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Social StudiesName ________________________________________ Social Studies 4 Chapter 1 Activities Due: October 15 Choose one of the following activities to present to the class: 1. Write a letter to a pen pal who has never visited Explain why they make 2. Write a song about your favorite place in describe the place. Then use your list to write your song. You can record it at home and play it for the class or sing it in class with background music accompaniment. 3. Create an advertisement asking people to conserve Make a poster with drawings, slogans, or quotations from famous people to draw attention to your message. 4. Make a chart to display the types of plants and animals that are found in Use pictures or drawings to show the plants and animals and tell where they live or can be found. A BIBLIOGRAPHY IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THESE ACTIVITIES
The 4th Grade Some websites that may be of interest are: *********ALL PROJECTS MUST INCLUDE A BIBLIOGRAPHY********** GUIDE TO PREPARING A BIBLIOGRAPHY When doing research and writing a report, it is always necessary to name the source(s) of your information. This list of sources is called a bibliography. A bibliography should be listed alphabetically. The second line of an entry should be indented. Skip a line after each entry. Author’s last name, first name. Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright year. example: Fogle, Bruce. Training Your Dog. If you only used part of a book: Fogle, Bruce. Training Your Dog. FOR AN ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE THAT IS SIGNED: Article author’s last name, first name. "Title of article." Name of encyclopedia. Copyright year. Volume number, page(s). example: Clark, William W. "Gothic Art." World Book Encyclopedia. 2002. FOR AN ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE THAT ISN’T SIGNED: "Title of article." Name of encyclopedia. Copyright year. Volume number, page(s). example: "Golden Retriever." World Book Encyclopedia. 1999. Volume 8, p.255. FOR A MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: Article author’s last name, first name. "Title or headline of article." Name of magazine or newspaper. Date of magazine or newspaper, page(s). example: McGill, Kristy. "A Baltic Scramble." Faces. May, 2003, p. 27. Author’s last name, first name. "Title of item." [Online] Available http://address/filename, date of document or download. example: DiStefano, Vince. "Guidelines for Better Writing." [Online] Available This example of how to cite an INTERNET source was downloaded from this online source. Title of material. Type of material. Place of publication: Publisher, copyright date. example: Bizet’s Dream. Videotape. "Article title." CD-ROM title. CD-ROM. Copyright date. example: "Titanic Disaster." Encarta 99 Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1999. Name of person interviewed (last name first). Kind of interview. Date. example: Watson, Cosmo. Personal interview. Your finished bibliography should be alphabetized by the first word of the entry, and will look something like this: BIBLIOGRAPHYBizet’s Dream. Videotape. Clark, William W. "Gothic Art." World Book Encyclopedia. 2002. DiStefano, Vince. "Guidelines for Better Writing." [Online] Available Fogle, Bruce. Training Your Dog. "Golden Retriever." World Book Encyclopedia. 1999. Volume 8, p.255. McGill, Kristy. "A Baltic Scramble." Faces. May, 2003, p. 27. "Titanic Disaster." Encarta 99 Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. 1999. Watson, Cosmo. Personal interview. |
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