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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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