8th Gr. Social Studies

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 about World War I (need 4 sources for text information, one can be textbook). War: Dates? What countries were on which side? what kinds of weapons? Who were the leaders? Causes? Result ( winner, new technologies, alliances, casualties for both dead and wounded, feelings among nations, change in women’s roles in society) Product: trifold poster, information bits, Pictures with descriptions DUE DATE: Wednesday, 25 February 2014 Format: Pictures, graphs of WWI
	2.1 Determine kinds of sources 2.2 Prioritize sources	Books, databases, Internet *Remember, you may use only ONE encyclopedia entry! What is a credentialed source?
	3.1 Locate actual resources 3.2 Locate information	Books: Slang, Reference 427; History: 940.3 and 973.91; Fashion, 391; Search the catalog *NOTE: REF 940.3 has an entire set of WWI books, year by year* Databases: Daily Life, World at War, American History Online,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:* Gilder Lehrman Institute of History - World War I The Great War - PBS World War I BBC: World War I PBS: Pershing About.com: WWI BBC: Czar Nicholas II About.com: WWI pictures About.com: Trenches (Remember that Wikipedia is NEVER academically acceptable because it cannot be credentialed.Also, do NOT use firstworldwar.com for either pictures or information. The site states it is not credentialled) Pictures must be from academically credentialled sources.
	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 EasyBib: Website (info) Easybib: Digital image from a website Easybib: Digital image from a database
	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 poster will NOT. (See requirements above, box 1.) Help with MS Word MLA date format: day month year Header: 21 September 2009 Citation example: 21 Sep 2009 Only ONE encyclopedia entry will be accepted.
	6.1 Judge the product 6.2 Judge the process	What did you learn about American life during World War I ? 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 about World War I (need 4 sources for text information, one can be textbook).

War: Dates? What countries were on which side? what kinds of weapons? Who were the leaders? Causes? Result ( winner, new technologies, alliances, casualties for both dead and wounded, feelings among nations, change in women’s roles in society)

Product: trifold poster, information bits, Pictures with descriptions

DUE DATE: Wednesday, 25 February 2014

Format: Pictures, graphs of WWI

2.1 Determine kinds of sources

2.2 Prioritize sources

Books, databases, Internet

*Remember, you may use only ONE encyclopedia entry!

What is a credentialed source?

3.1 Locate actual resources

3.2 Locate information

Books: Slang, Reference 427; History: 940.3 and 973.91; Fashion, 391; Search the catalog

NOTE: REF 940.3 has an entire set of WWI books, year by year

Databases: Daily Life, World at War, American History Online,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:

Gilder Lehrman Institute of History - World War I

BBC: Czar Nicholas II

About.com: WWI pictures

About.com: Trenches

(Remember that Wikipedia is NEVER academically acceptable because it cannot be credentialed.Also, do NOT use firstworldwar.com for either pictures or information. The site states it is not credentialled)

Pictures must be from academically credentialled sources.

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

EasyBib: Website (info)

Easybib: Digital image from a website

Easybib: Digital image from a database

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 poster will NOT. (See requirements above, box 1.)

Help with MS Word

MLA date format: day month year

Header: 21 September 2009

Citation example: 21 Sep 2009

Only ONE encyclopedia entry will be accepted.

6.1 Judge the product

6.2 Judge the process

What did you learn about American life during World War I ?

What did you learn about research?