This web page is to assist you with your research on The Odyssey and Greek Mythology assigned by your teacher. From this page you will be able to access most of the resources you will need to complete your project. The Assignment: You have been assigned another research paper! The paper is due ____. The paper must have a title page, a bibliography, and must be done on computer and double spaced. The paper must follow the format of the "research paper format sheet" which will be handed out in class. The paper must be 5 pages in length not include the bibliography or title page. The paper must be related to Greek or Roman mythology or Homer's Odyssey. Some suggested topics are listed below. Be prepared on the _______ to present your paper to the class.
You may also pick a topic of your choice The topic must be related to Greek or Roman mythology or the Odyssey. Use the menu below to navigate this page:
At Westminster High School we recommend the Big 6© and COWS information literacy models for student research. If you make a habit of following these methods, you will successfully navigate reference books, books and non-text material, and not be fooled by false information or overwhelmed by the amount of knowledge available on the Internet. Use the Big 6 Research Paper Organizer © (1999) or the Assignment Organizer © (1999) to help you complete your assignment. They use the Big 6 format and keep your research organized and focused for you. Follow the directions given in the organizer and by Mr. Woods. You can type directly on the organizers and then download the information to a flash drive, disc or print it out. There is a section for each of the six steps of research. There are also links to important information to help you complete your research. A Writing Process Organizer can be printed out and used to develop a successful writing project! Step #1: Task Definition A good way to get started. What does your teacher want you to do? Make sure you understand the requirements of the assignment. In order to define your task you must form your task around an essential question. Once you have formed your essential question you must decide what information you think you will need to support that question. You do this with supporting questions. To learn more about supporting questions look at "What kinds of questions did you ask today?" Remember there are several types or levels of supporting questions: Memory questions (Level 1), Convergent Thinking questions (Level 2), Divergent Thinking questions (Level 3), and Evaluative questions (Level 4). There is a worksheet you can print out to help you form your questions. Make sure your supporting questions use more that one type or level of question!
Step #2: Information Seeking Strategies This means that you need to make a list of all the possible sources of information that will help you answer the questions you wrote in Task Definition above. AND: Step #3: Location & Access Figure out where you will get these sources. Beside each source, write its location. If it is a web site, list its web address. Try to use those that your teacher or librarian have linked or book marked. This will save you time. If your source is a person, figure out how you will contact him or her and make a note of this. For Step #2 and Step #3 you should use the COWS information literacy model. COWS is an acronym to help you remember the ORDER you should look for information.
And if all else fails:
Lets look at each of these and how you can find and use them for your research.
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When doing research, always start with current reference books, textbooks and non-fiction library books. Learn some basic information about your subject and start a list of "keywords" you can use to gain more information on your topic. Use the library's OPAC to check your resources.
Remember: When doing research you need to look at the second page of cataloging and review the "notes" section of the page to find out information about the book. Also use the "subject" section of the page and look at the subject headings listed for the book. Using these subject headings is an excellent way to narrow or broaden your subject search. They can also provide you with additional keywords to use in searching for your topic. Use your bookbag while doing research using OPAC. It helps keep your research on track, provides you bibliographic information for your project, and will save you time in locating information in the library. Hints!
Some of the Reference Books you could use are:
Use these resources every day! If you need them the usernames and passwords are provided. Our online resources are:
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The Gale Group resources has five different databases: (All will provide you some information on your topic.)
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W = Here is your Webliography: About.com: Ancient/Classical History: http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/maps/a/ancientgreekmap.htm About.com: Architecture: Architecture History Time Line: The Ancient City of Athens: http://www.stoa.org/athens/ Ancient Greece: http://www.ancientgreece.com/ Ancient Greek Music : http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Music.htm Ancient Greek Research Links: http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/schwww/sch618/Ancient_Greece/ The Ancient Greek World: http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html Aristophanes :http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc13.htm The Asciepion: http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/intro.HTM BBCi : Schools : Ancient Greece: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/landmarks/ancientgreece/main_menu.shtml Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable, or, Stories of Gods and Heroes : http://www.bulfinch.org/fables/ Classical Myth: The Ancient Sources : http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/ Classical Mythology: http://www.ability.org.uk/cmytholo.html Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World: http://www.stoa.org/diotima/ Early Greek Science: Thales to Plato: Encyclopedia Mythica: Miscellaneous: Pronunciation Guide: The Euripides Home Page http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~shale/humanities/literature/world_literature Forum Romanum: http://www.forumromanum.org/ The Glory that was Greece: Ancient Theatre: Greek: http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/greek.html Gods, Heroes, and Myth: Greek and Roman : Greek Geography: http://www.crystalinks.com/greekgeography.html Greek Music and The Greek Gods: http://www.hammerwood. Greek Mythology: http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/greek/ Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant: The Greek Word: The Geography of Greece: http://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/ancient-greece/history-of-ancient-greece-1-geography.asp The History of Plumbing:http://www.theplumber.com/H_index.html Homer's Iliad and Odyssey : http://library.thinkquest.org/19300/data/homer.htm Images of the Trojan War myth: http://www.temple.edu/classics/troyimages.html Introduction to Greek mythology: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5065/greek1.htm Music in Ancient Greece: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grmu/hd_grmu.htm Mythography: Exploring Greek, Roman, and Celtic Myth and Art!: Mythology Guide: http://www.online-mythology.com/ Mythweb: http://www.mythweb.com/ Olympian Gods : http://geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6542/or%5Fgods.html Odyssey Online : http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/ The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games: http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/olympics/ olympicintro.shtml Roman Mythology : Sophocles: http://www.watson.org/%7Eleigh/philo.html University of Virginia Health System: Antiqua Medicina: from Homer to Vesalius: Windows to the Universe: Myths, Stories & Art: Hint!
S = How to Find a Specialized Search Engine for Your Topic If you use a search engine to find material you must always evaluate the site you wish to use. To help you in evaluating your site use the Web Site evaluation Guide.
Step #4: Use of Information Engage the source (read it, listen to it, view it, touch it!) and take out the relevant information. If you can't understand any of it, be sure to ask Mr. Woods to help you. It's OK not to understand, it's not OK not to ask for help. Make sure that you check out "Ideas About Note Taking and Citing Sources" from the Big 6.
Step #5: Synthesis You will need to:
A Writing Process Organizer can be printed out and used to develop a successful writing project!
Step #6: Evaluation To evaluate your product you will need to:
Here are some additional pages and sites to help you put your paper together and evaluate your product. Style Guides Copyright Information The Big 6 Rubric Editing Checklist Research Project Final Evaluation Form
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