Aug 11
Assignment: Finding Primary Sources
Access Info., Assignments, Basic, Citing, Primary vs. Secondary Sources Comments OffIn this assignment, students practice finding and primary sources on a specific topic.
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Aug 11
Assignment: Quotation, Paraphrasing, and Citing
Assignments, Basic, Citing, Intellectual Property Comments OffThis assignment gives students practice quoting vs. paraphrashing an argument and introduces them to proper citations.
Aug 11
Assignment: Living Obituary
Access Info., Assignments, Citing, Critical Reading, Evaluate Info., Intermediate, Obituary, Primary vs. Secondary Sources, Use Info. Effectively Comments OffThis assignment asks students to write an obituary, requiring them to gather information from several sources, analyze those sources, synthesize their information, and develop a point of view about a subject.
Aug 11
Assignment: Starting Art Research with a Scholarly Bibliography
Access Info., Assignments, Bibliography, Citing, Evaluate Info., In Class, Intermediate Comments OffIn this assignment, students compare bibliographies from Oxford Art Online and Wikipedia. They then are asked to locate sources from a bibliography.
Aug 11
Assignment: Reading for Point of View
Assignments, Citing, Critical Reading, Editorial, Evaluate Info., Intermediate Comments OffThis assignment encourages students to read for bias and evaluate information critically.
Aug 11
Assignment: Finding and Evaluating Websites for Academic Use
Access Info., Assignments, Basic, Citing, Define Info. Need, Evaluate Info., Internet, Use Info. Effectively Comments OffIn this activity, students learn to find and evaluate Internet sites for use in academic projects.
Jul 30
Assignment: Annotated Bibliography
Access Info., Advanced, Assignments, Bibliography, Citing, Critical Reading, Define Info. Need, Evaluate Info., Intellectual Property, Popular vs. Scholarly, Use Info. Effectively Comments OffIn this assignment, students research and create an annotated bibliography on a topic relevant to your course. This requires students to find articles, analyze them and cite them according to established citation conventions.