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What do we mean by "media" in the Library Media Center?
Use Primary Sources
A Primary source was created at the time of the event or by people closely involved in the experience when it happened.
Observation: I see (list all the objects, features)
Reflection: I think (summary, guesses)
Question: I wonder (use Question stems)
Ask Questions
Write as many questions as you can about the topic given by the teacher before the timer runs out.
Which questions are closed (easy google-it questions)?
Which questions are open-ended (more complicated) and will need a few searches to put all the clues together?
Choose the most important question to research today.
Choose your favorite question that you just happen to be interested in the most.
Evaluation
Organizing
Primary Sources
Primary Sources
A Primary source was created at the time of the event or by people closely involved in the experience when it happened.
archives and manuscript material
photographs, audio recordings, video recordings, films
journals, letters and diaries of the time period
speeches of the time period
scrapbooks of the time period
published books, newspapers and magazine clippings published at the time
government publications
oral histories
records of organizations
autobiographies and memoirs
printed ephemera
artifacts, e.g. clothing, costumes, furniture
research data, e.g. public opinion polls
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