1. 10th World Studies 12.04.17 Today’s Agenda: Research Notecards
Turn in:
Nothing
Take out :
Planner/Calendar
Internet Device
Note Cards
Today’s Learning Objectives:
I can understand how to perform research and create useful notecards.
Today’s Agenda:
Research
Notecards
HW:
Print Source
Primary Source (?)
Note Cards!!!

2. Focus: You should have some!
Too broad a topic means only covering the surface of that person or issue
The Russian Revolution would be too big to manage in a reasonable length paper
Focus on one issue within that topic
How did Tsar Nicholas’ policies contribute to the Russian Revolution?

3. Types of Questions: Reference
Reference questions are typically answered with known facts or statistics.
You will likely have to ask some reference questions in your research.
Ex: "What percentage of drug-related crime in 1999 was committed by dealers, not users?"

4. Types of Questions: Report
Review or report questions are typically answered with what is generally known about a fairly narrow topic.
Ex: “How did the original thirteen colonies become the United States?”

5. Types of Questions: Research
Research questions are open-ended. They require a variety of accumulated information from different sources to develop an answer, and the student is required to draw his or her own conclusions.
Ex: "How does Hawaii's location and climate affect its economy?”

6. Some ways to begin a research question:
Why…
How…
What are the effects of…
What are the consequences of…
Contrast (then & now)
What was the influence of ___ on ___?

7. Primary, Secondary, & Tertiary Sources
Primary source (minimum of 1)
one prepared by an individual who was a participant in or a direct witness to the event being described.
Secondary source
a document prepared by an individual who was not a direct witness to an event, but who obtained a description of the event from someone else.
Tertiary source (in general as you advance: AVOID!)
a document that contains summarized or condensed versions of material.
Textbooks…(DON’T USE!!!)
Encyclopedias (Technically—but through our database will be acceptable…)

8. Sources of Information
Primary sources
Eye or ear witness
Original objects
Secondary sources
Copies of objects
Second hand information

9. Thesis-Driven Paper
A thesis-driven paper makes an arguable claim and defends it. Do not confuse a research paper with a report: you need to offer a thesis about your topic and then present evidence and analysis that provides support and explanation.

10. Title of Publication, in italics.
Source Cards
Source Number
Title of work, in italics, or underlined.
Print Source #1
Taylor, Alan J.P. Bismarck: The Man and Statesman New York: Vintage, Print.
Medium of publication
Author: Last name, First name
Publication date
Name of publisher
Web Source
Title of work, in quotations
City of publication #2
Karsten, Gustaf E.. “Bismarck”. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology 7.2 (1908): 85–101. Web. 24 February 2016
Title of Publication, in italics.
Source Number
Medium of publication
Date of access
Author: Last name, First name
Publication date
Page numbers

11. NOTE CARD Source Card Information Subject—topics, sub-topics
#1 German Unification
p War as unity
--France
Edwards states that when Bismarck manipulated the Ems Telegram, France developed an anger that had not existed in their prior relationship. This anger is why France declares war on Prussia.
Page Number 1
Purpose
--Declare “reasons” why revolution was occurring
--state inherent right possessed by all humans
Quote/Notes/Summary
Card Number
Source Card Information
Quote/Notes/Summary?

12. HOW WOULD YOU USE THESE??? Subject—topics, sub-topics
Source Card Information
#1 German Unification
p War as unity
--France
Edwards states that when Bismarck manipulated the Ems Telegram, France developed an anger that had not existed in their prior relationship. This anger is why France declares war on Prussia.
Page Number 1
Purpose
--Declare “reasons” why revolution was occurring
--state inherent right possessed by all humans
Quote/Notes/Summary
Page Number?
Source Card Information?
Quote/Notes/Summary?