Activity 9: Locating Information/Evaluating Sources/Making Source Cards (GLEs: 11, 13, 14d, 14e, 14f, 37, 40a, 40b, 40c, 41)
CC: As the first step of the research involves simply identifying likely sources of information and recording the bibliographic information for each, students will evaluate sources through a library or Internet search, skimming and scanning to locate appropriate information that can be integrated into the report.
Excellent lesson plans and Web page evaluation form are available at : Kathy Schrock's Teacher Helpers: Critical Evaluation Information http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html
Additional Resources: Using the topic/hypothesis generated previously, students will review with teacher the research options for identifying possible print and nonprint sources of information
Suggested websites: WORLDBOOK http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Home
GALE http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itk12/lak12rpa
Cyber Library http://www.cybrary.org/ref.htm
Citing References: MLA Style http://library.uww.edu/GUIDES/MLACITE.htm
Research and Style Manual http://nausetschools.org/research/
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