Enlightenment
Our Plan:
Your teacher has assigned you a project about philosophers called "Enlightenment". You will be using the internet for your research and writing a report, so we will be reviewing a few topics to help you prepare.
I already did a quick search to see what kinds of websites you might find when you google your philosopher's name, and there will be some great, informative, and credible websites that you'll find. You'll also have to sort through some that aren't so good. We'll practice how to identify good/bad sites, as well as learn how to properly give credit for the information and ideas you borrow from others.
Plan:
1) Definitions
2) How to identify credible websites
3) Practice: John Locke and Thomas Hobbes
4) Plagiarism – how to avoid it
5) Citing your sources / references
I already did a quick search to see what kinds of websites you might find when you google your philosopher's name, and there will be some great, informative, and credible websites that you'll find. You'll also have to sort through some that aren't so good. We'll practice how to identify good/bad sites, as well as learn how to properly give credit for the information and ideas you borrow from others.
Plan:
1) Definitions
2) How to identify credible websites
3) Practice: John Locke and Thomas Hobbes
4) Plagiarism – how to avoid it
5) Citing your sources / references
Our checklist:
What to look at when evaluating a website:
1. Author / Sponsor
2. Purpose of the website
3. Bias
4. References and links
5. Dates
6. Accuracy (grammar / spelling)
1. Author / Sponsor
2. Purpose of the website
3. Bias
4. References and links
5. Dates
6. Accuracy (grammar / spelling)
Check out these websites and see if you can decide which one is credible and which one isn't:
Videos:
Create a bibliography:
Terms to know:
Credible / Credibility (think: Apostles Creed)
Direct quote Paraphrase Bias Relevant Taking credit To cite / citation References Sources Common knowledge |
Believable, trustworthy
Someone else's information or idea taken word-for-word Putting someone else's information or idea in your own words Favouring one thing over another Related to what you're working on Taking praise for someone else's work, or hiding the fact that you borrowed someone else's work To quote someone else's idea or work, to give credit References and sources are the same thing in this case: the books, articles, websites, etc you used for research Something everyone already knows |