STUDENT RESEARCH PACKET

RESEARCH PAPER ON A WASHINGTON D.C. SITE

DUE DATE:

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THIS PACKET BELONGS TO:

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

CLASS GENERATED QUESTIONS FOR RESEACH PAPER

QUESTION 1

QUESTION 2

QUESTION 3

QUESTION 4

QUESTION 5

QUESTION 6

WRITING PLAN

SPECIFIC FOCUS: _____________________________________________________________

PURPOSE: To report information with a picture

FORM: Research report

AUDIENCE: Teacher and classmates

VOICE: Serious

ORGANIZATION OF RESEARCH REPORT

TITLE: __________________________________________________________________

I. INTRODUCTION AND THESIS STATEMENT

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B. __________________________________________________________________

C. __________________________________________________________________

II. QUESTION ______________________________________________________

A. __________________________________________________________________

B. __________________________________________________________________

C. __________________________________________________________________

D. __________________________________________________________________

III. QUESTION ______________________________________________________

A. __________________________________________________________________

B. __________________________________________________________________

C. __________________________________________________________________

D. __________________________________________________________________

IV. QUESTION ______________________________________________________

A. __________________________________________________________________

B. __________________________________________________________________

C. __________________________________________________________________

D. __________________________________________________________________

V. QUESTION ______________________________________________________

A. __________________________________________________________________

B. __________________________________________________________________

C. __________________________________________________________________

D. __________________________________________________________________

VI. QUESTION ______________________________________________________

A. __________________________________________________________________

B. __________________________________________________________________

C. __________________________________________________________________

D. __________________________________________________________________

VII. QUESTION ______________________________________________________

A. __________________________________________________________________

B. __________________________________________________________________

C. __________________________________________________________________

D. __________________________________________________________________

VIII. SUMMARY

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A. __________________________________________________________________

B. __________________________________________________________________

C. __________________________________________________________________

D. __________________________________________________________________

You may arrange the questions in any order that you think makes your report flow from one topic to the next.

Remember that a paragraph must have a topic sentence and a transition sentence to the next paragraph.

A strong paragraph must have at least three supporting details.

RESEARCH PAPER RUBRIC

POINTS FOR EACH PART OF THE PAPER ARE IN ()

NOTECARDS

8 CARDS CORRECTLY LABELED (5) _______

6 question cards

2 citation cards

OPAC (5)

DEMONSTRATE USAGE TO TEACHER OR LMS _______

PRINT RESOURCE (5)

NAME OF BOOK USED FOR RESEARCH _______

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ELECTRONIC RESOURCE (5)

NAME OF DATABASE OR WEBSITE USED FOR RESEARCH _______

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WRITTEN RESEACH PAPER

ITEMS ON TITLE PAGE

Title (1) _______

Due date (1) _______

Author’s name (3) _______

PAPER CONTENT

Paragraph 1 (5)

Introduction and thesis statement _______

Paragraph 2 (5)

Question answered _______

Paragraph 3 (5)

Question answered _______

Paragraph 4 (5)

Question answered _______

Paragraph 5 (5)

Question answered _______

Paragraph 6 (5)

Question answered _______

Paragraph 7 (5)

Question answered _______

Paragraph 8 (5)

Summary statement _______

Picture (10) _______

Inserted from scanner ______

Copied and pasted from Internet ______

Bibliography

Citation 1 (5) _______

Citation 2 (5) _______

Picture Citation (5) _______

PICTURE FOR MAP (5) _______

ORAL PRESENTATION (5) _______

TOTAL POINTS _______

WHAT ARE YOU IN THE PLANNING OF WASHINGTON D.C.?

DESIGNER OF WASHINGTON D.C. 100 – 93 POINTS

MASTER 92 - 85 POINTS

JOURNEYMAN 84 - 75 POINTS

APPRENTICE 74 - 70 POINTS

STUDENT 69 – 0 POINTS

WASHINGTON D.C. RESEARCH SITES

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

United States Capitol

J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation

Folger Shakespeare Library

Holocaust Memorial Museum

Thomas Jefferson Memorial

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Korean War Veterans Memorial

Library of Congress

Lincoln Memorial

National Archives and Records

National Gallery of Art

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Information Center (The Castle)

National Museum of American History

National Museum of Natural History

National Air and Space Museum

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

National Museum of African Art

Freer Gallery of Art

Arts and Industries Building

Enid A. Haupt Garden

National Postal Museum

National Museum of American Art

National Portrait Gallery

Renwick Gallery

Anacostia Museum

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Washington Monument

White House

Arlington National Cemetery

Mount Vernon

The Pentagon

The Supreme Court Building

Ford’s Theatre

Petersen House

Armed Forces Medical Museum

Tomb Of the Unknown Soldier

World War II Memorial

Union Station

Washington Cathedral

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Museum

Washington Dolls’ House and Toy Museum

Capital Children’s Museum

National Geographic Society Explorers Hall

Navy Yard

National Arboretum

Botanic Gardens

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens

National Zoological Park

National Aquarium

Rock Creek Nature Center

Corcoran Gallery of Art

The Octagon

George Washington Masonic National Memorial

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Christ Church

Franciscan Monastery

Old Presbyterian Meeting House

St. Matthew’s Cathedral

Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial

Boyhood home of Robert E. Lee

Gunston Hall

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

Department of State

Organization of American States

Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial)

Women in Military Services for America Memorial

Netherlands Carillon

Voice of America

HOW TO ACCESS ELECTRONIC DATABASES

FROM HOME:

For INFOhio resources, especially SIRS, EBSCO and

BRITTANNICA:

Log onto the Internet.
Go to Lakota’s homepage. If this site is not already bookmarked, type in the following address: www.lakotaonline.com/techdept/aup/aupstart1.html
Click on the INFOhio icon.
Select the database you wish to use and click on it.
Enter your username and password:

USERNAME: hcca

PASSWORD: hcca513

Now you may enter any INFOhio site.

For Nettrekker:

Log onto the Internet.
Go to Lakota’s homepage. If this site isn’t already bookmarked, type in the following address: www.lakotaonline.com/techdept/aup/aupstart1.html
Click on the Nettrekker icon.
Enter your username and password:

USERNAME: firstnamelastname(all lower case, no

spacing between words)

PASSWORD: your student ID number, (which is the

same as your library or lunch number)

FROM SCHOOL:

For INFOhio resources, especially SIRS, EBSCO and

BRITTANNICA:

Log onto the Internet.
Go to Lakota’s homepage, (this opens automatically).
Click on the INFOhio icon.
Select the database you wish to use.
No usernames or passwords are required.

For Nettrekker:

Log onto the Internet.
Go to Lakota’s homepage, (this opens automatically).
Click on the Nettrekker icon.

4.Enter your username and password:

USERNAME: firstnamelastname(all lower case, no

spacing between words)

PASSWORD: your student ID number, (which is the

same as your library or lunch number)

HOW TO USE A SCANNER TO INSERT A PICTURE

BEFORE BEGINNING, BE SURE YOU ARE LOGGED INTO THE STUDENT SERVER AND THAT YOUR FOLDER IS OPEN.

Place the item you are scanning onto the scanner screen.

Open the scanner by clicking on the scanner icon in your dock.

The VistaScan Beginner window will appear.

Click on the PREVIEW button. This will scan the picture at low-resolution and display it in the preview window, which is on the left side of the Beginner window.

If the image is too large or too small, click on the Magnifying Glass.

Move your cursor into the Preview window and click. This will enlarge the image. If it is too big, press the command key and click in the Preview window. This will make it smaller.

When you are happy with how the image looks, click on the PRINTED MATTER button on the right side of the window. This will perform a final scan.

Select the FILE icon to store your image.

Leave the FILE DIRECTORY on the name that appears.

Change the FILE NAME to your site name followed by.TIF

Leave the FILE FORMAT on the format that appears.

Click on OK.

Open up your research report. (This should be saved on the school server).

Place your cursor where you would like the picture.

Go to the toolbar at the top of the page and click and hold down on the word INSERT.

Slide your cursor down to the word PICTURE and then slide it over to the words FROM FILE.

A window called “CHOOSE A PICTURE” appears.

Look for the word SHOW. Click on the arrow to change this to TAGGED IMAGE FILE FORMAT, (TIFF)

Look for the word FROM. Change this to say STUDENT SERVER.

Click INSERT to put the picture into your report.

If your picture is too large or too small, click on the image until you see little boxes appear around it. Place your cursor on one of these boxes which are handlebars and hold down and drag until the image is the size you wish it to be,

22. Click on SAVE.

HOW TO WRITE A BIBLIOGRAPHY AND

CITE YOUR RESOURCES

Before you begin to write your bibliography, remember the following:

Leave a double space between each citation.

List your sources alphabetically or by first word if the author is NOT listed.

Try to include the AUTHOR, TITLE, and PUBLICATION INFORMATION in each citation.

Separate parts of each citation with a period and then two spaces.

Underline all book titles.

Put the names of articles in books or magazines in “quotation marks”.

The first line of each citation is on the LEFT MARGIN, but any other lines in that citation are INDENTED.

BOOKS:

Author’s last name, first name, middle initial. Title of Book. City:

Name of Publishing Company, copyright year.

EXAMPLE:

Schonberg, Marcia. People of Ohio. Chicago: Heinemann Library,

2003.

PRINT ENCYCLOPEDIAS:

If name of author is given:

Author’s last name, first name, middle initial. “Title of Article.”

Title of Encyclopedia. City: Name of Publishing Company,

Copyright year.

EXAMPLE:

Schwartz, Andrew. “Ohio.” World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago:

World Book, Inc., 2003.

If NO author name is given:

“Article title.” Title of Encyclopedia. City: Publishing Company,

copyright year.

EXAMPLE:

“Washington, D.C.” The World Book Student Discovery

Discovery Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book, Inc., 2003.

ONLINE DATABASE:

For information from SIRS OR EBSCO. INCLUDE THE DATE YOU ACCESSED THE DATABASE IF POSSIBLE.

Author’s last name, first name, middle initial. “Article Title.”

Original Source of Article Date of original source: page

numbers. Name of the Database Used. Name of the Service.

Library where database was accessed, Location of library.

Date of Access <URL of service’s homepage>.

EXAMPLE:

Jackson, Marjorie. “Wheels in Art and History.” Cricket February,

2000: 26-30. SIRS Discoverer. SIRS Discoverer on the Web.

VanGorden Elementary Eaglet Center, Liberty Township,

Ohio. 10 March 2003 http://discoverer21.sirs.com

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA:

“Article title.” Title of Encyclopedia. Year of Encyclopedia. Original

Source of Article. Date of Access <UR: pf service’s

Homepage>

"Air Force Institute of Technology." Britannica Student Encyclopedia.

2004. Encyclopedia Britannica Online School Edition.

30 Mar. 2004 http://school.eb.com/ebi/article?eu=370109

INTERNET SITES:

Include as much of the following as you can: author, title of the selection, title of the site, the URL, (address), and date of access. Copy the URL completely and enclose it in angle < > brackets. Do NOT add any extra characters, (hyphens for example), if the URL doesn’t completely fit on a line.

Author’s last name, first name, middle initial, (if known). “Title of

Article.” Title of Site. Date of Visit. <URL>

EXAMPLE:

“Fredrick Douglass.” America’s Story from America’s Library. 20

February, 2003. <http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/

page.cgi/aa/all/douglass

ONLINE PICTURES OR PHOTOGRAPHS:

Photographer last name, first name, middle initial. "Title of

photograph." Date. Title of Collection. <Protocol and

address> [digital ID] (date of visit).

EXAMPLE:

“Sullivan, Timothy H. "Incidents of war." 1865. Selected Civil War

Photographs from the Library of Congress, 1861-1865.

[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphome.html]

[cwp4a40875 40875] (August 14, 1996).