Skip to main content

NMS_1960's Research_7th Grade: Find Information

Find Information

(Big 6 is a process model of how people of all ages solve an information problem.)

STEP 3:  LOCATION AND ACCESS

Ask, "Where is each source?  Where is the information in each source?"

  • Access appropriate information systems, including online databases, online public access catalog, and electronic multimedia
  • Search for sources for information about your topic
  • Determine if each source is usable

 

Password Information

Click the "To Use Resources From Home" tab at the top of the page to find the passwords to use the databases from home.

Step 1: World Book Student

First, use the online encyclopedia to get an overview of your topic.

Step 2: Databases (eResources)

Think electronic copies of books, newspapers & magazines articles--that is what a database is!  Instead of looking at the printed copy, you are simpy looking at it in electronic format on your computer or phone.

Use thse databases to find information on the 1960's in order to dig deeper!

Step 3: Webpath Express

Webpath Express (via Destiny in the LMC) has websites that have been looked at and the information on them has been judged to be accurate and correct. Click here to search.

Step 4: Websites To Get You Started

16th Street Baptist Church

Civil Rights Movement (General Information)

Freedom Rides

John F. Kennedy

Ku Klux Klan

Lunch Counter Sit-Ins

Malcom X

March on Washington/I Have a Dream Speech

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Montgomery Bus Boycotts/Rosa Parks

Ruby Bridges (see also Little Rock 9 and School Desegration)