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Finding Good/ Quality Information. By: Tatum. You Tell Me. Tell me what you think you should do when you find good information? How do you find good information?. Finding Information. Look at 3 websites to make sure information is true Ask a parent or friend
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Finding Good/ QualityInformation By: Tatum
You Tell Me • Tell me what you think you should do when you find good information? • How do you find good information?
Finding Information • Look at 3 websites to make sure information is true • Ask a parent or friend • Look to make sure the website is good • Don’t just go to Google
Good website • http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ford.htm • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dt13as.html • Sweet Search • Why are these websites great/good?
How to Tell a good from a bad • Last updated • Looking at the information • By looking at the website name • Ask a person • Look to edit
Ok Website • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_line • Why is this a ok website? • What makes this an ok website? • What is wrong with it?
Bad Websites • http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0805067.html • http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infocentral/frameset/inventors/ford/index.html • Why are these websites bad? • What is wrong with it?
Primary Source • Parchment from Jonas Brothers • Original script from Mars needs Moms • Letter from a person that was in the civil war or witnessed it • A person that witnessed something in real life
Secondary Source • Book about something that is true • History Book about the Five Good Emperors of Rome or somewhere • Historian’s account of Justin Bieber
Finding People • Don’t type it in, in Google • Contact companies • Find books
Steps of what to do • Look for a place to find information • Look/ browse/ research • Make sure website/ book is true or legit • Type it in, in word/ take notes • Organize your information • Put it in to a format • Present it/ read it out loud
Compare and Contrast • Compare and Contrast a Primary source to a Secondary source • Compare and Contrast how to tell weather a website is good or bad
Tell me again • What did you learn from this? • Go through the steps of what you do when you are researching • How do you do it?
Questions • Questions of what to do or how to do it or about Eye witness • I can give an example