The 1950s – Using Information To Find Answers
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The document provides guidance for students on researching and writing about significant events and changes that occurred in the 1950s. It outlines an process for students to follow, including generating keywords and questions, finding primary and secondary sources from books, websites, and databases, evaluating and selecting relevant information, and communicating findings with proper citation of sources. Students are encouraged to use a variety of digital tools for organizing research and sharing results.
The 1950s – Using Information To Find Answers
- 1. KRISTIN STEINGREABER GPAEA MEDIA SPECIALIST TEXT FONT: UNIVERS JANUARY 14, 2008 The 1950s Using Information To Find Answers
- 2. Essential Concept: IA Core – Reading 2 Reads for a variety of purposes and across content areas
- 3. Essential Concept: IA Core – Writing 5 Engages in the information literacy process: accesses, evaluates, and communicates information and ideas
- 4. Detail from Writing 5 - Generating effective questions Articulating a clear research question or thesis statement Using appropriate means for locating and selecting research materials, Using information from a variety of sources, both print and electronic including electronic databases, the Internet, periodicals, interviews, surveys, books, and other informational publications Evaluating, interpreting, and selecting information Communicating research findings through a variety of means, both written and spoken Using technology effectively to communicate research findings Incorporating research findings without plagiarizing and adhering to a consistent format for documentation
- 5. Process / Routine Write a few statements about the 1950s Using this collection of books Create list of keywords Write questions – (pg. 11 – 20 th Century Design 40s&50s – War and Postwar Years ) Start building bibliography Find web sites Expand to online databases / free Internet
- 6. Questions? What happened in the 1950s… That was significant? Made a difference in our world today? Most changed our world? Made the greatest impact?
- 7. Sources
- 8. Sources
- 9. AP Images – slide show / historical images
- 10. AP Images – I Like Ike President Dwight D. Eisenhower laughs as his wife, Mamie, tries on a cardboard eyeshade during a Republican campaign dinner in Washington, April 17, 1956. Eisenhower was preparing to run for his second term in office. (AP Photo/Bob Schutz)
- 11. Work with your teacher librarian This photo shows the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, located on Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th streets, in August, 1958. It is the first building in New York designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. (AP Photo)
- 12. WorldBook Web links to other web sites
- 14. USE WORLDBOOK WEB TO FIND PRIMARY SOURCES USE ADVANCED SEARCH Tip:
- 15. Detail from Writing 5 - Generating effective questions Articulating a clear research question or thesis statement Using appropriate means for locating and selecting research materials, Using information from a variety of sources, both print and electronic including electronic databases, the Internet, periodicals, interviews, surveys, books, and other informational publications Evaluating, interpreting, and selecting information Communicating research findings through a variety of means, both written and spoken Using technology effectively to communicate research findings Incorporating research findings without plagiarizing and adhering to a consistent format for documentation
- 16. Expect students to give credit for resources NoodleTools is one possibility. Informal is also as powerful as formal.
- 18. EBSCOHost – Bookmarks Social bookmarking - http://www.furl.net/ / del.icio.us
- 19. EBSCOHost – Images and Bookmarks Create a Tip for this…
- 20. Expect students to use online databases to learn Using Atomic Learning video clips for Web 2.0 bookmarks
- 21. Primary Documents from WorldBook web Senate Resolution 301: Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy (1954)
- 22. EBSCO – Buddy Holly American History; Feb2009, Vol. 43 Issue 6, p62-62, 1p
- 23. Soundzabound – MP3 music clips / AP Images American rock and roll singer, songwriter and guitarist Buddy Holly is shown in 1959 at an unknown location. Holly, born Charles Hardin Holley in 1936 in Lubbock, Texas, died in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959. (AP Photo)
- 24. When you go to the free Internet – plan ahead www.myreportlinks.com with Primary Source Accounts of the Korean War
- 25. WWW.IOWAAEAONLINE.ORG WWW.GPAEA.K12.IA.US – SELECT MEDIA / WEBMAX WWW.MYREPORTLINKS.COM Source Credits