LEADERS- RESOURCE GUIDE

***Can you name these leaders? Answers are at the bottom of the page.

 

STEP 1 ASK QUESTIONS

  • One LARGE, ESSENTIAL QUESTION that gets to the heart of what you want to know:

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: To what extent is this person a leader?

  • Smaller, SUPPORTING QUESTIONS that will direct you to gather the data you need to infer the answer to the ESSENTIAL QUESTION!

Now, grab a KT? organizer and start brainstorming

*Need ideas for questions?

Consult the Question Matrix.

Look at two samples? Robespierre - Amin

STEP 2 GATHER DATA

Find sources to answer your questions. Look for print and non-print (electronic).

Get and keywords from an overview article. Search:

        • Print Reference sources, e.g. Encyclopedia of World Biography; UXL Encyclopedia of World Biography, World Eras, World Book Encyclopedia
        • Online Reference sources: Worldbook Online, Student Resource Center

Fill in on the details with more in-depth information.

Search the OPAC for books, videos, DVD's, CD's.

Use KEYWORDS like: Biography; Name of Person; Name of Country of Origin; Name of Geographic Area (e.g. Middle East); Name of Time Period (e.g. Enlightenment, Renaissance, 19th Century); Name of Movement (e.g. Women's Rights, Holocaust)

    

Search ONLINE RESOURCES for more biographies, magazine and newspaper articles, and primary source materials. Use those same KEYWORDS:

Searchasaurus

Kids Search

Historic New York Times (articles from the newspaper, 1850-present)

Student Resource Center

Worldbook Online


                                                                                                                  

Search for WEBSITES

Check the PEOPLE hotlist.

 

STEP 3 PROCESS the data.

Take notes in Research Journal format.

 

STEP 4 EVALUATE your DATA and Sources !

Ask yourself:

Have I answered all of my questions?

Do I have lots of interesting details?

Are my sources reliable?

Are my sources updated regularly?

STEP 5 PRESENT. Need ideas?

Go to PRESENTATIONS.

 

Photos: Adolph Hitler, Margaret Sanger, Vladimir Ilich Ulianov Lenin, Winston Churchill, Mao Tse Tung, Ronald Reagan, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Emmeline Pankhurst