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Chapter 1

Lesson 3 Researching History

TermDefinition
Plagiarism To present someone's work as your own without giving proper credit.
URL The general term for an address of an online resource.
Question note cards are important because they Become your research tools
How can you distinguish fact from opinion in historical writing Look for biased statement of opinions
After you have gathered information and answer the question, on your note cards, the next step in writing your report to Develop an outline
Besides the information that you found, something else that should be on your note cards is The books books you used to find your encylopedia
When trying to decide if your selected topic is too narrow, you should test it by Looking it up in the encyclopedia
Topic The first step in researched project is to identify the topic
Credentials Well known authors of reliable articles will have these to show that they are experts c
Facts Historical research should rely on primary sources and FACTS or statements that can be proven to be true.
The letters at the end of a Internet address that indicate it is a Government web sites are .gov
An example of a reference book is An encyclopedia.
Plagiarism is.. Copying a work of another person.
A reliable resource for researching historical topic will most likely be nonfiction. True or False True
The first step in researching is to Choose a topic
The author of an Internet article is not an important detail to notice when you evaluate a source. True or False False
A web site with the ending .org is more likely to contain biased information then a website ending with .gov. True of False True
The values of today's society should be used to evaluate historical events. True or False? False
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