Religion 10 - Beatitudes

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

Task:

Part 1: Prayer (20 points)

Compose and share a personal prayer inspired by the Beatitudes.

Illustrates the themes of the Beatitudes.

Thoughtfully written in the students’ own words

Part 2: Poster (30 points)

In a group, create a poster that depicts one of the Beatitudes. Your poster must include:

The Beatitude you are illustrating

What this Beatitude means in your own words

The name of the person who embodies this Beatitude

At least 6 bullet points of information about this person

An explanation of why this person lives the Beatitude

A picture of the person

Color

Creativity

Works cited of 2-3 sources (one must be a book)

2.1 Determine kinds of sources

2.2 Prioritize sources

Books, Internet, databases, newspapers, tv (news)

Books: have older, but more carefully researched, information

Databases: current and reliable information - depending on your topic, may be too limited

Internet: more current information, but need to be careful; look for credentials

3.1 Locate actual resources

3.2 Locate information

Books: 200's; 920's, B

Databases: Gale, for specific people

Internet: Google, but be careful of credentials

Recommended sites:

The Catholic Worker Movement

Vatican biography of St. Marianne Cope

St. Marianne Cope

Saints by Name

The King Center

Nobel Prize - Jane Addams

Pope Francis: Forbes

Nobel Prize - George Marshall

Nelson Mandela Foundation

(Remember that Wikipedia is NEVER academically acceptable.)

Reminder: your web sites will be checked for academic acceptability.

4.1 Engage (read, view, interview)

4.2 Extract (make notes)

Take notes electronically, making sure to capture info for citation.

When copying pages from a book, make sure to copy the TITLE PAGE and VERSO. The verso will often have edition and publication information, like the year.

Citation generator

5.1 Organize information

5.2 Present information

The Works Cited page will be the last page of your notes - page 3at a minimum. Remember that the header (name, course, date, etc.) is ONLY on page 1.

Make sure that your Works Cited page is following MLA formatting: 1" margins, 12 point Times New Roman font, with resources in alphabetical order in hanging format.

Use proper MLA date formatting:

Heading: 21 October 2009

Click below to see an image showing how to fill in EasyBib

EasyBib for a database magazine article that has been published in print

EasyBib for a database newspaper article that has been published in print

EasyBib for a database book that has been published in print (chapter)

EasyBib for an article published directly in the database (no print)

Easybib: Digital image from a website

Easybib: Digital image from a database

Pictures scanned from a book should use PHOTOGRAPH in EasyBib. Be sure to select IN PRINT tab in step 1.

Technical Help with MS Word 2007

Parenthetical citations and other MLA concerns