Showing posts with label secondary source. Show all posts
Showing posts with label secondary source. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

History Fair 2014 Phase II

1) Fill out the Historian's Apprentice review worksheet (white). 

And freshen up on your primary and secondary sources by retaking the quiz.  Didn't get a good score?  Take it again.
Primary vs. Secondary Sources Quiz http://www.quia.com/quiz/4327394.html


2) Fill out the Phase II worksheet (green).  Still need topic ideas?  Click here. Need help with your thesis?  Try the Thesis Generator.  (Slow on chrome for some reason)

3) Find your sources and make you bibliography.  See below and the classroom presentation for ideas.


Doing Research/Finding Sources  

There's a great place to start (hosted by the high school)

Primary Sources – What are they?  How do you find them?  What do you do with them? http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/history/resources/pubs/usingprimarysources/index.cfm
Library of Congress – Digital Collectionhttp://www.loc.gov/index.html#
National Archives (the building in DC where the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and millions of other records are stored) http://www.archives.gov/research/
University of Chicago – Special Collectionshttp://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/
The Encyclopedia of Chicago – Electronic Version(includes primary sources from the Chicago History Museum Collection) http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/


Help with Annotated Bibliographies (like a Works Cited page)

Once you've found your sources and are ready for your bibliography, use this site:  http://www.bibme.org.

Use MLA format:
Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.
Examples here (use the left for navigation). 

Then annotate the sources with a brief one-sentence summary.  Examples are here.


Submitting Your Topic and Annotated Bibliography

You can submit hard copies or share them with me on google docs.  When turning these in,  don't forget to include your full name and block in the document title.

Here's the bibliography template.

Use the example on the back of the gold rubric or green thesis sheet as your example.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

2) History Fair Sources and Research

Primary and Secondary Sources

 First, review our notes and take the primary source vs. secondary source quiz game a few times.

Still need help?  Check out: http://www.nhd.org/ConductingResearch.htm

Doing Research/Finding Sources 

Primary Sources – What are they?  How do you find them?  What do you do with them?
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/history/resources/pubs/usingprimarysources/index.cfm

Library of Congress – Digital Collectionhttp://www.loc.gov/index.html#

National Archives (the building in DC where the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and millions of other records are stored)
http://www.archives.gov/research/

University of Chicago – Special Collections http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/

The Encyclopedia of Chicago – Electronic Version(includes primary sources from the Chicago History Museum Collection)
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/


Infotrac Gale Virtual Reference Library [this may be subject to change]
If you are not at school and need to login,
login password: (*hint--our mascot)


 Breaking News! 
The Society of American Archivists NHD Committee is happy to announce the "opening" of a new, online toolkit with step by step help for NHD students conducting research in an archives.

Visit the site at: http://nhdarchives.pbworks.com

You will find:

•    A short video introducing and welcoming students to archives
•    Information on how to find and contact archives about primary sources on specific topics
•    An introduction to using primary sources
•    Information and examples of what to expect when you visit an archives
•    Links to gateways to help find reliable sites for online primary sources
•    Links to great information about teaching students how to work with primary sources


Also check out: http://www.nhd.org/researchcentral.htm

Monday, December 12, 2011

Finding Sources

Still having trouble?

For Secondary Sources, try:



Infotrac Gale Virtual Reference Library
If you are not at school and need to login, login password: (*hint--our mascot)
You might need this link, too.

For Primary Sources, try:

Primary vs. Secondary Sources Game

Play the Who Wants to be a Millionaire style  game here:
http://www.quia.com/rr/855767.html