Year: 9 TOPIC: Sorting Out Scripture: Art and Scripture Date scheduled: March 2011

Steps / Process and strategies / Resources
Step 1 / Defining
Tips and strategies
·  Be sure you understand your teacher’s expectations.
·  Brainstorming what you already know is a great way to start your research / Your Teacher
Your textbook: To Know, Worship and Love Year 9
Religious calendars: Columban calendar
Mind map: What do I already know and where can I find more?
Step 2 / Locating
·  Use print, ready reference sources, people etc. for some background information and finding facts. This will help you discover some basic information and the terminology [Keywords] you may need for searching elsewhere.
·  Find relevant information online
·  Reliable sites to check first
·  Web searching:
·  Advanced searching techniques:
·  You can ask Google to narrow your search by locating:
o  Certain domains eg: edu, gov, org
o  File types: powerpoints, pdf, word doc.
o  Particular dates / AIMS (Library Catalogue)
Subject search : ‘Christian Art’. ‘Bible in art’
Also names of famous artists eg. Giotto, Leonardo Da Vinci
Reminder: System doesn’t have spell check so you might need to check spelling of your artist’s names.
Advanced Subject search (Boolean search)
Type (subject) Religion Operand and Type (subject) Art
Print resources: See also TUB Loan (Library Desk)
Online Resources:
·  Check Britannica Online (recommend searching under artists names and selecting link to images) site linked on the Library Research page.
·  Advanced Google http://www.google.com.au/advanced_search?hl=en
(recommend searching under your artist’s names)
Step 3 / Analysing and synthesising
Don’t just copy and paste!
·  Take notes in dot point form, in your own words using a Data Chart.
·  Record the sources: author, title, publisher / website, date published / date accessed.
·  This is best recorded in a data chart because:
o  It brings all your notes together in one document,
o  If you need to check back on some information you can go directly to the source, you don’t have to search for it all over again.
o  You have all the details you need for your Bibliography.
o  It proves that you have read, understood and selected appropriate information and ideas. / Download a data chart template from the Sophia Centre Library Effective Researching diagram link to DATA CHART http://intranet/DotNetNuke/library/researchingsummaryhandout.htm
Step 4 / Synthesising / Drafting
·  Now you are ready to sort and group (chunk) ideas together and start drafting your response based on your own notes, not someone else’s work.
·  Remember to check that you have enough information and addressed all assessment criteria.
Step 5 / Creating
·  Polishing your final product: check for correct spelling, punctuation and exact quotes.
·  Create a Bibliography of all the resources you used. It shows the breadth and depth of your research.
o  The easiest way is online with http://bibme.org
§  Choose APA style
§  Select the appropriate format for each source
§  Fill in the spaces
§  Click: Add to my Bibliography
§  Then copy the citation into your assignment. / Use a bibliographic compiling site: http://bibme.org
Be consistent.
Step 6 / Self Evaluating
Ask yourself:
·  Did I cover all aspects of the task?
·  What did I do well?
·  What did I find difficult? Identify one weak area.
·  What action do I need to take to improve next time?
·  Who / what could help me? Perhaps my teacher?

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