Synthesizing Information

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Synthesizing Information

• Berea Middle School
• 1/7/08

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Project Overview

• You will create a documentary using Moviemaker
• Topic Choices
• Living conditions in the Dust Bowl
• Living conditions in rural California during the
  Great Depression
• Living conditions in a major city during the
  Great Depression

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Writing Good Questions

• Good questions arent too _?_ or too
  _________________?_________________.
• What are some examples of good research questions
  based on the topics below?
• Living conditions in the Dust Bowl
• Living conditions in rural California during the
  Great Depression
• Living conditions in a major city during the
  Great Depression

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Good or bad questions?

• What were the living conditions in the Dust Bowl?
• What was the Dust Bowl?
• What was the New Deal?
• What were the living conditions in rural
  California during the Great Depression?
• What was the great depression?
• What were the living conditions in a New York
  city during the Great Depression?

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You already have

• A synthesis of a video related to your topic.
• A synthesis of information you found on PBS
  related to the Dust Bowl.
• You may be able to use this information.

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You will also

• Search the Web to find more information on your
  topic.
• You will do this with a partner who is completing
  a project on the same topic.

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Search Suggestions

• Use Boolean operators
• Narrow or Broaden your search as needed
• Choose1 or 2 sites that you feel will be really
  useful
• Search headings, links, and pictures to help your
  choose
• Check the accuracy of those sites by going to
  another site to check the information
• Synthesize the related parts of the website with
  your partner.

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Partner Reading

• Follow the directions on your worksheet to
  compile notes for your project.
• You earn a ticket for each part you complete
  correctly.
• If your partner wins, you win too.
• Remember that you will be completing separate
  projects.

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Steps to Synthesizing

• Mnemonic
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