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 Influential People, Careers, Unsolved Mysteries, Music-Erskine

Use this page to access resources curated specifically for your assignment!  

Research Sites:

For Influential People:
Biography in Context
(if any issues access through Classlink)
 
For Career Research:  
Step 1:  Virginia Career View
Do you want to take an interest assessment and see what career might match up to your personality and skill set?  Click here.
 
**In Virginia Career View, click on "Explore Careers"
**This is a One Stop Shop**
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 Check out these other career sites
     Career One Stop
     Occupational Outlook Handbook
     My Next Move
     Careers in the Real World
     My Future
    
   
Step 2:  Explore Virginia Education Wizard
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Last Choice:  Career Transitions/Peterson's Career Prep (Access through Reference Databases in Classlink)
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Step 3:  Import citations into Noodletools in Classlink
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Musical Artists/Groups:
Biography in Context
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Unsolved Mysteries:
Choose your topic, click here!
Step 1:  Go to Classlink, search "World Book."  Click "Advanced Edition" and search for your topic. (sorry guys, World Book won't let me link it here. 
Step 2:  Search your topic within World Book. Take notes and cite sources.
Step 3:  You may need to google for information.  Use your critical lens to select reliable sites. Take notes and grab the URL.
 (CRAP test)
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Don't forget to cite your sources!

Use Noodle Tools to organize and format your citations.  Access Noodle Tools through Classlink!

Click here for a short tutorial for citing a database and website.

 

Cox HS MLA 8 Guide

Purdue OWL--premiere online writing lab

MIT Libraries--Citing sources 

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Notetaking Tools

Erskine Notetaking Sheet--Click here!

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How to Videos & Directions

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Piktochart Directions

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Adobe Spark (Express) Directions

***Get to Adobe Express through Classlink

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Spark/Podcast storyboard template

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