WANTED Glogsters! Reliable Source Research on Outlaws of the American West

Task ONE
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OUTLAWS OF THE AMERICAN WEST?
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES?
http://todaysmeet.com/LionsLanguageArts_WANTED


Task TWO
Research the outlaw Jesse James using Google Search and record all the links to sources in your Google Doc under the heading "Round One". Find it under Collections: Student Resources: WANTED Glogsters: Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Use the login and password written on the board.
docs.google.com



Task THREE 

RESEARCH GUIDE: IDENTIFYING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES

Use the following research guide and source criteria to find reliable sources using Google Search on the outlaw Butch Cassidy. Record your sources in your Google Doc under the heading "Round Two." 

Primary Source

“Primary source is a term used in a number of disciplines to describe source material that is closest to the person, information, period, or idea being studied.

In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called original source or evidence) is an artifact, a document, a recording, or other source of information that was created at the time under study. It serves as an original source of information about the topic. Similar definitions are used in library science, and other areas of scholarship. In journalism, a primary source can be a person with direct knowledge of a situation, or a document created by such a person.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_source

Module of more information and examples of many different types of primary sources:

http://www.library.illinois.edu/village/primarysource/mod1/index.htm

Secondary Source

“In scholarship, a secondary source is a document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere. A secondary source contrasts with a primary source, which is an original source of the information being discussed; a primary source can be a person with direct knowledge of a situation, or a document created by such a person.

Secondary sources involve generalization, analysis, synthesis, interpretation, or evaluation of the original information.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_sources 

Primary Sources:                                                                               Secondary Sources:
Pamplet, Postcard, Artifact from University of Illinois circa 1921.     Textbooks on the subject of psychology.

http://www.library.illinois.edu/village/primarysource/mod1/pg3.htm         http://www.flickr.com/photos/photos_by_chrystal/2809604871/

RESEARCH GUIDE: WHAT MAKES A RELIABLE SOURCE?

Not all sources are good sources. Not all sources are helpful sources. Not all sources will help us develop our ideas and enrich our writing and our learning. The following is a set of criteria to help us determine if a source is reliable and useful for our research. As you do your research evaluate the reliability of the sources you find using the following criteria. Think about the following questions as you do your research: What would you trust the most? Who would you trust the most? What makes a source reliable?

In order to be considered reliable, each source must meet eight of the fifteen criteria:

1. The author of the source wants me to know who they are.
2. The document was written to inform me.
3. The author is qualified to write the information. The author is a professional.
4. The publisher of the document or material is a professional or a professional group.
5. Information about the credentials of the author are given on the website.
6. The source is detailed.
7. The source was written for academic purposes.
8. The document or material is fact based, not opinion based.
9. The document was produced or published close to the events or time period it is about.
10. The information in the document has been cited. The author's sources are listed.
11. There is a balance of text and images, not just a lot of pictures.
12. The information or document is from a private website not a commercial website.
13. The information or document is from a database.
14. The information or document is from a government, university, or museum.
15. The information or document is from a magazine or newspaper.

Task FOUR

Task FIVE
PREPARATION FOR TOMORROW! Check out Ms. Roth's Glogster of Jesse James. http://lionslanguagearts.glogster.com/msroth-jesse-james-8199/

Task SIX: HOMEWORK
EXIT TICKET: CHOOSE YOUR OUTLAW FOR YOUR GLOGSTER

Go onto the Wikipedia page for the List of American West Outlaws and browse through the links to the different outlaws by visiting their Wikipedia pages. Select your top choice and post them as a comment on this blog along with a few sentences about how you felt about our class today. What did you like? What did you not like? What was confusing? What was easy for you to understand?

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Old_West_outlaws