Thursday, April 2, 2009

9c: Checking Quotations, Paraphrases, and Summaries

http://kellymhaddon.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/8a-quoting-paraphrasing-and-summarizing/#comment-8

http://tjenkinsresearchjournal.blogspot.com/2009/03/8a-quoting-paraphrasing-and-summarizing.html?showComment=1238724300000#c4596486371446435023

9b: Brainstorming Visual Aids

I could use pictures of: past presidents, music bands, wars, people, places, etc.

I could also use graphs or charts for demo purposes.

I could use newspaper clippings of headlines.

I'm thinking clippings of war slogans, technology articles, pictures that help describe anything I'm talking about.

9a: Writing Thesis Statements

Over the course of the last 100 years in America, there have been many political, social and cultural changes.

There have been many social, political and cultural changes in the last 100 years in the US.

Socially, culturally and politically the US has changed dramatically since the early 1900's.

Monday, March 16, 2009

7b: Evaluating Sources

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05EEDA173BF932A05751C1A9669C8B63 Word for Word / Measuring a Century; America Then and Now: It's All in the Numbers
By SAM ROBERTS
Published: Sunday, December 31, 2000

Relevance completely-I will use this as a source in my paper
Evidence Simply, this is a book review and just gives general overview. Stats over the last century
Author SAM ROBERTS-journalist for NY Times
Publisher NY Times
Timelineness It gives the dates that I need
Comprehensiveness very brief overview
Genre book review for older generations

Electronic Source-NY Times is extremely credibile
Field Source

Life Century of Change America in Pictures 1900-2000


Relevance very-will be used for pictures maybe
Evidence pictures of the last century in america-Surveys the evolution of daily life in America in the last century, collecting 650 images from the archives of LIFE magazine that visually record significant changes along such themes as parenting, machines, entertainment, fashion, homes, jobs, and shopping.
Author Life magazine
Publisher Little Brown & Co
Timelineness 2000
Comprehensiveness just pictures
Genre -picture book-art

Electronic Source
Field Source-book

http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/eib3/eib3.htm The 20th Century Transformation of U.S. Agriculture and Farm Policy
Electronic Information Bulletin Number 3, June 2005By Carolyn Dimitri, Anne Effland, and Neilson Conklin



Relevance-very good
Evidence-government website
Author Carolyn Dimitri, Anne Effland, and Neilson Conklin
Publisher U.S. Department of Agriculture
Timelineness 2006
Comprehensiveness -covers job, produce, farming techniques
Genre-work related

Electronic Source-government website
Field Source

7a: Conducting Internet Research

· Resource searched or tool used google
· Keywords used vietnam war social changes
· Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches) boolean
· Date of search 3/17/09
· Number of hits 695,000
· Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) 2
http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/inter/seattle/vietnam.html

· Resource searched or tool used dogpile
· Keywords used social changes in the 1950s
· Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches) boolean
· Date of search 3/17/09
· Number of hits na
· Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) 0

· Resource searched or tool used Odyssearch
· Keywords used life in america social
· Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches) boolean
· Date of search 3/17/09
· Number of hits 6
· Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) 0

· Resource searched or tool used http://www.icerocket.com/
· Keywords used social changes in america over the years
· Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches) boolean
· Date of search 3/17/09
· Number of hits 6,278
· Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) 1

Monday, March 9, 2009

6c: Planning Field Research

As far as my field research goes I am going to interview my grandfather who is now 83 I think. I'm going to send him everything via email, and I can have it done by the time we come back from spring break. He was just out here on vacation and he's going around the US visiting all the family so he should be back sometime after the 17th of March. If the email portion doesn't work out, I'll call him, I have a feeling I'll get way more information that way, and be able to come up with some questions on the fly as well.

List of questions I will ask him:

Age? DOB?
What do think were significant events in America, during the course of your life?
Do you think the population would agree with you?
What events or people do you remember clearly to this day, that the rest of America would share with you?
Do you think socially America has moved forward?
Do you think the American lifestyle has changed drastically? How so?
What was your favor era, up till the present?
What events or people do you think have been forgotten by the younger generation?
As far as technology goes what do think has been the biggest advancement?

6b: Testing Assigned Search Tool

http://www.zuula.com/


Resource searched social/cultural changes over last 100 years
Keywords used last 100 years in america
Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches) boolean
Date of search 3/9/09
Number of hits 49,500,000
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) 1



http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa122102a.htm






Resource searched wars in america
Keywords used how many wars have america fought in over the last 100 years
Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches) boolean
Date of search 3/9/09
Number of hits 262,000
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) 0






Resource searched wars, terrorists
Keywords used 9/11
Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches) boolean
Date of search 3/9/09
Number of hits 162,000,000
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) 5-I could've used every single link on that page






Resource searched america
Keywords used cultural changes + america+100 years
Search strategies used (including operators and types of searches) engine math
Date of search 3/9/09
Number of hits 23,200,000
Relevance of hits (on a scale of 1 to 5) 1