Does Ancient History ever change?

Purpose

  • Learn to use NoodleTools to create bibliographies, research notes & a finished paper

– see teacher or librarian for initial login

  • Learn about recent archaeological discoveries

Process

You will find 2 or more articles about recent archaeological discoveries that shed new light on ancient history

  • Start your research here:

OR

  • Some good articles here too:

You should always evaluate every web source with the following five questions:

Is it accurate?

Who is the author?

Is it objective?

Is it current?

What’s the coverage?

For more criteria, see here:

Learning to use Noodle Tools

1)Set up a project called: Archaeology in the News – Use MLA advanced style

2)On your dashboard – write your research question – Does ancient history ever change?

3)Share the project in my drop box – Archaeology CHW3M

4)Use noodle tools bibliography to record the bibliographic details of your articles

5)Use noodle tools notecards to:

  1. record your notes (paraphrase)
  2. copy and paste direct quotes and pictures (quotations)
  3. record your ideas about the assignment question (my ideas)

6)On your dashboard write in your thesis – answer to the research question

7)Use a word processor (word, writer, googledocs) to write your paragraph.

  1. Cite your articles using parenthetical citations (Smith 23) (author page number)
  2. Noodle tools can help you to figure out how to do this for each source
  3. If you are signed up with gmail or googledocs, you can share your paragraph with me directly through noodle tools

8)Use the print/export button to send your works cited (bibliography) to your word processed document

9)Print it out and hand it in with the rubric

Does Ancient History ever change?

FormativeRubric

Criteria / Re-Do / Level 1 / Level 2 / Level 3 / Level 4
Knowledge / No understanding evident of citation and research process / Limited understanding of citation and research process – serious errors / Some understanding of citation and research process – may be missing parts / Understands citation and research process / Thorough understanding of citation and research process
Thinking / Demonstrates no ability to locate, select and organize information from appropriate sources. / Demonstrates little ability to locate, select and organize information from appropriate sources. / Demonstrates some ability to locate, select and organize information from appropriate sources. / Able to locate, select and organize information from appropriate sources. / Able to locate, select and organize information from appropriate sources in a highly effective manner.
Communication / Unclear communication no appropriate use of language / Communication of limited clarity, few attempts to use appropriate terms and concepts / Somewhat clear communication using some appropriate terms and concepts / Clear communication using appropriate terms and concepts / Highly effective communication using appropriate terms and concepts
Application / No or inappropriate thesis statement, no relevant evidence / Limited thesis statement supported by little relevant evidence / Thesis statement may be unclear, evidence may not be relevant / Clear thesis statement supported by relevant evidence / Insightful thesis statement supported by relevant and thorough evidence

Levels Achieved: K ______T ______C ______A ______

Learning Skills:

Responsibility ____ Organization ___ Independent Work ____ Collaboration ____ Initiative ____ Self-Regulation ___