Grade 10 Civics
ISU Research and Presentation
The Task
This project is worth 15% of your final mark in this course!
Students will demonstrate an understanding of a current event by:
1. Conducting research using a minimum of 4
credible news sources;
2. Identifying stakeholders and describing their
points of view;
3. Explaining your own informed opinion.
4. Assembling all information in a well-designed digital product using Google Sites.
Doing Your Research - The Databases
Sometimes books on your topic can be hard to find because your subject area might be really new or really specific. This is where databases will become your best friend! There are two ways to get to the databases:
- Go to the applications page and click on "Library Catalogue - Louise Arbour". Then click on Library eResources. Click on eResources. Click on Intermediate/Secondary. Then you will find all of our databases.
- Go to the Library Learning Commons MyClass page through your BYOD. Click on BYOD login. Click on the Library link at the top of the page. Then click on the Intermediate/Secondary link. You will then have your choice of databases to choose from.
The Databases - Finding the Information You Need!
- Canada in Context
- Diversity Studies Collection
- General One File
- Global Issues in Context
- Legal Trac
- Ontario Newspapers
- Research in Context
- Points of View Reference Centre
These databases have been specifically selected for you for this assignment because they will have the most relevant information for what you are looking for. They are better than a random search on a website because you can find a lot of information here that has been written by experts in the field! You should not have to use Google for the majority of your research for this assignment. The databases will have what you need to get your work done. Each database has a feature that will allow you to look at newspaper articles only. Be sure you are following the instructions and limiting your search to the news. Please keep in mind that you cannot click the links below to get to the databases. You can click on the secondary eResources link below to go directly to the databases.
Newspaper Websites
Using Google Scholar
How To Do a Boolean Search
MLA 8 - The New Way to Cite Your Work in MLA Format
As you may or may not know, citing work in MLA format has recently been updated. When you go to college or university, the expectation will be that you will know how to do your citations correctly in the new format. The following video breaks down how to cite your work in MLA 8 format.
Creating a Works Cited Page in MLA 8 Format
MLA 8 was designed to simplify the process, helping writers accurately and intuitively cite sources more easily, requiring that every source type follow the same format. This means that books, websites, periodicals, videos, photographs, and all other types of sources now use this same standard format.
MLA 8 requires researchers to locate the same “core elements” from their sources and place them in a standard order in order to create their citations.
The “Core Elements” of an MLA 8 citation, along with their corresponding punctuation marks, include the following (in this order):
1. Authors.
2. Title of the source.
3. Title of container,
4. Other contributors,
5. Version,
6. Numbers,
7. Publisher,
8. Publication date,
9. Location.
The appropriate punctuation mark will follow each core element, unless it is the final piece. In this case, the punctuation mark would be a period.
Example of an MLA Eighth Edition Works Cited Page:
Patterson, James, and Chris Grabenstein. House of Robots. Little, Brown and Co., 2014.
Patterson, James, and Chris Tebbetts. Middle School: Get Me Out of Here. Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
Sparks, Nicholas. Dear John. Grand Central, 2007, p. 82.
– – – . A Walk to Remember. Warner, 1999.
Twenty-Eight Days Later. Directed by Danny Boyle, produced by Alex Garland, Fox
Searchlight Pictures, 2002.
Practice Using MLA 8 Formatting
MLA Formatting Help
Citation Machine can be a useful tool when starting to cite your work in MLA 8 format. But you always want to double check that is has been done correctly by looking at the formatting in Perdue Owl. This dynamic duo will help ensure that your citations are picture perfect.