Historical Investigation, Day 4 - Class Recap

A picture that I took on the 124th floor of the Burj Khalifa (the tallest building in the world) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates during last Spring Break. I used my dad's camera (a Canon EOS 5D Mark II, which is super nice) and a 15mm fisheye lens to make it look like the world was a city. Fun effect!

Dear class,

Welcome to Spring Break! I hope you enjoy the week off from school. There is also plenty of work for all of us to do! Here's what we did today in class:

Learning Targets: 
Knowledge LT 19: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Research LT 1: I can effectively conduct and apply research.
Critical Thinking LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems and concepts.

Soundtrack: "Edge of the Ocean" by Ivy. Selected for today because I imagine that a few students will be heading to the beach over Spring Break! Lyrics here.

AGENDA 3/18/16:

News Brief - Enzo

Spring Break
Part B Recap

Library

Homework: Read the blog! Continue to work on Part B - researching your historical investigation! Part B (2-3 pages of your research in at least three paragraphs) and Part D (your works cited information) due next class, printed. Next news brief: Athen.

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News Brief: Enzo had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: CNN.com - Professor wins $700k for solving 300-year-old math equation. We found the United Kingdom (for the Oxford reference) on the world map and talked about what this equation was about, with helpful input from Andrew. The actual story is about the prize money being awarded, not the equation being solved (which was in 1994, apparently).

Athen volunteered to do the news brief after break.

We also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):

BBCNews.com - One-minute World News

Spring Break: I asked the class if there was anything interesting or noteworthy that people were up to over Spring Break. It is always nice to check in with everyone about what you are up to outside our classroom! I know that for some students, being home over break is possibly not very fun, and my message is that we care about you, and that I am looking forward to seeing you after the break. I hope that everyone is able to enjoy the time off somehow! :-)

Part B Recap: Before we headed over to the Library again, I went over the MLA citations guideline and how you should be citing your information that you find as part of your investigation. Here is the paper that I passed out in class: MLA citation guide - 7th edition. Every source that you use for your project should fit into one of those categories on the second page. That is what you are adding to your bibliography (Part D) as you go along.

Finally, for Part B - the Summary and Use of Evidence, please look at page 3 of the Historical Investigation assignment.

That document will help you with understanding what Part B is all about. Remember, Part B (which is 2-3 pages) is due the Wednesday we get back from break.

To help with Part B, here is the second document - a template for filling out as you find good sources of information that relate to your research question:

Google Drive: Part B Taking Notes Template Document

This is a nice and easy way to complete Part B. Remember that you need to have at least three good sources (so you could fill out this document four different times, if you wanted). Again, no Wikipedia - the source has to be reliable information.

The best way to find good sources is using the Westview High School Library website. Here is the guide that I wrote up for using it.

Another good way to find good, reliable information is through a search on Google Scholar, which looks through academic articles (make sure you aren't using a book review as a source, though).

I know this is a LOT to take in. Please let me know how I can help better explain what you need to do.

Library: After explaining all of this, we headed over to the Library to work. Part B and Part D is due as a rough draft next class! This means having two to three pages of research using, like an essay (in paragraph format with citations). Let me know if you need support with this over Spring Break! Have a great week, everyone!