The 1950s – Using Information To Find Answers

KRISTIN STEINGREABERGPAEA MEDIA SPECIALIST

TEXT FONT: UNIVERSJANUARY 14, 2008

The 1950s Using Information

To Find Answers

Essential Concept:IA Core – Reading 2

Reads for a variety of purposes and across content areas

Essential Concept: IA Core – Writing 5

Engages in the information literacy process: accesses, evaluates, and communicates information andideas

Detail from Writing 5 - Generating effective questions Articulating a clear research question or thesis statement Using appropriate means for locating and selecting research

materials, Using information from a variety of sources, both print and

electronic including electronic databases, the Internet, periodicals, interviews, surveys, books, and other informational publications

Evaluating, interpreting, and selecting information Communicating research findings through a variety of means,

both written and spoken Using technology effectively to communicate research

findings Incorporating research findings without plagiarizing and

adhering to a consistent format for documentation

Process / Routine

Write a few statements about the 1950sUsing this collection of books

1. Create list of keywords2. Write questions – (pg. 11 – 20th Century Design

40s&50s – War and Postwar Years)3. Start building bibliography4. Find web sites

Expand to online databases / free Internet

Questions?

What happened in the 1950s… That was significant? Made a difference in our world today? Most changed our world? Made the greatest impact?

Sources

Sources

AP Images – slide show / historical images

AP Images – I Like Ike

President Dwight D. Eisenhower laughs as his wife, Mamie, tries on a cardboard eyeshade during a Republican campaign dinner in Washington, April 17, 1956. Eisenhower was preparing to run for his second term in office. (AP Photo/Bob Schutz)

Work with your teacher librarian

This photo shows the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, located on Fifth Avenue between 88th and 89th streets, in August, 1958. It is the first building in New York designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. (AP Photo)

WorldBook Web links to other web sites

USERNAME:PASSWORD:

Tip:

USE WORLDBOOK WEB TO FIND PRIMARY SOURCES

USE ADVANCED SEARCH

Tip:

Detail from Writing 5 - Generating effective questions Articulating a clear research question or thesis statement Using appropriate means for locating and selecting research

materials, Using information from a variety of sources, both print and

electronic including electronic databases, the Internet, periodicals, interviews, surveys, books, and other informational publications

Evaluating, interpreting, and selecting information Communicating research findings through a variety of means,

both written and spoken Using technology effectively to communicate research

findings Incorporating research findings without plagiarizing and

adhering to a consistent format for documentation

Expect students to give credit for resources

NoodleTools is one possibility.

Informal is also as powerful as formal.

Expect sharing

www.slideshare.net

EBSCOHost – BookmarksSocial bookmarking - http://www.furl.net/ / del.icio.us

EBSCOHost – Images and Bookmarks

Create a Tip for this…

Expect students to use online databases to learn

Using Atomic Learning video clips for Web 2.0 bookmarks

Primary Documents from WorldBook web

Senate Resolution 301: Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy (1954)

EBSCO – Buddy HollyAmerican History; Feb2009, Vol. 43 Issue 6, p62-62, 1p

Soundzabound – MP3 music clips / AP Images

American rock and roll singer, songwriter and guitarist Buddy Holly is shown in 1959 at an unknown location. Holly, born Charles Hardin Holley in 1936 in Lubbock, Texas, died in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959. (AP Photo)

When you go to the free Internet – plan ahead

www.myreportlinks.com with Primary Source Accounts of the Korean War

WWW.IOWAAEAONLINE.ORG

WWW.GPAEA.K12.IA.US – SELECT MEDIA / WEBMAX

WWW.MYREPORTLINKS.COM

Source Credits