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​BIBLIOGRAPHIES & LINKS by holidays and topics below
Ben's Guide to Government
Nat. Archives

Research Process

This simple mnemonic helps our students learn and apply the basic steps of research similar to the BIG 6:
  T    he            
  Q   ueen
  O   rders
  L    ots of
  L    adyfingers
  E    every time

"T"  is  TOPIC
"Q" is  creating QUESTIONS on topic
"O"  is ORGANIZING questions/big ideas 
"L"  is LIST primary/secondary sources 
"L"  is  LOCATE sources
"E"  is EVALUATE sources

Evaluate on: currency, credibility, read-ability and navigability: is it current? is author or org. an expert? facts are biasedor accurate? can i read, understand it? is website easy to use, links are active?) or CCRN
Next steps are Note-taking, drafting, editing, bibliography and final product.

Note Taking

T  able of Contents
 I   ndex
 G lossary
 H  eadings
 T  opic Sentences

"TIGHT" is to skim or quickly look for responses to topic questions in a book's table of contents, index, glossary, headings and topic sentences  (first 2 sentences of a paragraph).  Always take notes in YOUR OWN WORDS & ACKNOWLEDGE the ideas of others.

EXAMPLES of PRIMARY SOURCES: 
diaries, letters, personal belongings, original documents & pictures from person or during event.
EXAMPLES of SECONDARY SOURCES:
textbooks, encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers, websites made AFTER event or person expires.