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Focus for Inquiry: (Title)
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Research Questions/Data Gathering Questions:
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Ethical Procedures:
Permission to take photos, permission to quote people interviewed,
anonymity, acknowledging sources etc.
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Methodology:
How will I/we collect information?
Surveys, questionnaires, interviews, notemaking, downloading web resources,
field work, searching newspaper files etc.
How will I/we record information?
Notes, mindmaps, audiotapes, video, photographs, cut 'n' paste, scan
etc.
How will I/we organise and process the information?
Graph data, sequence information, structure notes, plan visual
presentations, write up interviews, etc.
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Possible Sources:
Primary:
People, oral histories, field work, surveys, newspaper articles, etc.
Secondary:
Textbooks, videos, web sites, statistics, original source documents etc
(Sometimes it is difficult to tell if a source is primary or secondary, eg.
a web site might contain both. Check with an expert if there is doubt.)
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What if...?
Strategies to deal with problems.
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Milestones:
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Communicating information:
How will we present our findings?
report, essay, speech, audio tape, video, web pages, hypermedia, news
report, poster, drama, maps etc.
Appropriate Conventions:
Mapping rules, structured essay, clear balanced visuals etc.
Evidence to support conclusions:
Statistics, graphs, timelines, maps, visuals, diaries, transcripts,
artifacts, web downloads etc.
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Social Studies Concepts/Ideas:
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Evaluation:
The Inquiry Process:
How did we do?
Findings:
Our information and conclusions.
Possible Improvements:
Further Investigation:
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