ISEARCH

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I-SEARCH

• Informational Literacy Project
• World History

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I-SEARCH

• What is I-Search? A research orientated paper in
  which students investigate a topic and the search
  process for collection and analysis of
  information.

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Information Literacy

• What is Information Literacy? Information
  literacy is the ability "to recognize when
  information is needed and have the ability to
  locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed
  information. It is a skill developed over time."
  

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What is the goal? Cont.

• The goal of the information literacy project for
  AT students is to develop skills using the AT
  research process S.T.U.D.Y.
• By the end of the project students will
  be able to identify and write researchable
  question know how to access and evaluate
  a variety of resources
• demonstrate organization
  transformation of selected information
• provide Bibliographic Citations for
  selected sources.
• be able to compose a meaningful
  world history writing assignment using this
  process.

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What is the goal? Cont.

• The goal of the this project for AT students
  is to develop skills using the AT information
  literacy process S.T.U.D.Y. as they produce a
  meaningful world history writing assignment.

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What is the goal? Cont.

• S.T.U.D.Y. ProcessS STATE the Question
• By the end of the project students will
  be able to identify and write researchable
  question

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What is the goal? Cont.

• S.T.U.D.Y. ProcessT Track Down the
  Information
• By the end of the project students will
• know how to access and evaluate a variety of
  resources

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What is the goal? Cont.

• S.T.U.D.Y. ProcessU Use the Information
• By the end of the project students will
• demonstrate organization transformation of
  selected information

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What is the goal? Cont.

• S.T.U.D.Y. - The AT Research ProcessD Do the
  project
• By the end of the project students will
• provide Bibliographic Citations for selected
  sources as the report is written

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What is the goal? Cont.

• S.T.U.D.Y. - The AT Research ProcessY You
  evaluate your process
• By the end of the project students will
• Reflect on the finished product and process.
  What did you learn and what will you do
  differently next time?

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Questions about the GOAL?See S.T.U.D.Y

• S State the Question
• T Track down the Information
• U Use the Information
• D Do the Project
• Y You Evaluate the Process

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The Assignment

• Students will come up with a world history topic
  and research question on their own.
• Students will find and evaluate research
  appropriate to their projects database and print
  sources are required
• Students will connect their topic and research
  question to a Social Studies framework
• Students will compose a paper based on their
  research question
• Students will use MLA formatting to cite research

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Activities to Reach the Goal

• Topic brainstorming (S)
• Connection to Social Studies Standard and Skill
  (S)
• Research Question Creation (S)
• Track Down a Variety of Resources (T)
• Evaluating validity of the source (U)
• Paraphrasing and Quoting Practice (U)
• Citation Practice (D)
• Journal Reflections (Y)

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Step 1 Select a topic

• First thing you need to do is pick a topic!
• Brainstorming activities help to generated
  topics.
• How to brainstorm.
• What in world history peeks your interest?
  Have you learned anything before that you wish
  you knew more about? Anything that you
  have heard of that seems interesting to you?

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Brainstorming!

• Now your first step in this project is your first
  assignment, brainstorm world history topic ideas
• You can do this by making a list, creating a web,
  free flow writing, etc.

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Connect your topic to a world history framework

• Can your topic fit into one of these standards?
• Which standard does it best fulfill?
• Why?
• Explain your answer.
• Now you are ready to write your
• research question!

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Writing a meaningful question related to your
topic

• Your research question should be related to the
  topic that you decided upon
• What makes it a good question?
• How do I do that?

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Construct a Research Question

• A good research question is either - a think
  and search
• - an author and me question
• WHAT DOES THAT MEAN????

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Question-Answer Relationships
OH-13
?Project CRISSSM 2004
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In the Book
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In My Head
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Example of Right There

• Where were the bears when Goldilocks came to
  their house?
• (you can put your finger on the answer and there
  is no doubt about the correctness of the answer)

Meints 2005
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Example of Think and Search

• What did Goldilocks do in the Bears house?
• (She entered without permission, she took things
  that did not belong to her, she damaged their
  property--the answers are all right there but in
  several different places)

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Example of Author and You

• What kind of girl is Goldilocks?
• (answers will vary but must be supported with
  information from the text--could be anything from
  a naïve, adventuresome girl to a destructive
  felon)

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Example of On My Own

• Do you think it is right to help yourself to
  other peoples possessions without permission?
  Do we have the right to infringe on the rights of
  others?
• (question goes beyond text--can be answered by
  someone who has not read the text--very global,
  thematic, question)

Meints 2005
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What kind of questions are the following?

• When did apartheid take place?
• What is a democracy?
• Where did the French Revolution take place?

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Examples of revised questions

• Where was the first hospital in Chicago built?
• - How has the public hospital system developed
  in Chicago?
• Is smoking bad for you?
• - How does smoking affect the body?

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Examples of revised questions

• Where was the first hospital in Chicago built?
• - How has the public hospital system developed
  in Chicago?
• Is smoking bad for you?
• - How does smoking affect the body?

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Writing a meaningful question related to your
topic

• Your research question should be related to the
  topic that you decided upon
• What makes it a good question?
• It is an Author and Me Question?
• Think and Search Question?

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Writing a meaningful question related to your
topic

• Your research question should be related to the
  topic that you decided upon
• What makes it a good question? It is an On My
  Own Question!
• Interesting to you
• Researchable (Not a right there Question!-QAR)
• Related to one of the 5 world history frameworks
• Cannot be answered in one sentence
• Not too broad
• Not too specific

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Connection to the SS skills

• After you have written your research question and
  you have connected it to one of the 5 frameworks
  you need to do research on your topic in
  different areas of Social Studies
• Which do you think best connects to your research
  question and framework?-that is the one you will
  be researching
• These areas include
• Political Cultural Historical
• Economical Social

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How do I do research for the different SS skills?

• Spend time in the media center
• Learn how to research on the computer
• Learn how to find different types of sources
• Learn how to evaluate the sources that you have
  found
• Follow the handout when you are in the media
  center and it will be your research guide. You
  will need to find at least 3 sources for the
  skill that you are researching.

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Primary and Secondary Sources

• Primary Sources - Primary sources are the
  "materials on a topic upon which subsequent
  interpretations or studies are based, anything
  from firsthand documents such as poems, diaries,
  court records, and interviews to research results
  generated by experiments, surveys, ethnographies,
  and so on."Primary sources are records of
  events as they are first described, without any
  interpretation or commentary. They are also sets
  of data, such as census statistics, which have
  been tabulated, but not interpreted.

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Primary and Secondary Sources

• Secondary Sources
• Secondary sources, on the other hand, offer
  an analysis or a restatement of primary sources.
  They often attempt to describe or explain primary
  sources. Some secondary sources not only analyze
  primary sources, but use them to argue a
  contention or to persuade the reader to hold a
  certain opinion. Examples of secondary sources
  include dictionaries, encyclopedias, textbooks,
  and books and articles that interpret or review
  research works.

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Examples of Primary/Secondary
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Evaluating Your Sources

• Review your information and ask the questions of
  your sources. Accuracy -Are the sources for
  factual information clearly cited so they can be
  verified in another source? Authority -Who is
  the author and what are their qualifications? 
  How do you know they know? Objectivity -What
  opinions does the author express? Is it a mask
  for advertising? What is the point of view?
  Currency -Is the information outdated? When was
  the document created? Does currency matter for
  your research? Coverage - Is the information
  cited correctly? Is it the information your need?

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Why evaluate your sources?

• Check these out and ask the critical
  questions?
• Lake Michigan News  - Dihydrogen Monoxide
  Research  - Dihydrogen Monoxide in the Dairy
  Industry (http//www.dhmo.org/milk.html)  -
  Feline Reactions to Bearded Men
  (http//www.improb.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat
  .html)  - Mankato, Minnesota Home Page
  (http//city-mankato.us/)  - Medline PLUS
  (http//www.medlineplus.gov/)  - The True but
  Little Known Facts about Women and Aids, with
  Documentation