Decades of the Twentieth Century An Eighth Grade Pathfinder   George Santayana: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." This assignment provides the opportunity to explore a decade of the twentieth century. Within that decade are pivotal people and events, fads and foibles that contributed to the formation of the economic, political, social, moral, and cultural "big picture" of the United States. Students will choose a particular aspect of a particular decade and try to discover the trends or themes that define that era. While identifying crucial persons and moments may help focus the research, the outcome is not a report on an individual, program, or disaster but a reflection on what these specific people and events tell us about the decade. How do they mirror the time and do they affect the present?     Books Internet Resources Databases Internet Resources Websites Keywords Dewey numbers Citation p

Books
 

You can view a list of the books that are currently on the reference cart by opening the Catalog in Destiny. In the sidebar on the left, click on "Resource Lists." Click the tab marked "Public Lists", then click the "View" button to see "Decades of the 20th Century."

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Internet Resources

Electronic Databases

Britannica

World Book

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Internet Resources

Websites

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Keywords

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Dewey Numbers

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Citation

Citations are the formal method for giving credit to source materials--print, electronic, or online. Citation help is provide within many programs.

Destiny: Student should log in and create a personal list by selecting titles and clicking "add to list." Selections may be made from the "public list" posted for the Civil War project. Once the list is complete, view the list in "Resource Lists" and click the "citation" button for each title. This template may be edited to assure correct information. There is an option for both print and online lists. The "online" citation includes only the minimum information. Additional data may be added. The template may be used to format citations from other resources.

At the bottom of the page, find "Create Citation List" and click. The formatted list will save in Destiny until the student does a "Remove All." Students may also copy these lists to a Word document and save it to the home folder.

Britannica, World Book and other databases have citation information at the end of the article. Students may copy these to their Word document being sure to check for correct formatting.

Citation Machine and KnightCite are online tools for creating citations. Choose the template that corresponds to the resource type.

This Style Manual gives examples of citations for various types of materials.

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