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RESEARCH TIPS<br />

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Stowed away<br />

Research project<br />

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

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

• July 2004, Six Dominican stowaways are caught by the tug Sea islander’s onboard camera.<br />

• February 2001, Chinese stowaways arrive in Dover, Britain. They arrive in a cargo container; 58<br />

people are found dead.<br />

• December 2002, 12 Romanian stowaways arrive in Halifax, Canada aboard the Zim California. They<br />

had stowed away in a cargo container.<br />

• November 1988, Microbes stow away on the International Space Station hardware and on the<br />

bodies of the astronauts that later assembled the station.<br />

Use a newspaper or magazine article, books or the Internet to research the event. Use two or more<br />

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

How to use the library to find information …<br />

• Use the reference section of the library to find current<br />

newspapers. Past newspapers are sometimes filed in<br />

the reference section.<br />

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

your own words when writing. If you use a direct quote,<br />

use quotation marks and state the reference, including<br />

the article, the date and the page number where you<br />

found it.<br />

How to use a documentary film or TV show for<br />

information ...<br />

• First make sure the film or TV show is a documentary<br />

and not historical fiction or ‘based on a true story’. Actual<br />

facts and fiction are combined in historical fiction.<br />

• Take notes as you watch the film or TV show. Watch it<br />

more than once. You will probably hear and understand<br />

more information the second or third time you watch it.<br />

How to find<br />

information on the<br />

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 />

• 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 />

Viewing Sample<br />

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