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The Secret Life of Bees and Civil Rights Era Research

Project Overview and Cornell Notes

Marvelous Mrs. Fields (

November-December 2018 4

Objective: Students will research one of the topics below relevant to the setting of the Secret Life of Bees. They will use the Split Screen Note Taking research method to read, annotate, organize, cite, and write about book, encyclopedia, Grolier, and Newsbank text.  Students will organize their information on Cornell Notes and use it as the basis of their research paper.

Resources

• Books and Encyclopedias on Reserve

• Grolieronline: >Media Policies >TOR Destiny>TOR>Grolier

• Newsbank: >Media Policies>TOR Destiny>TOR>Newsbank>Click on Access World News

Topics: Highlight a topic that interests you.

a. Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965

• Search 24th Amendment on Grolier for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

o Click on the link with a blue number three next to it.

o Copy>Right-click Paste A the: URL, MLA citation and text onto a blank page of Word (Ctrl N).

• Search Voting Rights Act on Grolier for the Civil Rights Act of 1965.

o Click on the link with a blue number three next to it.

o Copy>Right-click Paste A the: URL, MLA citation and text below the 24th Amendment information.

b. The Civil Rights Movement

• Search Civil Rights Movement on Grolier.

o Click on the link with a yellow number one next to it.

o Copy> Right-click Paste A the: URL, MLA citation and text onto a blank page of Word (Ctrl N).

c. Jim Crow Laws and segregation

• Search Jim Crow Laws on Grolier.

o Click on the link with a yellow number one next to it.

o Copy> Right-click Paste A the: URL, MLA citation and text about both topics onto a blank page of Word (Ctrl N)

• Search Segregation on Grolier and click on the link with a yellow number one next to it.

o Copy> Right-click Paste A the: URL, MLA citation and text below the Jim Crow information.

d. Dr. Martin Luther King

• Search Martin Luther King on Grolier and click on the link with a blue number three next to it.

o Copy> Right-click Paste A the: URL, MLA citation and text onto a blank page of Word (Ctrl N).

e. Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

• Search Kennedy Assassination on Grolier.

• Click on the link with an orange number four next to it.

o Copy> Right-click Paste A the: URL, MLA citation and text onto a blank page of Word (Ctrl N).

f. The Bombing of the Church in Birmingham on 9/16/1963

• Click on Access World News and click on Best Match on the left.

• Search 1963 church bombing summary Birmingham Alabama

• Click on 2 CHARGED IN 1963 DEATHS OF 4 GIRLS

o Copy> Right-click Paste A the: URL, MLA citation and text onto a blank page of Word (Ctrl N).

How to Write Cornell Notes about SPS Book and Database Text (

Steps:

1. Open TOR Media Center Cornell Notes.

• At TOR=Start>Computer>TRNshared>TOR Library Media Center folder>Date Modified>2016-2017 TOR Media Center Cornell Notes>Date Modified>Click on the Cornell Notes at the top of the list

• Online=>Media Policies>TOR Media Center Website>Click on Graphic Organizers & Cornell Notes at the top of the website>Download Blank Cornell Notes

2. Ctrl N=New Word Document. Write the topic of the assignment and “text” at the top of the blank document.

• Ctrl N=Blank new Word page.

• Write the topic of the assignment and “text” at the top of the blank Word document. [pic]

3. Locate SPS Database text from Grolier, Newsbank, and Bigchalk, about a curriculum and Common Core-related topic from .

• >Media Policies

• TOR Media Center Website>Scroll DOWN to the bottom of the homepage and click on Destiny Book Catalog & SPS Database Access>TOR

• Click on Grolier, Newsbank, or Bigchalk & E-Library to search for and access high-quality SPS database text.

o Be sure to pick up a printed copy of database access codes to access Grolier, Newsbank, and Bigchalk text outside of TOR.

4. Copy (Right-click>Copy) and Paste (Right-click>A) the: URL, MLA Citation, and ALL of text about the topic from the database onto a blank Word document. Example:

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5. Split the computer screen, and read>annotate>organize>cite>write/create an original piece of work about pasted SPS database text. Here’s how…

1. Split your computer screen.

• Place your pasted SPS database text on the left.

• Place your Cornell Notes on the right.

2. Preview the text.

• Scroll down to see how long it is.

• Notice if there are any headings.

o Headings=automatic subtopics

3. Read the text in its entirety.

4. Reread the first paragraph.

• After you’ve read the first paragraph again, ask yourself, “What is this paragraph about?”

• Type the topic of the first paragraph in the Subtopic section of your Cornell Notes.

• Highlight the subtopic in a color of your choice.

5. Reread the first paragraph one more time

• Highlight details about the subtopic in the pasted text in the same color as the subtopic.

• Detail fact-phrases should not be longer than six consecutive words in length.

• Organize details by their classification on Cornell Notes.

o Larger details are solid bullet points.

o Smaller details about the larger details are indented and appear as hollow bullet points.

▪ How to add and indent/outdent bullet points=1) Enter on the keyboard 2) Indent/Outdent arrows

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6. Be sure to record your sources’ MLA information below, and also be sure to create a separate document at the end of your summary. Refer to the TOR Library Media Center website’s Works Cited section for additional information.

7. Create a research paper about your Cornell Notes.

• Once your Cornell Notes are complete, split the screen and place a blank document on the right side (Ctrl N).

• Read the information below to compose a research paper summarizing your Cornell Notes.

a. Write an objective summary in the third person.

b. Write a topic sentence for each paragraph to introduce the information.

c. Use detail fact phrases to write supporting sentences.

d. Use synonyms when possible and change the order of the details/subtopics to make the work your own.

e. Use all of the details in your notes within your summary.

o Use the Strikethrough feature to cross out details as you use them.

• See page five of this document for a research paper outline.

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Research Paper Outline Overview (Created by Mrs. Fields ()

The Secret Life of Bees

By Sue Monk Kidd

1. Introduction

a. Mention the title and author of the book as well as your research topic.

• Opening sentence example: In the novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, the author alludes/refers to the "Wailing Wall" on page 97.

b. Explain how the research topic relates to The Secret Life of Bees. Explain in as much detail as you can why the author alludes to your research topic.

• Example: The author alludes to the "Wailing Wall" in Jerusalem to help us understand one of the characters named May Boatwright. May is not an altogether normal person. She feels all the suffering in the world as if it is happening to her. She does not cope well with life's sorrows. To help her cope, August and June (her sisters) show May how to create a "wailing wall" of her own. May builds a rock wall out of stones she drags up from the river, and she uses prayers and sorrows she writes on pieces of paper as mortar, or ways to fill in the cracks between the rocks. May cries by the wall and releases some of her pain. Building and crying by the "Wailing Wall" helps May feel better.

c. Introduce your research topic by providing some broad background facts (a sentence or two).

d. Finally, include a sentence that tells the reader what to expect in the rest of your paper.

• The "Wailing Wall" is a real place. The following paragraphs will explain where the "Wailing Wall" is located and how it got its name, the history of the wall, and what it means to the Jewish people.

2. Body Paragraphs (3 or more)

• Use the body paragraphs to answer three important questions about your topic, perhaps the five W questions: who, what, where, when, why and the one H question: how. Provide your reader with as much information as you can on your research topic. Feel free to include images.

3. Conclusion:

• Restate how your research topic relates to the novel.

• Restate the main points of your research.

• End with a concluding thought, a sentence that makes your paper sound complete or finished.

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