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.
Choosing the right book
• How helpful is the title?• The go-to tools – Content Page and Index.
The cover
*Qin Achievements
*Failures of the Qin
The contents page
Structure of Paragraph
The Topic Sentence:
“The Qin’s efforts at standardisation, however, did not generate animosity and indeed generally received an enthusiastic response.”
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
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?