Unit 3 Activity 3.5 Sources

Unit 3 Activity 3.5

Learning Targets

• Understand the process of research, including the importance of using credible sources and citing sources to avoid plagiarism.

• Apply my understanding of sources, citation, and credibility through discussion, note-taking, and research.

Read and respond to the following quotes by Bernard M. Baruch, American financial expert and presidential advisor (1870–1965)

• “Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.”

  
  

• “If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right; if you don’t get all the facts, it can’t be right.”

Open Ended

“Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.”

Open Ended

“If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right; if you don’t get all the facts, it can’t be right.”

Open Ended

Quickwrite: What is the role of research in presenting an argument?

Use the graphic organizer to review the research process and decide how comfortable you are with each step.

Poll

Step 1: Identify the topic, issue, or problem.

• Very Comfortable

• Somewhat Comfortable

• Not Comfortable

Poll

Step 2: Form a set of questions that can be answered through research.

• Very Comfortable

• Somewhat Comfortable

• Not Comfortable

Poll

Step 3: Gather evidence and refocus when necessary.

• Very Comfortable

• Somewhat Comfortable

• Not Comfortable

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Step 4: Evaluate sources.

• Very Comfortable

• Somewhat Comfortable

• Not Comfortable

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Step 5: Draw conclusions.

• Very Comfortable

• Somewhat Comfortable

• Not Comfortable

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Step 6: Communicate findings.

• Very Comfortable

• Somewhat Comfortable

• Not Comfortable

4. Sources

• Take notes on the graphic organizer. Above each word, write what you already know; below the word, add words or phrases as you read and discuss.

Open Ended

Write what you know about sources.

A source is any place you get valid information for your research. A source can be a document, a person, a film, a historical text, and so on. Sources are generally classified as primary or secondary.

Primary Source: An account or document created by someone with firsthand knowledge or experience of an event. Letters, journal entries, blogs, eyewitness accounts, speeches, and interviews are all primary sources.

Secondary Source: Documents supplied and compiled by people who do not have firsthand knowledge of an event. History textbooks, book reviews, documentary films, websites, and most magazine and newspaper articles are secondary sources.

Open Ended

Revisit the sources you have read in the unit.

What kind of sources are they?

When might it be effective to use primary sources to support your argument?

When might it be effective to use secondary sources to support your argument?

Primary Source: An account or document created by someone with firsthand knowledge or experience of an event. Letters, journal entries, blogs, eyewitness accounts, speeches, and interviews are all primary sources.