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 about the 1920’s & the Great Depression (need 4 sources of text information, one can be textbook + pictures). 1920’s: Gangsters, Prohibition, jazz, fashion, slang, art, movies and radio, celebrities, Harlem Renaissance, change from silent movies to "talkies". Depression: Stock market Crash of 1929, Black Monday, Dust Bowl, Hoovervilles Product: trifold poster, information bits, Pictures with descriptions Format: Pictures
	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: 973.9, Fashion, 391; Search the catalog, using keywords such as "radio 1920" Databases: Pop Culture Universe, 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 - Roaring Twenties Jazz - Roaring Twenties - PBS First Motion Picture to win Academy Award University of Houston Digital History: Depression PBS: The Dust Bowl Additional resources: Roaring Twenties, Dust Bowl (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. REMEMBER THAT PHOTOS FROM THE WEB ARE DIGITAL IMAGES. Citation generator Easybib: Digital image from a website Easybib: Digital image from a database NOTE: You MUST have the URL (http//...) of ALL Web resources. Websites: Complete URL Databases: Stop at first slash after http
	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 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 the Roaring Twenties and the Depression? 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 the 1920’s & the Great Depression (need 4 sources of text information, one can be textbook + pictures).

1920’s: Gangsters, Prohibition, jazz, fashion, slang, art, movies and radio, celebrities, Harlem Renaissance, change from silent movies to "talkies".

Depression: Stock market Crash of 1929, Black Monday, Dust Bowl, Hoovervilles

Product: trifold poster, information bits, Pictures with descriptions

Format: Pictures

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: 973.9, Fashion, 391; Search the catalog, using keywords such as "radio 1920"

Databases: Pop Culture Universe, 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 - Roaring Twenties

Jazz - Roaring Twenties - PBS

First Motion Picture to win Academy Award

University of Houston Digital History: Depression

PBS: The Dust Bowl

Additional resources: Roaring Twenties, Dust Bowl

(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.

REMEMBER THAT PHOTOS FROM THE WEB ARE DIGITAL IMAGES.

Citation generator

Easybib: Digital image from a website

Easybib: Digital image from a database

NOTE: You MUST have the URL (http//...) of ALL Web resources.

Websites: Complete URL
Databases: Stop at first slash after http

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

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 the Roaring Twenties and the Depression?

What did you learn about research?