Another picture from my Spring Break trip to Washington, D.C. in 2010: this is the National Archives building, where the original copies of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution are held. Those are extremely important documents for historians researching the American Revolution!
Hi everyone,
Our last official class before Spring Break (though we are combining classes tomorrow so I will see you again)! Lots to do, for sure. Here's what we did today in class:
Knowledge LT 19: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Research LT 1: I can effectively conduct and apply research.
Critical Thinking LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems and concepts.
Soundtrack: "Marry The Night" by Lady Gaga. Selected for today because it was super dark out the past few weeks in the morning, for Daylight Savings Time. Now getting a little better! Lyrics here.
AGENDA 3/23/17:
News Brief - Ayra
Finding Sources
Research Questions
Finish Part A
Research Questions
Finish Part A
Homework: Read the blog! Turn in your Part A research question paragraph ASAP on Google Classroom if you did not today. Start working on research for Part B! Next news brief: Mr. Fritz.
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News Brief: Ayra had the news brief today and selected this story to talk about: BBC.com - Venezuela shocked as children arrested for soldiers' killings. We found Venezuela on our world maps and discussed this story together. There were lots of really interesting questions and comments during this time - thanks, everyone!
We checked in about what people were up to outside of class, before moving on.
I will do the next news brief, as it is after Spring Break.
We also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
We checked in about what people were up to outside of class, before moving on.
I will do the next news brief, as it is after Spring Break.
We also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Finding Sources: For this section, I explained how to do research using the Westview Library Website - particularly the EBSCO and Destiny Library Catalog tools. If you can access the internet at home to research for your project, here is the guide for the login and password information that I showed in class. Then, Ms. Schulz (who is our technology helper here at Westview) came in to talk with the class about some Chrome extensions and other research tips, which can be found on Canvas, under the All Students tab. Here is the document she went through with various different Chrome extensions (you will need to make a copy if you did not in class, in order to view it).
Research Questions: I then talked again about how to make a good research question, which involves finding something specific (like a person or event - or better yet, both!) within a revolution to investigate. Here is the information I had up on the projector for the rest of class:
• All good research starts with good questions. Part A, framing the issue, is a brief description of your research plan. The plan should include some of the key questions driving your research.
• Please include:
• Your research question
• What interests you about the topic
• What questions might you need to answer before you can answer your research question.
• Where will you find your information, specifically what types of sources will you need to look at in order to answer your research question(s).
• Explain your goals or what you hope to learn
• Explain the types of sources you will get your information from
• Explain the different perspectives you will look for?
• Write this in paragraph form.
Research Questions: I then talked again about how to make a good research question, which involves finding something specific (like a person or event - or better yet, both!) within a revolution to investigate. Here is the information I had up on the projector for the rest of class:
• All good research starts with good questions. Part A, framing the issue, is a brief description of your research plan. The plan should include some of the key questions driving your research.
• Please include:
• Your research question
• What interests you about the topic
• What questions might you need to answer before you can answer your research question.
• Where will you find your information, specifically what types of sources will you need to look at in order to answer your research question(s).
• Explain your goals or what you hope to learn
• Explain the types of sources you will get your information from
• Explain the different perspectives you will look for?
• Write this in paragraph form.
Finish Part A: After explaining all of this, we had in class work time to finish Part A. I wanted to make sure that I approved each research question before you moved on to writing out the whole paragraph for Part A. Hopefully, everyone was able to complete this in class. If not, please upload it to Google Classroom, please. Also, this could have been a time you were looking at what to do for Part B.
I hope that you are feeling okay about this major project! Keep up the good work!
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