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An Internet Search Tutorial for 5 th Grade Created by Liz Mahoney

The Boston Tea Party. An Internet Search Tutorial for 5 th Grade Created by Liz Mahoney. Objective:.

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An Internet Search Tutorial for 5 th Grade Created by Liz Mahoney

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  1. The Boston Tea Party An Internet Search Tutorial for 5th GradeCreated by Liz Mahoney

  2. Objective: • Before we discuss the Boston Tea Party in depth, we need to find out a few facts about it: when it took place, who were some of the main people involved, and why did it take place? We will use the internet to research this topic.

  3. Before We Begin… • Before we get started, there are a few things to know about using the internet as a search tool. • Boolean searching (named after George Boole, a British mathematician) involves using words like “and,” “or,” “near,” etc. within your search. -when you type “and” in your search—such as “Boston AND tea AND party,” the search engine will only show you sites that have ALL of these words on them. Using “and” helps to make sure you don’t find sites just about Boston or just about tea. -when you type “or” in your search—such as “Boston OR tea OR party,” the search engine will show you sites that have any of these words on them. This makes your search much broader. You will probably not want to use “or” in this particular search.

  4. Let’s Get Started! • First, we need to pick a search engine to use to find our information. • On your computer’s main screen, double click on Mozilla Firefox. The icon looks like this:

  5. Step 1: • Once you have double clicked on Mozilla Firefox, our school’s homepage should appear. Your screen should now look like this:

  6. Step 2: • Now, we need to go to a search engine that will be easy for us to use. We will use askforkids.com. To get to this site, you will need to type the web address in the search bar, like this:

  7. Step 3: • Once you get to askforkids.com, you’ll want to type “Boston Tea Party” in the search box, like this:

  8. Step 4: • Click on search, and a list of different websites that relate to the Boston Tea Party will pop up. On the left side of this page, you will see an option called “Narrow Your Search” • Click on the second link that says “Happened Boston Tea Party”

  9. Step 5: • This will take you to a new list of websites. Click on the second link, “The Boston Tea Party.” This link is indented, and it looks like this:

  10. Step 6: • This site is where you will find the answers for your worksheet. Read carefully, and do not close this website when you are finished with your work, because you will need to cite your source after you are finished. • See the teacher for a worksheet to complete.

  11. Step 7: • Now that you have completed your worksheet, we must cite the webpage from which we took our information. • Citing is a way to show that the answers you gave were not just ones you thought of in your head, but ones that you borrowed from someone else. Citing is a way to avoid plagiarism—or stealing someone else’s words or ideas and using them as your own.

  12. Step 8: • In order to complete the citation for our work, we will use an online citation resource. • Click on Mozilla Firefox, just as you did at the beginning of the tutorial, and instead of typing askforkids.com in the address box, you will type http://citationmachine.net/

  13. Step 9: • Your screen should now look like this. Click on the link on the left that says “MLA.”

  14. Step 10: • After you click on MLA, look under “Non-Print,” and click on “Web Document.” • This is where you will enter the information from the website in order to create your citation. Don’t worry if you can’t find every piece of information, just fill in the ones that you can find. • Once you have entered the information you can find, hit submit. Your citation will be created. Copy this citation onto your worksheet under the two short answer questions.

  15. Works Cited: • "Boston Tea Party, The." Social Studies for Kids. 13 Oct 2008<http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/bostonteaparty.htm>. • "Free Internet Software Download." Ken Robinson Associates. 13 Oct 2008< http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DMozilla%2BFirefox%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501%26toggle%3D1%26cop%3Dmss%26ei%3DUTF-8&w=150&h=150&imgurl=www.kra-website-design.co.uk%2Fimages%2Fmozilla-firefox-browser.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kra-website-design.co.uk%2Ffree-software-download.html&size=7.1kB&name=mozilla-firefox-browser.jpg&p=Mozilla+Firefox&type=JPG&oid=06abf856b4ea4a54&no=2&tt=182,555&sigr=11vgpk03q&sigi=11v8sm65m&sigb=135dlf9k5>. • Vogt, Harald. "The Late History of a Tea Bag Wrapping." 3 Jan 2001. 13 Oct 2008 <http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://people.inf.ethz.ch/hvogt/tea/teabag_used.jpg&imgrefurl=http://people.inf.ethz.ch/hvogt/tea/&h=335&w=340&sz=15&hl=en&start=2&usg=__bJcy0AhyOlYgDrXp4hpyoO9-WcQ=&tbnid=W710rqeVo3Yq8M:&tbnh=117&tbnw=119&prev=/image>. • Warlick, David. "Son of Citation Machine." Landmarks Son of Citation Machine. APR 2006. The Landmark Project. 13 Oct 2008 <http://citationmachine.net/>.

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