Guiding+Activity-Stephanie+Thomas

=**Research Guiding Activity**=

This guiding activity is designed to assist students with organizing their research. Students will research using both free and proprietary sources to answer the essential questions in this unit. Students will use symbaloo to organize their electronic sources as well as take Cornell notes on each of their sources in order to stay organized.

First, students develop a list of keywords they will use to search with based upon the essential questions of the unit:

1. How did Greek Mythology fit into Greek culture? 2. How does Greek Mythology influence society today? 3. How are Greek heroes and myths used in books, movies, commercials and architecture today?

Working in a small group, students will come up with a list of possible keyword searches to use when searching, in order to answer the essential questions.

Examples include:

Greek Mythology Greek Culture Greek Heroes Greek Myths Greek Mythology (and) society Greek Mythology (and) commercials Greek Mythology (and) architecture Greek Mythology (and) culture

Students sign up for a free Symbaloo account at: @http://www.symbaloo.com/

An example Symbaloo has been started for the purposes of this assignment, entitled: Greek Mythology. This Greek Mythology symbaloo can be added to by the public, or only shared amongst group members. You can add links to articles from the free web, as well as permalinks to articles from databases. Since databases cost money, check with your school's librarian for the username and password to access these resources. []

Symbaloo allows students to collect a webmix of resources and keep it organized in one place electronically. At the end of the unit, students will submit the link to their group's symbaloo page to the instructor, as well as at least one Cornell note for each resource.


 * When searching Google or other search engines, make sure to use the "advanced" search. Type in your keywords at the top and where it says domain, type in: .edu or .org or .gov. Those sits are for education, organization and government. These are more reliable websites than .coms. Make sure if you are using a .edu site that you double check to make sure it's not a student-created webpage. Students are not experts!

Here is a blank Cornell Note. Each student is required to hand-write paraphrased notes on each source they want to use and document the permalink of that source in their symbaloo page.