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 * Rosa Parks Middle School Media Center **

Subject - Topic

 * The purpose of this research guide is to assit you in starting from the most general resources, for instance Encyclopedia Britannica, and then moving onto resources that have more specific information. When you are searching the general sources, jot down key words or key events so that you can use these terms later in other types of reference materials.**

** Information Literacy Skills: **

 * ** Students will demonstrate the ability to locate and use information resources, equipment and other technologies effectively and efficiently. **
 * ** Students will demonstrate the ability to review, evaluate and select media. **
 * ** Students will demonstrate the ability to learn and apply reading, research and critical thinking skills to organize, and synthesize information in order to communicate new understanding. **
 * ** Students will cite the sources they used to gather information for this project.[[image:Objectives.png width="560" height="306"]] **

**// AGOPP Research Process //**
** is a research strategy designed to assist students as they seek answers to research based problems. The acronym, AGOPP, represents the five steps students would use to implement this strategy successfully. Any or all of the steps can be completed by individuals or by groups. **


 * A …..Ask Questions **
 * G …..Gather Information **
 * O …..Organize Information **
 * P …..Prepare/Produce Information **
 * P …..Present Information **
 * Identify your research problem or question. **
 * Read about the issue. **
 * Analyze the problem and develop questions. **


 * Examples:**


 * Should there be dress codes in a public middle school? (School community)**


 * Should schools begin later so that teenagers can get teh sleep required as based on accepted sleep research standards? (local community)**


 * Should capital punishment be legal in the United States? (national community)**


 * Gather keywords bases on questions. **
 * Choose the best source of information (books, internet and periodicals).Search for the information. **
 * Record notes and bibliographic information. **


 * **Decide which sources are best for your topic.**
 * **Identify key words and phrases.**
 * **Determine which resources will provide background information and which resources will provide more specific information with supporting details.**
 * **Use text features to identify essential information from text.**
 * **Skim and scan for information that answers your question.**
 * **Verify the "worthiness" of the information.**
 * **Record relevant information--summarize and paraphrase--avoid plagiarism.**
 * **Record bibliographic information.**

**Online Subscription Databases (See Edline for the list of passwords & logins for home use)**

 * **SIRS** Database contains current event Newspapers & Magazine articles. It also contains research on leading issues.**


 * The above link will direct you to the list of issues researched in SIRS. The search box on the right will give you access to current event periodical and reference articles.** || media type="custom" key="8225342" ||
 * **Facts on File's//Issues and Controversies// contains analysis on leading issues with links to research, graphs, charts and images.** || media type="custom" key="8225344" ||
 * **Encyclopedia Britainnica can provide general information about any of the Issues topics.** || media type="custom" key="8225346" ||
 * **Encyclopedia Britainnica can provide general information about any of the Issues topics.** || media type="custom" key="8225346" ||
 * **Encyclopedia Britainnica can provide general information about any of the Issues topics.** || media type="custom" key="8225346" ||

**General Internet Sites**

 * Multnomah County Library Social Issues Webpage**
 * @http://www.multcolib.org/homework/sochc2.html **
 * Gazette Newspaper**
 * http://www.gazette.net  **
 * Yahoo Issues and Causes **
 * @http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/issues_and_causes/ **


 * On the Issues **
 * @http://www.ontheissues.org/Issues.htm **

Exploring Constitutional Conflicts Affirmative Action and Diversity Project
 * Affirmative Action **

@http://gazette.net/gazette_archive/2005/200506/poolesville/news/258863-1.html @http://gazette.net/gazette_archive/2005/200505/weekend/a_section/258771-1.html @http://gazette.net/gazette_archive/1999/199902/montgomerycty/letters/a75279-1.html @http://gazette.net/gazette_archive/1999/199952/montgomerycty/letters/a68311-1.html
 * Animal Rights **
 * Deer Hunting: Population Control **
 * Montgomery Feeling More Urgency in Deer Dilemma **
 * Deer Confinement Best for All **
 * Deer Debate Continues **

@http://www.religioustolerance.org/execut4.htm National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Death Penalty Information Center
 * Capital Punishment: Life or Death? **

Student Censorship Banned and Challenged Books Internet Censorship @http://nmsu.libguides.com/content.php?pid=20779&sid=155847 Censorship in Schools
 * Censorship **

At Issue Article (SIRS) College Drinking Mothers Against Drunk Driving National Youth Rights: Lower the Drinking Age
 * Drinking Age **

**State by state driving rules for teenagers** @http://www.golocalnet.com/drivingage
 * Driving Age for Teenagers **

School Drug Testing Institute ACLU Drug Law Reform
 * Drug Testing in Schools **

Impaired Driving-National Highway Traffic Safety Administration American Beverage Institute-Issues
 * Drunk Driving **

National Eating Disorder Association @http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/eating-disorders/index.shtml
 * Eating Disorders **

@http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/all_issues.html
 * Endangered Species **

**Euthanasia** @http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/Euthanasia/index.asp @http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/health/2001/euthanasia/default.stm @http://www.nrlc.org/

@http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/studentspeech.htm @http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/
 * Freedom of the Press/Speech **

@http://www.iptv.org/exploremore/ge/default.cfm @http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/humans/babies/index.html @http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/food_politics/index.html
 * Genetic Engineering **

** Gun Control Laws by State ** @http://www.bradycampaign.org/stategunlaws **The Six Federal Gun Control Laws** @http://www.bradycampaign.org/legislation **Speak Out.com on Gun Control** @http://speakout.com/activism/guncontrol/ **Firearms and Crime** @http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/topics/crime/gun-violence/welcome.htm
 * Gun Control **

** Human Cloning ** @http://whyfiles.org/148clone_clash/index.html @http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/cloning.shtml

** Illegal Immigration/Immigration ** @http://www.cis.org/ @http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer

** Internet ** @http://www.cdt.org/ @http://www.eff.org/

** Mandatory Military Draft ** Selective Service System @http://www.comdsd.org/

** Marijuana Legalization ** @http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/ @http://www.justicetalking.org/ShowPage.aspx?ShowID=496 Medical Marijuana Laws-State map

** Media Bias ** @http://www.globalpolicy.org/empire/media-and-the-project-of-empire.html @http://www.mrc.org/VideoBias/vidbias.asp

** Nuclear Energy ** Nuclear Power is the Clear Solution []

** Obesity ** @http://www.obesity.org/ @http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/index.html []

** Prisons ** @http://www.pbs.org/now/prison_pop/american.html @http://www.360degrees.org/360degrees.html

** School Uniforms ** **[]**

** Sex Education in Schools ** @http://www.justicetalking.org/ShowPage.aspx?ShowID=426 @http://www.themediaproject.com/facts/index.htm

** Smoking Ban in Public Places ** Passive Smoking New York City

** Standardized Testing in Schools ** (see //Educational Tests and Measurements// in SIRS) @http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2004/11education_loveless.aspx @http://www.justicetalking.org/ShowPage.aspx?ShowID=216 @http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/schools/

** Stem Cell Research ** @http://stemcellresearch.org/ @http://www.pbs.org/wnet/innovation/about_episode6.html @http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/stem-cell-poll.html

** Title IX ** @http://www.pbs.org/thisisagame/ @http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/

** Television, Movies And Violence ** ** Television's Impact on Kids ** **@http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/parents/television/tv_impact_kids.cfm**

** Video Games And Violence ** ** @http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/video.games.html ** ** @http://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/conf2001/papers/walsh.html ** ** @http://www.pamf.org/preteen/parents/videogames.html ** ** @http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/impact/myths.html **

Summarize your findings. Draw conclusions and inferences. Use a graphical organizer or note cards to arrange the information.

Use **Noodletools** for your Works Cited page and Electronic Note Cards.


 * Click image to link to the Noodletools website. Your user name is your login for the computer network at school. The password is the same as the one for when you login to the computers at school.
 * The first time you use Noodletools, follow these directions:

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 * When citing from a print book source, use the citation template distributed in class or print it from this document: [|2010 Bibliographic Cite wksh book revised.docx]




 * ** Select the most important information ** **.**
 * ** Prepare and rehearse your speech!! **
 * //** Prepare a "Works Cited" page. **//

Present the product to your audience. Evaluate your process and product.


 * //According to Write for College, "Plagiarism is the presentation of another writer's ideas or words as if they were your own, without acknowledging the source" (297).//**

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