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Choosing suitable resources to answer the research question.• Identify and locate a range of relevant sources

• Locate information related to inquiry questions in a range of sources.

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Choosing the right book

• How helpful is the title?• The go-to tools – Content Page and Index.

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The cover

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Structure of Paragraph

The Topic Sentence:

“The Qin’s efforts at standardisation, however, did not generate animosity and indeed generally received an enthusiastic response.”

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Creating a bibliography using Word

• Open up a new document• Save it as Year 7 Ancient China Bibliography• Click on Document Elements• Go across to the tab Bibliography and click on Manage• Make sure it says APA at the top• Click on the + sign• Begin to fill in the blank spaces from the title page and

copyright page and press OK

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Task: Using topic sentences to assist in finding information to answer Focus Questions

• Using the fifth option under the heading “Helpful Extracts” on the Libguide and what we have learnt about topic sentences, try to answer the first focus question: What were Qin Shi Huangdhi’s achievments?

• How useful was the source?• Using the same extract, try to answer the second focus

question ; How did the achievements effect China? (positive and negative )

• How useful is the source?