Jackson Murder Mystery

Your Assignment (must log into Google Docs to view)

Books:
We have an excellent book collection for this project - in both print and eBook format. You must use the online catalog to access them, which means that you need to sign in with your NCPS network log on.
UN: firstname.lastname PW: your personal network password



Databases: 
Be sure to consult the database page or your planner for user names and passwords!

• ABC-CLIO - American History
• ABC-CLIO - American Government
• Annals of American History (see below)
• Biography in Context
• Encyclopaedia Britannica
• History in Context
• Historical Hartford Courant

 




Keep track of sources as you go!

We now have EasyBib premium. All you need to do to access it is to log into Google Apps, scroll down, click on EasyBib, and click Google. That's it! And BTW, there is an EasyBib app. 


EasyBib's video instructions for the app:

Meeting of the Minds

Assignment

Essential questions: 

• What is the ideal form of government? Why? 
• Can people be trusted to govern? Why? 

Are you an actor, a historian or a public relations agent?

We've been working hard to ensure that there are lots of eBooks for you to choose from in Destiny, the online catalog. At this point, you should be fully aware of the key points about using Destiny:

• Log in with your personal user name and password

• Library titles tab is for print

• Digital resources is for electronic content (websites, eBooks, etc...)

Additionally, we are going to walk you through downloading the application in class. You will need to use this to locate our fabulous print collection while you are scheduled to work in the library. Don't have an app-ready device? No worries! We do! Borrow one of ours!

In the online catalog, you can just search for your "intellectual mind" by name. Another useful term is enlightenment. The catalog includes the Encyclopedia of World Biography, for example.

We recommend the following databases:

Log to access database page (Do not use your personal user name and password. See pg 45 on your planner if you can't remember the authentication information). Again, we will practice downloading the app for Gale Access my Library. 

• Biography in Context (App available!)
• History in Context (App available!)
• Gale Virtual Reference Library (App available!)
• ABC-CLIO (includes eBook reference collection) - remember you can export your citations directly to EasyBib!

Remember to use the school's premium EasyBib account
There is an app for EasyBib too! We'll try that out. Here are some tutorials:


Exporting citations from ABC-CLIO to EasyBib
Copying and pasting Database citations into EasyBib
Collaborating and sharing EasyBib bibliographies



 

Baghdad/Cairo Museum Project

What tabs should we have open when we start research? Answer

Listen to this radio clip from NPR to help you better understand the difference between plagiarism and paraphrasing


Key Terms for today's lesson:

Plagiarize: Definition
Paraphrase: Definition
Common Knowledge: Definition

Pop Quiz! 

93% of New Canaan High School students attend a 4-year university after graduation. Common Knowledge or information needing a citation?

Use this Note-Taking Rubric as a guide when creating your notes:

 







Here are a few helpful screenshots:

This 2-minute video will give you quick overview of how to create, group, and share your notes in EasyBib: 

To practice correct note-taking skills, read the highlighted section of Thieves of Baghdad and complete the Notecard Handout provided. Remember to use the Note-Taking Rubric as a guide when making your notes. 

• Link to EasyBib note-taking template for handwritten notes (in class handout). 
• Link to EasyBib note-taking template for typed notes (Adobe Acrobat.pdf - will not work on IPS mobile device, such as iPad, iPhone, iPod)

NEW! Came across this great iPad app, thanks to @AuntyTech on Twitter :-) Qwiki - looks great for this project!

Search terms that help you find PERSIA+GT (see left sidebar, PERISA+GT, for more)

• Political - politic* OR gov*
• Economic - econ* OR trade*
• Religious - religio* OR god*
• Social - soci* OR famil*OR marriage OR divorce OR child
• Aesthetic - art* OR pyramid*OR architect*
• Geography - geolog* OR topogra*OR arable OR farm OR agricult* OR transport*
• Technological - tech* OR tool* 

Online library catalog:

Did you know... it's the only place to access our 1,400 eBooks? 

Did you know....it's a great place to search for database articles? 

NCHS research starts with Destiny!

You can search for your city by name.

We recommend the following databases (remember, you can search these in Destiny!):

Log to access database page (Do not use your personal user name and password. See pg 45 of your planner if you can't remember the authentication information).

• Gale Virtual Reference Library (App available!)
• History in Context (can limit search to images)
• ABC-CLIO (can limit search to images)
• NewsStand (current news) 

Start with these resources on your assignment:

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Baghdad Museum
• Lost Treasures from Iraq
• NEW! Great image resources (page is protected - same UN & PW as database page)

Additional search terms: Mesopotamia*, Tigris, Euphrates, Sumer*. Babylon*. Hittit*, Assyria*, Persia*

* = Truncation symbol. Truncation symbols will provide variant spelling after the root word. 
Example: god* = god, goddess, gods


We now have EasyBib premium. All you need to do to access it is to log into Google Apps, scroll down, click on EasyBib, and click Google. That's it! (video tutorial at the bottom of this post)

NEW! EasyBib has a note-taking tool to help keep track of your artifacts (ancient items) and evaluate which best represent the contributions of your early civilization.


Accessing EasyBib.com Premium when Your School has a Google Apps Domain from michelle luhtala on Vimeo.
Use this tutorial if your school has a Google Apps domain and a premium EasyBib account, and you haven't yet signed into your account.

And BTW, there is an EasyBib app. 
EasyBib's video instructions for the app: