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• Bibliography cards
• Writing Bibliography cards
• Copyright issues
• Plagiarism and how to avoid it
• Conducting Oral interviews
• Recognize propaganda, bias
• Fact vs, Opinion
• Quoting, paraphrasing, summarizing
• Exercise in paraphrasing
• The Historian's sources: introduction to primary sources
• Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources
• Evaluate sources
• Documenting sources

UTAH STATE CORE OBJECTIVES:

        6512-0401

• Engage information.
•  Understand and use circulation and distribution systems.
• Develop skills to formulate questions that most effectively elicit information.
• Develop skills for interactive listening to enhance the connection between new information and personal knowledge base.
• Survey and interview others.
• Choose appropriate comprehension level.
• Read, listen, and view critically for significant concepts and details, using appropriate skills; e.g., skimming, highlighting.
• Read and interpret maps, graphs, charts, illustrations, cartoons, art, and other visual information.
• Read a variety of literature to:

    Share common experiences.
    Appreciate classic and contemporary themes and genres.
     Understand United States and world cultures and traditions.
• Respect the principle of intellectual freedom.
• Respect the rights of others regarding the use and handling of information resources.
• Recognize the need for equal access to materials and resources.
•  Follow guidelines and etiquette using electronic information sources.
•  Recognize and apply handling and use requirements of print, media, and electronic resources.
• Maintain the physical integrity of information resources and facilities.
• Follow policies and procedures for use of facilities, systems, and resources.

        6512-0402

• Extract information.
• Evaluate and select information in terms of authority, completeness, relevance, format, point of view, reliability, and timeliness.
• Apply an understanding of the difference between primary and secondary sources.
• Distinguish between fact and opinion.
• Recognize propaganda and the presence of bias or prejudice.
• Recognize gratuitous violence in forms of popular culture.
•  Use a variety of note-taking methods; e.g., notecards, photocopy and highlighting, cut-and-paste, downloading and uploading.
• Recognize copyright as protection for the copyright holder.
• Paraphrase instead of plagiarize.
• Abstract and summarize.
• Credit appropriate sources using accepted citation format.
• Use remembering, encoding, and recalling skills.
• Use word-, image-, and sound-processing tools individually or in combination.

Interactive CD--
The I-Search CD available from the State History Fair office includes components that teach the following core objectives :

Writing bibliography cards

Evaluation information (criteria, fact vs. opinion, propaganda & bias

Copyright and plagiarism)

Includes interactive quiz.

Note taking (quotes, summary, paraphrase, outline, bullets)

Citation of sources. Includes interactive quiz.

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Last updated February 2001