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Civil War Investigating

Civil War Investigating. Bateman February 2013. Rubrics. B – Investigating Clear focused research question Follow an action plan C – Thinking Critically Analyze and evaluate a range of sources in terms of OPVL Make connections between information to make valid, well-supported arguments.

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Civil War Investigating

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  1. Civil WarInvestigating Bateman February 2013

  2. Rubrics • B – Investigating • Clear focused research question • Follow an action plan • C – Thinking Critically • Analyze and evaluate a range of sources in terms of OPVL • Make connections between information to make valid, well-supported arguments

  3. Investigating • Formulates a clear and focused research question • Follows an action plan to investigate a research question • Effectively addresses the research question

  4. Research Question? • Should be: • An interesting general topic • Relevant • Focused and specific • Researchable • Ex. • Unfocused: What is the effect on the environment from global warming? • Focused: How is glacial melting affecting penguins in Antarctica? • Too simple: How are doctors addressing diabetes in the U.S. • Appropriately Complex:  What are common traits of those suffering from diabetes in America, and how can these commonalities be used to aid the medical community in prevention of the disease? http://writingcenter.gmu.edu/?p=307

  5. Action Plan • The stages that the student follows in order to complete the investigation • What? • Where? • When? • Who? • Delegates and constructs an overview for the actions to be completed to complete the activity

  6. Origin Purpose Values Limitations Your Guide to OPVL You’ll be doing this for your Historical Investigation

  7. Evaluating Sources • Not everything you hear is true • Would you trust: • Your best friend’s diary? • Voldemort’s personal diary? • A television commercial? • A book written by Darth Vader? • A Nazi newspaper?

  8. Sources can be

  9. Origin Capture of Saarbrucken. GIs of 70th Div seen with Nazi flag and portrait of Hitler. 22 Mar 1945. Photo: Corbis. • What is the source?

  10. Purpose Capture of Saarbrucken. GIs of 70th Div seen with Nazi flag and portrait of Hitler. 22 Mar 1945. Photo: Corbis. • Why is the source?

  11. Value Capture of Saarbrucken. GIs of 70th Div seen with Nazi flag and portrait of Hitler. 22 Mar 1945. Photo: Corbis. • How is the source useful?

  12. Limitations Capture of Saarbrucken. GIs of 70th Div seen with Nazi flag and portrait of Hitler. 22 Mar 1945. Photo: Corbis. • What can’t the source tell us?

  13. II. Sample “OPVL” Paragraph The origin of this source is a journal that was written by _________ in ________ in _______. Its purpose was to _________________ so _________________. A value of this is that it gives the perspective of ________________________. However, a limitation is that __________, making ______________________.

  14. OPVL / Bibliography • Bibliography • MLA Citation

  15. Well-supported argument • Combine different ideas in order to create new understanding. • Using sources develop an argument that answers your research question. • For the purposes of this assignment you will need to construct a thesis statement that would set the foundation for a more thorough analysis.

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