[CASL-L] research question

[Valerie DiLorenzo]

Why not use researchIT CT <https://researchitct.org/classicschool/> which
all schools have access to for free? Click on the database "History
Reference Center." You'll have a whole list of subjects (by time period).
Once you click on the time period, you'll have a whole other slew of topics
within the time period to choose from. Once they find a topic with which
they connect, they'll already have a good source, the citation will be done
correctly for them, and they've learned some good searching strategies
already. They can then take their key words/search terms they've learned
from one article to search in other databases.

Happy researching!
~Valerie

On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 9:54 AM, Deborah Sharpe <
dsharpe at woodstockacademy.org> wrote:

> 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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