[CASL-L] research question

[Cathy Andronik]

 Our World History paper comes later in the year, and is the perfect opportunity for me to introduce every 9th grader to our suite of databases.  If you have access to Gale's World History on Demand database, there's a feature called "Browse Topics."  Each entry starts with an overview--not too long, not too short.  We give the students some time to do just that:  browse topics to see what 1) looks interesting; 2) has sufficient information for a paper. 
Cathy AndronikTeacher LibrarianBrien McMahon High SchoolNorwalk
    On Thursday, January 25, 2018, 9:54:38 AM EST, Deborah Sharpe <dsharpe at woodstockacademy.org> wrote:  
 
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Good morning,




I'm reaching out on behalf of one of our social studies teachers.  We just started a new semester, and thus new classes.  The freshmen world history teachers always assign a research paper at the beginning of the class that they will work on throughout the semester.  Because they  assign the paper before teaching any of the units, the students always gravitate towards the Holocaust or WWII because they are the only topics that they know anything about. The teacher is looking for a creative way to expose them to all the various topics they'll cover in class in just enough depth that it might spark an interest in them for the students.  We were thinking of some sort of history fact find/scavenger hunt type activity, but were wondering if anyone as any suggestions for activities they have found successful.   Thanks in advance for your help!!




Thanks & have a great day =)




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