I-Search Assignment #4 Initial Exploration of Topic
In your learning log create the following organizer.
Topic:
1. What I know about the topic (before you read). This can be a brainstorm, a paragraph, or a list.
2. Spend at least one period reading about your topic in a general encyclopedia, books and/or magazine articles. (Magazine articles can be located using the Opposing Viewpoints Database or Tucson Public Library's EBSCO database). Get an okay on the article from Ms. Dooley or Daly. Print it out or copy it and highlight what you think might be keywords for your topic.
posted by sabercat | 9/22/2006 12:34:00 PM
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Topic: Causes and effects of the shark attacks along the New Jersey coast in 1916.
1. What I already know about the topic:
· Splashing and dangling limbs attract sharks
· Sharks often target dark objects and shadows (seals, surfboards, swimmers, etc.)
· Bull sharks and Great White sharks are known to move in North Atlantic waters
· The attacks in NJ were unprovoked
· The attacks happened over a 14–day period in July of 1916
· There were several deaths; a few other victims were only maimed (lost limbs)
· Latest shark attack in the NJ area was in 1975 off a beach in Long Island Sound (boy lost a foot)
2. Read about your topic in a general encyclopedia, books and/or two magazine articles.
3. My KEYWORDS are going to be:
Sharks New Jersey, beaches
Shark attacks New Jersey, 1916
Bull shark attacks Matawan, New Jersey
Great White shark attacks Matawan Creek, New Jersey
Shark behavior Raritan Bay, New Jersey
Marine predators Beach Haven Resort, New Jersey
Lester Stillwell
Stanley Fisher
Joseph Dunn
Michael Schleisser
4. The SUBJECT HEADINGS from our card catalog are:
Sharks
Sharks--Encyclopedias
Sharks--Miscellanea
Animal behavior
Animal behavior--Dictionaries
5. TPPL / Other search results:
· TPPL –
· U of A –
· EMC –
· Other –
Elise and Bryan,
Do you also have keywords to share? The entire I-Search is based on questions that are sparked by the keywords. Without them, you can't go forward. Bring copies of the articles you read with your highlighted keywords to class.
Sickmutt
Where are you getting your information from? Are there online newspaper/magazine resources available from 1916?
Bryan
My brother works for Swedes and he says they have a different view towards work and vacation time. I'll have to ask him to share more information with me. He works for a software company has had to travel to meet other engineers from other countries.
Elise
A very good book about an American's adventure through Australia is : IN A SUNBURNED COUNTRY by Bill Bryson. Also I was looking on the internet and went to: http://www.mytripjournal.com/
and I thought it would be interesting to put together a virtual journal about Australia. If you were to make one, what "keywords" or topics would you include. Maybe thinking about this would help you narrow your focus.
Daly - I have a few newspaper articles and Capuzzo's book, CLOSE TO SHORE. I also have some general reference materials for background info. I'm on the hunt for additional primary sources and first-hand accounts if i can find them.
Daly - I also got a copy of Fernicola's book, Twelve Days of Terror: a definitive investigation of the 1916 New Jersey shark attacks.
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