I have decided to begin reusing an old blog from my student teacher days to disseminate information regarding the upcoming research paper focusing on the 1960's and revolution.
"There was music in the cafes at night, and revolution in the air."
My man Bobby D. knows what's up--the 60's was a period of great change in the United States.
Your task for today, Tuesday, March 12th, is pretty easy. Now, if you remember yesterday, you researched 10 topics from a comprehensive list of 40. You then narrowed your list of 10 down to the 3 you found most interesting. Today, you will be responsible for finding legitimate sources.
Wikipedia cannot be used.
I repeat: you cannot cite Wikipedia in an MLA formatted research paper. "Why?" you may ask. Well, it's simple. Despite the efforts of diligent fact checkers, Wikipedia is open source, and its less than scholarly editors may insert false or unsubstantiated info into a page. Case in point: here is what The Rolling Stones page on Wikipedia looked like yesterday (3/11/13):
Despite their rather infamous recreational activities, The Rollings Stones have never gone by "The Rolling Stoners."
The Oakcrest library is a good place to begin.
Scroll down to the bottom lefthand side of the main Oakcrest library page, and click on the "Facts on File" link. This is a good database for simple historical materials. "Ebsco" is another good database to use.
You need to find and print 3 scholarly sources for each of your 3 topics. This means that you need to find a total of 9, legit, scholarly sources by the end of the period. You can do it.
Peace and love,
Clark
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