Taking clear notes is an essential part of doing research! Be sure to use the research notesheets to write down the important information about your colony. Also, remember to record the information about your source at the top of the notesheet. This will help you keep track of where you found your information!
You are required to list your sources of information in a Works Cited list. For Grade 5, we keep this simple!
Book: Author Last Name, Author First Name. Book Title. Name of Publishing Company, Publication Date.
Example: Doak, Robin. Life in the Thirteen Colonies: Georgia. Children's Press, 2004.
Website: Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Title of Web Page." Name of website. Date of Posting or Publication. Accessed on Date You Used Web Page. (Note: if there is no web page author, don't worry about it and just skip to the title of the web page)
Example: "Native Americans in Colonial America." National Geographic. October 19, 2023. Accessed on February 2, 2024.
Article from a Library Database: Author Last Name, Author First Name. "Title of Article." Name of Library Database. Date of Publication. Accessed on Date You Used Database. (Again, if there is no author, just skip to the name of the article.)
Example: Sheposh, Neil. "Middle Colonies," Explora EBSCO Host. November 2012. Accessed February 2, 2024.
Please created a Works Cited list of the sources you used. Put it in alphabetical order by author last name or by article title, if there are no authors. It should look like this example that includes 3 sources:
Works Cited
Doak, Robin. Life in the Thirteen Colonies: Georgia. Children's Press, 2004.
"Native Americans in Colonial America." National Geographic. October 19, 2023. Accessed on February 2, 2024.
Sheposh, Neil. "Middle Colonies," Explora EBSCO Host. November 2012. Accessed February 2, 2024.