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Name:<br />

RESEARCH TIPS<br />

Date:<br />

C ondemned<br />

Research project<br />

Choose another well-known case of someone or something condemned from the list below, or find<br />

one of your own. Use these tips to help you write a newspaper article about it.<br />

• 2009, the Three Gorges Dam Project in China will submerge 632 square kilometres of land, 113<br />

cities, 140 towns, 1352 villages and 657 factories; and will force the relocation of more than 1.3<br />

million people.<br />

• July 2004, Bird flu caused Thai government officials to kill 25 000 fowl in an attempt to wipe out<br />

the virus.<br />

• January 1999, Mary Chipperfield and her husband, Roger Cawley, are condemned on charges of<br />

animal cruelty. They are world famous circus trainers.<br />

• April 2006, Martin Stephens is condemned to 20 years’ imprisonment for drug smuggling. He is<br />

known as a member of the ‘Bali Nine’.<br />

Use an encyclopedia, books, or the Internet to research the event. Use two or more sources, such<br />

as three different websites, including a newspaper site.<br />

How to use an encyclopedia …<br />

• Sources the author used are often at the end of the<br />

article. Find the books or articles to learn more details.<br />

Remember to list all of your sources.<br />

• Take notes about the information, but remember to use<br />

your own words when writing about it. If you use a<br />

direct quote, use quotation marks and state the source<br />

including the encyclopedia, the article, and the volume<br />

and page number where you found it.<br />

How to look for a book on the subject …<br />

• Using your library’s catalogue, do a title search or a<br />

subject search. Type the keyword ‘condemned’ and the<br />

place, date, person’s name involved in the event.<br />

How to find information on<br />

the Internet …<br />

• Photographs, maps,<br />

diagrams, charts and<br />

displays always make<br />

research projects more<br />

interesting. Use these visual<br />

aids to print and use with<br />

your report.<br />

Viewing Sample<br />

• If a book is shelved by author, it is a fictional or<br />

biographical book. Most nonfiction books are shelved by<br />

number using the Dewey decimal system. Use nonfiction<br />

or biographical books only.<br />

• Not everything on the<br />

Internet is correct! Be sure<br />

to find the information on<br />

a site that ends with .edu,<br />

.org or .gov. Or find the<br />

same information in three<br />

separate places. Maybe<br />

your school knows of some<br />

websites that may be of<br />

use. Ask your teacher or<br />

librarian for help.<br />

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