WAMS Media Center Research

Grade 6 English– Biography Research

Mrs. Connelly     Mrs. Esposito     Ms. Hanley     Ms. Blanford     Mr. Randazzo

Assignment and Objectives

Students will choose a person whose life they will research.  There must be a published biography of that person.  Students will gather information from multiple print and online sources to learn about the person's early life, family, education, accomplishments and awards, challenges or conflicts, influence on others and demonstration of Viking values (respect, responsibility, integrity and courage.)

Media Center literacy skills to be demonstrated include:

     1.    Basic keyword searching in online databases and e-books to locate relevant information.
2.    Taking notes from multiple sources (databases, web site and print)
3. Locating and evaluating websites for credibility, accuracy and currency.
4. Identifying and properly citing source information.

 Selected Databases/E-Books

SIRS DISCOVERER     EBSCOhost KIDS SEARCH               

InfoTrac Student Edition or Biography E-Books

 ABC-CLIO

         Web Links

     NoodleTools

 Worksheets/Additional Resources

6th English Web Evaluation/Works Cited

     6th English Notesheet