Task #3

Details:

1. Meet with your literature circle group.

2. Each member should spend 2-3 minutes telling the highlights from their research findings.

3. Discuss the areas that sound interesting to your group.

4. Agree on one area for everyone in the group to focus on.

Finding a Focus Example:

Event - Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Possible Focus -

What was John Wilkes Booth's motivation for the assassination?

What was the search for John Wilkes Booth like?

What was the reaction of the audience when Booth jumped on the stage?

What role did Mary Surratt play in the assassination?

This will be the focus of the rest of your research and the focus of your news report.

5. Locate at least one primary source on your topic.

Primary Source - An artifact that was created at the time of an event by someone who was present at the event.

Examples - Eye-witness report, recording, photograph, interview, autobiographies, speeches

Secondary Source - A document or item that was created after an event by someone who did not participate in the event.

Examples - Textbook, historical book, articles, encyclopedias

6. Add notes from the primary source and your other sources to your graphic organizer to focus on your group's question.

Sources of Primary Sources:

Links for Research:

The Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79