Artists, Rebels, and Revolutionaries

Mini-Research Assignment #1—PART ONE

 

YOUR JOB TODAY:  Find 3 biographical sources on EACH of the two people you are researching.  You MUST have this completed by class tomorrow.

BRING THIS SHEET AND WHAT YOU PRINT TODAY WITH YOU TO CLASS TOMORROW.

DO NOT PRINT ANYTHING UNLESS YOU GET MS. SPACHMAN’S OK.

  

GETTING STARTED Directions:  (If you have Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, click here.)

  1. Following Ms. Sherrill’s or Ms. Spachman’s instructions, go to the “Favorites” menu in Internet Explorer.  Click on “Ms. Spachman’s Website.”
  2. When my website comes up, move your mouse under “IB Survey Literature” until you see “Mini-Research Unit.”  Click on that link.
  3. On the Mini-Research page that comes up, there will be a link for the Biography channel’s webpage.  Click on that link.
  4. Once you get to biography.com, you can start searching for information about the two people you need to find information on.  CAREFULLY follow the directions below to do your research.

 

PERSON #1 Directions:

  1. Who are you researching first? Write his/her name here (spell it correctly!):

_____________________________________________________________

  1. Start by finding him/her at biography.com. CAREFULLY record the information asked for below:
  • What is today’s date? _______________________________
  • What is the URL of Biography’s home page? __________________________________________
  • When you pull up the biography of your person, what is the exact title of the page or article?  _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Scroll down to the bottom of the article (not the whole page).  Is there an author’s name or a credit to who created the article?  If so, write the name(s) here: ____________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

  • Also at the bottom of the article or the entire page, look for a date of publication or a copyright date.  Write that date/year here: _________________________

 

  1. Read the article that comes up and answer the following questions.
    • Does biography.com have enough information for you to understand who this person really was (i.e., enough information for you to learn so you could tell someone else who this person was)?  Circle one:                YES                 NO
    • Do you understand the biography.com article?               YES                 NO

 

  1. No matter how you answered the last two questions, relying ONLY on one source is NOT a good research practice.  Therefore, now you’re going to search for more biographical information using Google.  In the URL box, type “google.com.”  Then, in the search box, type your person’s name and hit enter.
  2. MANY different web pages will come up.  Using the information in each link and the description that appears underneath each link, find two more web sites that have a substantial (more than a small paragraph) amount of biographical information about your person.  Choose sites that you can understand.  ONE of the web sites must be a reputable source.  What that means is that the web site is sponsored by or created by someone or an organization with a good reputation and/or otherwise appears to have reliable information.  Follow the steps below.

 

  1. FOR A SITE YOU FIND THAT IS REPUTABLE:
  • What is today’s date? _______________________________
  • What is the URL of the page you found? __________________________________________
  • What is the exact title of the page or article?  _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Is there a name of an author or the web page creator/designer listed?  If so, write the name(s) here: _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Look for a date of publication or a copyright date.  If you find a date, write that date/year here: _________________________
  • How do you know this site is reputable?  List as many reasons as you can to justify why you would rely on the information this site provides to you on your person. ______________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. FOR A THIRD SITE YOU FIND (It may or may not be reputable.):
  • What is today’s date? _______________________________
  • What is the URL of the page you found? __________________________________________
  • What is the exact title of the page or article?  _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Is there a name of an author or the web page creator/designer listed?  If so, write the name(s) here: _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Look for a date of publication or a copyright date.  If you find a date, write that date/year here: _________________________
  • Describe how reliable you think the information on this site is and give several reasons why you think so.   ______________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

PERSON #2 Directions:

  1. Who are you researching second? Write his/her name here (spell it correctly!):

_____________________________________________________________

  1. Start by finding him/her at biography.com. CAREFULLY record the information asked for below:
  • What is today’s date? _______________________________
  • What is the URL of Biography’s home page? __________________________________________
  • When you pull up the biography of your person, what is the exact title of the page or article?  _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Scroll down to the bottom of the article (not the whole page).  Is there an author’s name or a credit to who created the article?  If so, write the name(s) here: ____________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

  • Also at the bottom of the article or the entire page, look for a date of publication or a copyright date.  Write that date/year here: _________________________

 

  1. Read the article that comes up and answer the following questions.
    • Does biography.com have enough information for you to understand who this person really was (i.e., enough information for you to learn so you could tell someone else who this person was)?  Circle one:                YES                 NO
    • Do you understand the biography.com article?               YES                 NO

 

  1. No matter how you answered the last two questions, relying ONLY on one source is NOT a good research practice.  Therefore, now you’re going to search for more biographical information using Google.  In the URL box, type “google.com.”  Then, in the search box, type your person’s name and hit enter.
  2. MANY different web pages will come up.  Using the information in each link and the description that appears underneath each link, find two more web sites that have a substantial (more than a small paragraph) amount of biographical information about your person.  Choose sites that you can understand.  ONE of the web sites must be a reputable source.  What that means is that the web site is sponsored by or created by someone or an organization with a good reputation and/or otherwise appears to have reliable information.  Follow the steps below.

 

  1. FOR A SITE YOU FIND THAT IS REPUTABLE:
  • What is today’s date? _______________________________
  • What is the URL of the page you found? __________________________________________
  • What is the exact title of the page or article?  _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Is there a name of an author or the web page creator/designer listed?  If so, write the name(s) here: _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Look for a date of publication or a copyright date.  If you find a date, write that date/year here: _________________________
  • How do you know this site is reputable?  List as many reasons as you can to justify why you would rely on the information this site provides to you on your person. ______________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. FOR A THIRD SITE YOU FIND (It may or may not be reputable.):
  • What is today’s date? _______________________________
  • What is the URL of the page you found? __________________________________________
  • What is the exact title of the page or article?  _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Is there a name of an author or the web page creator/designer listed?  If so, write the name(s) here: _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Look for a date of publication or a copyright date.  If you find a date, write that date/year here: _________________________
  • Describe how reliable you think the information on this site is and give several reasons why you think so.   ______________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

 

FINALLY,

1.    Pick the person you like best between the two you researched.

2.    Go back to the web page (of the 3 you wrote down) that has a substantial amount of information on this person that you understand.  The site you pick should have GOOD information about your person.

3.    You will need to make a print-out of this information.  If you need to do that here at the lab, call Ms. Spachman over.  You will only be allowed to print one page.

 

TOMORROW:

BRING THIS SHEET AND YOUR

PRINT OUT TO CLASS!

 

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Artists, Rebels, and Revolutionaries                (Sor de la Cruz)

Mini-Research Assignment #1—PART ONE

 

YOUR JOB TODAY:  Find 3 biographical sources on EACH of the two people you are researching.  You MUST have this completed by class tomorrow.

BRING THIS SHEET AND WHAT YOU PRINT TODAY WITH YOU TO CLASS TOMORROW.

DO NOT PRINT ANYTHING UNLESS YOU GET MS. SPACHMAN’S OK.

 

GETTING STARTED Directions:

  1. Following Ms. Sherrill’s or Ms. Spachman’s instructions, go to the “Favorites” menu in Internet Explorer.  Click on “Ms. Spachman’s Website.”
  2. When my website comes up, move your mouse under “IB Survey Literature” until you see “Mini-Research Unit.”  Click on that link.
  3. On the Mini-Research page that comes up, there will be a link for Google.  Click on that link.
  4. Once you get to google.com, you can start searching for good information about the two people you need to find information on.  CAREFULLY follow the directions below to do your research.

 

PERSON #1 Directions:

  1. Who are you researching first? Write his/her name here (spell it correctly!):

_____________________________________________________________

  • What is today’s date? _______________________________
  • What is the URL of the page you found? __________________________________________
  • What is the exact title of the page or article?  _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Is there a name of an author or the web page creator/designer listed?  If so, write the name(s) here: _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Look for a date of publication or a copyright date.  If you find a date, write that date/year here: _________________________
  • Describe how reliable you think the information on this site is and give several reasons why you think so.   ______________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. Read the information you found on this page and answer the following questions.
    • Does this page have enough information for you to understand who this person really was (i.e., enough information for you to learn so you could tell someone else who this person was)?  Circle one:                YES                 NO
    • Do you understand the information on this page?                       YES                 NO

 

  1. No matter how you answered the last two questions, relying ONLY on one source is NOT a good research practice.  Therefore, go back to your google search and use the information in each link and the description that appears underneath each link to find two more web sites that have a substantial (more than a small paragraph) amount of biographical information about your person.  Choose sites that you can understand.  ONE of the web sites must be a reputable source.  What that means is that the web site is sponsored by or created by someone or an organization with a good reputation and/or otherwise appears to have reliable information.  Follow the steps below.

 

  1. FOR A SITE YOU FIND THAT IS REPUTABLE:
  • What is today’s date? _______________________________
  • What is the URL of the page you found? __________________________________________
  • What is the exact title of the page or article?  _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Is there a name of an author or the web page creator/designer listed?  If so, write the name(s) here: _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Look for a date of publication or a copyright date.  If you find a date, write that date/year here: _________________________
  • How do you know this site is reputable?  List as many reasons as you can to justify why you would rely on the information this site provides to you on your person. ______________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. FOR A THIRD SITE YOU FIND (It may or may not be reputable.):
  • What is today’s date? _______________________________
  • What is the URL of the page you found? __________________________________________
  • What is the exact title of the page or article?  _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Is there a name of an author or the web page creator/designer listed?  If so, write the name(s) here: _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Look for a date of publication or a copyright date.  If you find a date, write that date/year here: _________________________
  • Describe how reliable you think the information on this site is and give several reasons why you think so.   ______________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

PERSON #2 Directions:

  1. Who are you researching second? Write his/her name here (spell it correctly!):

_____________________________________________________________

  • What is today’s date? _______________________________
  • What is the URL of the page you found? __________________________________________
  • What is the exact title of the page or article?  _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Is there a name of an author or the web page creator/designer listed?  If so, write the name(s) here: _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Look for a date of publication or a copyright date.  If you find a date, write that date/year here: _________________________
  • Describe how reliable you think the information on this site is and give several reasons why you think so.   ______________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

 

  1. Read the information you found on this page and answer the following questions.
    • Does this page have enough information for you to understand who this person really was (i.e., enough information for you to learn so you could tell someone else who this person was)?  Circle one:                YES                 NO
    • Do you understand the information on this page?                       YES                 NO

 

  1. No matter how you answered the last two questions, relying ONLY on one source is NOT a good research practice.  Therefore, go back to your google search and use the information in each link and the description that appears underneath each link to find two more web sites that have a substantial (more than a small paragraph) amount of biographical information about your person.  Choose sites that you can understand.  ONE of the web sites must be a reputable source.  What that means is that the web site is sponsored by or created by someone or an organization with a good reputation and/or otherwise appears to have reliable information.  Follow the steps below.

 

  1. FOR A SITE YOU FIND THAT IS REPUTABLE:
  • What is today’s date? _______________________________
  • What is the URL of the page you found? __________________________________________
  • What is the exact title of the page or article?  _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Is there a name of an author or the web page creator/designer listed?  If so, write the name(s) here: _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Look for a date of publication or a copyright date.  If you find a date, write that date/year here: _________________________
  • How do you know this site is reputable?  List as many reasons as you can to justify why you would rely on the information this site provides to you on your person. ______________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

  

  1. FOR A THIRD SITE YOU FIND (It may or may not be reputable.):
  • What is today’s date? _______________________________
  • What is the URL of the page you found? __________________________________________
  • What is the exact title of the page or article?  _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Is there a name of an author or the web page creator/designer listed?  If so, write the name(s) here: _______________________________________________________________________________
  • Look for a date of publication or a copyright date.  If you find a date, write that date/year here: _________________________
  • Describe how reliable you think the information on this site is and give several reasons why you think so.   ______________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

 

FINALLY,

1.    Pick the person you like best between the two you researched.

2.    Go back to the web page (of the 3 you wrote down) that has a substantial amount of information on this person that you understand.  The site you pick should have GOOD information about your person.

3.    You will need to make a print-out of this information.  If you need to do that here at the lab, call Ms. Spachman over.  You will only be allowed to print one page.

  

TOMORROW:

BRING THIS SHEET AND YOUR

PRINT OUT TO CLASS!

 

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