Anexpertknowsalltheanswersifyouasktherightquestions.

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Big

Research
Process

________________________________________s
Essential(research)Questionaboutafamousdictatoris

______________________________________________________________________________

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*Hint:Usethisquestionasyourthesisstatementwhenyouwriteyourpaper.
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OverviewofBig6

Objectives:

1.PutstepsoftheBig6intoyourownwords
2.TestyourknowledgeofBig6

PlayBig6Taboo!

FilloutthetopofthecardwiththeBig6stepyouwereassignedandwritefoursynonyms(or
relatedwordsthatdescribeit).Now,testyourclassmates(andyourself)bytryingtodescribethe
stepwithoutsayinganyofthewordsonthecard!

Big6Review:TheDensaQuiz

1.DotheyhaveaFourthofJulyinEngland?

2.Howmanybirthdaysdoestheaveragemanhave?

3.IsitlegalinCaliforniaforamantomarryhiswidowssister?

4.HowmanyanimalsofeachsexdidMosestakeontheark?

5.Aclerkinthebutchershopis510tall.Whatdoesheweigh?

6.Somemonthshave31days.Howmanyhave28?

Evaluate:

HowdidwedoonthisstepoftheBig6?Lookbackattheobjectivesandseeifweaccomplished
whatwesetto.

Gradeyourself!
A
B
C
D
F
+

Gradethelibrarian!
A
B
C
D
F
+

Step1:TaskDefinition

Objectives:

1.Reviewtheassignmentsheet
2.Developsubtopics
3.Writeyouressentialquestion

Myworkingresearchquestionis:

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

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Myessentialquestionis:

______________________________________________________________________________

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Now,rewriteyouressentialquestiononthefrontofthispacket.Keepinmind,this
questionmaychangeslightlyasyouresearch.

Evaluate:

HowdidwedoonthisaspectoftheBig6?Lookbackattheobjectivesandseeifwe
accomplishedwhatwesetto.

Gradeyourself!
A
B
C
D
F
+

Gradethelibrarian!
A
B
C
D
F
+

Step2:InformationSeekingStrategies

Objectives:

1.LearntheprosandconsofusingdatabasesandGoogle
2.Learnthedesignelementscommonamongalldatabases
3.Learnthesixprinciplesofwebsiteevaluation
4.Learnwho,where,andhowtoaskforhelp

Databasesvs.GoogleRoundoff
Debate
Category

LIBRARYDATABASES...

GOOGLE...

Design

Arenotuniversallydesigned,soeach
databasemustbelearnedindividually

Authors

Canbewrittenbyanyoneregardlessof
expertise.

Cost

Costtoomuchmoney

Cost

Isonlyfreebecauseofthedistractingand
misleadingadvertiementsandsearch
resultsthatrequireapaidsubscriptionor
membership.

Quantity

Dontproduceenoughresults

Currency

Maynotcontaincurrentinformationor
indicatewhenapageisupdated.

Access

Canonlybeaccessedwithapaid
subscription

Audience

Arentoftenorganizedtosupportstudent
researchneeds.

Citations

Thecitationtoolsondatabasesarenot
necessarysinceEasyBibandCitation
makerarefreeandreadilyavailable

Citations

Sometimesdontprovidetheinformation
necessarytocreateacompletecitation.

Audience

Aredesignedmainlyforpeoplewith
highreadinglevels

Access

Areavailabletoanyonewithaninternet
connection.

DatabaseTutorialNotes
Readability

Citingtools

Browsing

Sharingtools

Limiting

Searchterms

SixPrinciplesofWebEvaluation

Choosethebestsourceandprovideareasonnotusetheothersources.

Evaluate:
HowdidwedoonthisaspectoftheBig6?Lookbackattheobjectivesandseeifweaccomplishedwhatwesetto.
Gradeyourself!
A
B
C
D
F
+

Gradethelibrarian!
A
B
C
D
F
+

Step3:LocationandAccess

Objectives:

1.Locateappropriatedatabasesandwebsites
2.Understandhowandwhytocreateaworkscited
2.Completeaworksciteddocumentasresourcesarefound

Resources
Libraryhours:7a.m.4p.m.
Ms.Rusinaksemail:rusinakk@rbhs208.net

LibraryDatabases:http://rbhslibrary208.weebly.com/researchdatabases
GaleStudentResourcesinContext
ABCCLIO:AmericanHistory
ABCCLIO:WorldHistory(Modern)

LibraryResearchResources:http://rbhslibrary208.weebly.com/researchresources.html
CitationMachine
EasyBib

LibraryCatalog:
Usecallnumber(example:BHITLERADOLFGIB)

Biography.com:FamousDictators
http://www.biography.com/people/groups/dictators

CIA.gov:TheWorldFactbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/theworldfactbook/index.html

LibraryofCongress:SitesandCollectionsforDictators
http://www.loc.gov/search/index/partof/?q=dictators
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Smith1
WorksCited

Cline,Sarah.MartinLutherKing,Jr.NewYork:RandomHouse,2012.Print.

"EmmettTillBiography."GreatCivilRightsLeaders.CivilRightsOrganizationofAmerica.
Web.12Feb2012.<http://www.emmett.com>.
"Evers,Medgar(19251963)."UXLBiographies.Onlineed.Detroit:UXL,2003.Student

ResourceCenterGold.Gale.Web.12Feb.2012.

HINTCHECKLIST
Crosstheseoffasyoucompletethem.Forexample,seethecorrespondingnumberonthesample
workscited.
_____1.Putyourlastnameandpagenumberintheupperrightcorner.
_____2.Includeaworkscitedtitle.
_____3.Putallyoursourcesinalphabeticalorderaccordingtothefirstletterofthecitation.
_____4.Makesuretheentirepageisdoublespaced,includingyourcitations.
_____5.Anycitationthatislongerthanonelineshouldincludeahangingindent.
_____6.UseTimesNewRoman,size12font.

Evaluate:

HowdidwedoonthisaspectoftheBig6?Lookbackattheobjectivesandseeifwe
accomplishedwhatwesetto.

Gradeyourself!
A
B
C
D
F
+

Gradethelibrarian!
A
B
C
D
F
+

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Step4:UseofInformation

Objectives:

1.Learnhowtoisolateinformationfromsourcesinannotations
2.Learnhowtodivideinformationfoundintosubtopics
3.Completethreenotessheets(onepersource)

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[AdolfHitlerarticlep2]

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[AdolfHitlerarticlep3]

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[AdolfHitlerarticlep4]

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[Notespagefront]

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[Notespageback]

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[Rubric]

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Evaluate:

HowdidwedoonthisaspectoftheBig6?Lookbackattheobjectivesandseeifwe
accomplishedwhatwesetto.

Gradeyourself!
A
B
C
D
F
+

Gradethelibrarian!
A
B
C
D
F
+

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Big6LessonPlan:Dignan,1sthour

1/7:ReviewofBig6+TaskDefinition
1/8:InformationSeekingStrategies
1/9:Researchinlabs,includingworkscited
1/10:Researchinlabs
1/14:Highlighting,Annotating,andtakingnotes(*Thiswillbeanewlessonforyou)
1/15:Assistingwithresearch,highlighting,annotating,andtakingnotesinlibrary

1/7Day1:ReviewofBig6+TaskDefinition
Prep:cutoutpaperswithnumbersforTaboo
BringBig6posters
ReviewBig6graphic,writedefinitioninourownwords,illustratewhatthisstepwilllooklikefor
theprojectathand
Big6Taboo
DensaQuizasagroup
Writeessentialquestionanddevelopsubtopics

1/8Day2:InformationSeekingStrategies
Icebreaker:Databasesvs.Googleroundoff(provideeachsidewithargumentsothersidewill
useagainstthem)
Brieftutorialofdatabases(GaleStudentResourcesinContextandABCClioHistorysuite)
Countoffstudentseachrepresentingadifferentfeature(havestudentscircuitaround
roomandinformoneanotherofafeaturebytakingabreakfromtutorialaschangepages
ondatabase?)
ORjustwanderaroundroomandfindsomeonewhofoundafeatureyoudonthave,fill
inchart(1foreach,ormore?)
1.readabilityfeatures
2.browsing
3.citationtools
4.sharingtools
5.limitingfeatures
6.thesaurus/searchterms/vocabfeatures
CompleteRADCABevalofGooglescreenshot?(checkoffforeachstepofprocess)
shareresourcesheetwithstudents,include:libraryhours,myemail,booksandcall#s,and
websitelinks

1/14Day5:Highlighting,Annotating,andtakingnotes
Presentmultiplenotesformats
Beginworkinclass

1/15Day6:Assistingwithresearch,highlighting,annotating,andtakingnotesin
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library
pullbooks?

DateTBDDay7:Evaluations
Googleforminlab

Bridget

Day1:ReviewofBig6andCompletionofTaskDefinition
1.1520minutes:CompleteaminiBig6projecttogether(Iwillhaveallofthemwritequestions,
wewillchooseoneasaclass,andthenIwillmodeltheprocess).

2.10minutes:TaskDefinitionReviewtherubric

3.1015minutes:TaskDefinitionReviewtheassignmentsheetand/orstartbrainstorming
questionstoanswer.

Day2:InformationSeekingStrategies
1.10minutes:Brainstormingandselectingsearchterms
2.10minutes:Searchingthedatabases
3.10minutes:Searchingtheinternet
4.15minutes:Searchingthelibrarycatalog

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