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Resource Ideas for Inquiry-Based Research Projects
Goals
- Students use a variety of resources for their research
- Students ask meaningful questions
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Students learn to verify their research through a variety of sources
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Students interpret their research and present it in a meaningful format
Secondary resources for the classroom
- Biographical dictionary
- Geographical dictionary
- Sets of old encyclopedias
- Five recent almanacs
- Several different social studies/ math/ science text books (can be old castoffs)
- Internet access
- Recent atlas
- AAA information in a box
- Phone book
- Yellow pages
- Up-to-date world and US maps
Brainstorm what primary sources you could gather for the projects students are preparing
- public records, maps
- pictures
- documents
- letters
- memos
- lists
- interviews
- autobiographies
- menus
- flier of an event
- telegrams
- tickets
Where would you go to get the information you need?
When do we use the school and public library?
- Go with a purpose
- Use Reader's Guide to Periodicals
- Genealogical records
- Electronic card catalog
- Research librarian is available
- Non fiction books on the subject--check their indexes
- Any videos available?
When do we use the Internet?
- Go with a purpose
- Use directories to aid research
- Recognize bias of web sites
- Look for sites with edu, gov, or org for information
- Narrow sources to those that suit the research needs
- CIA world fact book
- Smithsonian and NARA sites
Other sources
- Phone interview with expert in area
- E-mail conversation with expert in area
- Personal interview with person experiencing event you are researching
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