This project will be the majority of your final-exam grade. It will be graded throughout the next 4 weeks.
*TOPICS*
1. How much is car insurance? The insurance quote is make, model, age and gender specific.
2. What can be expected after a car accident?
3. What do I need in order to rent an apartment?
4. What do I need in order to rent a car?
5. What is and how much is renter’s insurance (also known as homeowner’s insurance? Renter’s insurance is for the protection of items in the home or apartment.
6. How do I apply for a credit card?
7. What is credit?
8. How do I start my own company?
9. How do I start my own magazine.
10. How does my music get on the radio?
11. How do I obtain a visitor’s visa (pass) to another country.
12. What does a manager of a fast food restaurant (or other occupation) look for in an employee?
13. How much would I need to make in order to live the lifestyle I wish.
14. Without a college education, what jobs and salaries are available?
15. What do colleges look for in a high-school senior?
16. How do I apply to a university?
17. Where could I receive health care if I am an uninsured student?
18. How much does a funeral cost and what does it entail?
19. What is the average cost of raising a child to the age of 18?
20. What academic scholarships are available to me?
21. What do I need to do before I can become a (occupation) of your choice.
22. How do I get copyrighted for my work? Or, how do I obtain a patent for an invention?
23. How do I open a bank account (checking, savings, etc)?
24. What happens and what can I do when I get laid off?
25. What do I need to do to become a citizen of a specific country?
26. What does it take to become a politician (president)?
27. What needs to happen before I get a marriage license?
28. How do I get an internship?
29. How do I file a tax return?
30. How do I apply for financial aid?
31. If I am a victim of a crime(specific), how do I file a police report?
Requirements:
* Choose a topic that suits your schedule and network sources.
* Ms. Chiang must approve any topic not mentioned.
* Primary and secondary sources will be used.
* Interview an expert.
* All interviews will be transcribed.
* Reference book will be among a source used.
* Internet source will be among a source used.
* Periodical will be among a source used.
* Minimum of 4 different sources will be used.
* All notes and experiences will be transferred to blog under the title, ‘Sourcing Research Project”.
* All work will be properly cited, using Citation Machine.
* All documents (applications, brochures, etc.) will be turned in to Ms. Chiang or scanned into computer.
* Reflection Essay will be composed at the end.
* CHECK BLOG OFTEN (both Ms. Chiang’s and yours).
Tips:
* WHAT ARE PRIMARY SOURCES?
Primary sources enable the researcher to get as close as possible to what actually happened during an historical event or time period. A primary source reflects the individual viewpoint of a participant or observer.
You are allowed to use a broader definition of primary sources, which may include some of the types of materials listed below. If in doubt, ask Ms. Chiang or Ms. Newman.
• Diaries, journals, speeches, interviews, letters, memos, manuscripts and other papers in which individuals describe events in which they were participants or observers.
• Memoirs and autobiographies These may be less reliable than diaries or letters since they are usually written long after events occurred and may be distorted by bias, dimming memory or the revised perspective that may come with hindsight. On the other hand, they are sometimes the only source for certain information.
• Records of or information collected by government agencies. Many kinds of records (births, deaths, marriages; permits and licenses issued; census data; etc.) document conditions in the society.
• Records of organizations The minutes, reports, correspondence, etc. of an organization or agency serve as an ongoing record of the activity and thinking of that organization or agency.
• Published materials (books, magazine and journal articles, newspaper articles) written at the time about a particular event. While these are sometimes accounts by participants, in most cases journalists or other observers write them. The important thing is to distinguish between material written at the time of an event as a kind of report, and material written much later, as historical analysis.
• Photographs, audio recordings and moving pictures or video recordings, documenting what happened.
• Materials that document the attitudes and popular thought of a historical time period If you are attempting to find evidence documenting the mentality or psychology of a time, or of a group (evidence of a world view, a set of attitudes, or the popular understanding of an event or condition), the most obvious source is public opinion polls taken at the time. Since these are generally very limited in availability and in what they reveal, however, it is also possible to make use of ideas and images conveyed in the mass media, and even in literature, film, popular fiction, textbooks, etc. Again, the point is to use these sources, written or produced at the time, as evidence of how people were thinking.
• Research data such as anthropological field notes, the results of scientific experiments, and other scholarly activity of the time.
• Artifacts of all kinds: physical objects, buildings, furniture, tools, appliances and household items, clothing, toys.
*WHAT ARE SECONDARY SOURCES?
A secondary source is a work that interprets or analyzes an historical event or phenomenon. It is generally at least one step removed from the event. A recent article that evaluates and analyzes the relationship between the feminist movement and the labor movement in turn-of-the-century England is an example of a secondary source; if you were to look at the bibliography of this article you would see that the author's research was based on both primary sources such as labor union documents, speeches and personal letters as well as other secondary sources. Textbooks and encyclopedias are also examples of secondary sources.
*FIND THE RIGHT REFERENCE SOURCE.
A good first step in finding primary materials is to look at the resources in the library's reference collection. These sources will give you a good overview of the topic, will outline the basic historical context and will help you identify key participants, dates and publications associated with your topic.
Ask Ms. Newman or Ms. Chiang to suggest reference sources or textbooks, such as specialized encyclopedias, chronologies or factbooks that will give you an historical overview of a topic or event and identify the participants. If you have specific people in mind already, biographical dictionaries and encyclopedias will give you background information and bibliographies of primary and secondary sources.
Books and historical journal articles (especially those with extensive bibliographies) and other secondary sources can give you background information and clues as to the participants involved and source materials, which might be available.
Specialized bibliographies and guides to research often give both an introductory overview of how to go about researching a particular topic as well as list specific primary and secondary sources.
Examples of specialized encyclopedias, chronologies and handbooks:
• Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
• Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution
• Encyclopedia of Asian History
• Encyclopedia of the Holocaust
Examples of biographical sources:
• Current Biography (1940-present)
• Dictionary of American Biography
Examples of bibliographies and guides to research:
• Guide to Sources in Medieval History
• A Guide to Sources of British Military History
• Modern China: 1840-1972: An Introduction to Sources and Research Aids
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