Modified Research

Research (modified):

• Write a list of all the people in history (any period; world or American) that you have wanted to find something about. If you do this seriously it should take you about 5-10 minutes.

• Circle your top five choices. Write a paragraph or two explaining why you have been interested in these people.

• Choose ONE of the top five and do some mild research on that person. You may use online sources such as Wikipedia or any online encyclopedia. If you do a search for other sites, please do an advanced search and make sure your info is only from sites that end in .edu

• What did you find about this person that was truly interesting to you? Why? Please attach your research to the paper you turn in. Please type this assignment. I recommend practicing your quoting/paraphrasing technique.
  

DUE: TOMORROW

Finish Research Questions

Friday's classwork will be due TOMORROW...

• double spaced
• typed
• 10-12 font
• readable font (not all caps or curly-cues)

Proper Paraphrasing

1. Attempt to properly paraphrase a passage from chapter 13 on the Mexican-American war IF your topic is about what LED to the conflict. To do this you should write at least one paragraph and include the paraphrase within it and use proper citation.

HINT: It is NOT the same as quoting, but does follow similar citation rules.

Bring research notebook to class tomorrow and be prepared to write about your historical person.

Research Due Monday

All notes for your research project are due on MONDAY 3/19.

This will be considered a Q3 grade. If you don't have them Monday you will receive a zero on this part of your project (100 points).

Research HW (Take Notes)

Take notes this week on your sources. Remember that you need FIVE sources overall (one from each category listed on the original sheet).

When you take notes, keep in mind your new information on paraphrasing/quoting.
Also, please make sure you consider these topics while taking notes:

1) Early life & history of person
2) Struggles of person
3) Achievements/successes of person
4) Your opinion on person

Finish Works Cited practice

1. Finish your Works Cited practice from the other day.

2. Read and highlight the second plagiarism handout.

Due-- Tomorrow

Research Books by Friday

• Please bring at least TWO books and ONE article for your research project on FRIDAY.
• Please also bring your research binder.
• IF you have trouble with this, it is YOUR responsibility to let me know so we can problem solve your dilemma.

Week's Schedule

1. Continue finding sources for your research. Bring actual BOOKS/Articles to class on THURSDAY 3/1.

2. Mon-Wed we will continue discussions on Westward Expansion (focusing on American Indian relations).

3. Thurs-Fri will be research based and will include focus on how to take bibliographic information (with handouts) and how to determine which information is the most accurate for your research.

Finish War of 1812 class work

1. Finish the sheet on War of 1812 tonight.

2. Remember, Research part 1 (list of keywords, list of sources) is due Wednesday.

There will be NO hw over the break!

Research Part 1-- Keywords, Finding Sources

1. Please write up a list of keywords based on your person. For example:

person's name, occupation, invention/works, time period, etc

2. Use this list to begin searching library catalogs for info. Here are the links for Pasadena and LA libraries. If you live in San Marino, please try to use another library because their temporary library will not have enough info. for your project. I highly recommend using LAPL for its extremely large collection.

www.lapl.org

http://catalog.pasadenapubliclibrary.net/

3. When you do your searches, please PRINT out a list of the books/sources you found. You do not need to bring books in to class at this time.

DUE: WEDNESDAY (VALENTINE'S DAY!) :)

Notable Person

1. Research up to 5 people from the list distributed today in class.

Please use Wikipedia OR www.biography.com

2. If you want to do a person NOT on the list, please make a proposal including birth-death dates. Please understand I will have final say on any proposed notable individuals.