentialed.) |
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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. Be aware that databases must be cited differently than just websites: don't confuse a database with a website!!! The MLA is very different. For Facts on File and ABC-CLIO, select "Article published by database." Image citation: |
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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.) MLA date format: day month year Header: 21 September 2009 Help with formatting for MS Office Only ONE encyclopedia entry will be accepted. YOU MUST HAVE 4 INFORMATION SOURCES + pictures |
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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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