Gift+for+a+King+-+Reference+and+Research

=Gift for a King -=

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= = =Keywords, Tags Word Clouds - review overdrive= =Vocabulary: Reference, Research, Database, Keyword, Presentation= =** Big Idea: **= = I can see how key words can help me summarize information. = = I can use an online reference sources called databases to find information. =

Story Tell A Gift for the King

What do you think the this story will be about?
This retelling of a 2,000-year-old Persian folk tale has the straightforward clarity of one of Aesop's fables. When incredibly wealthy King Artaxerxes takes a walk into the desert, his subjects strew his way with luxuries. But the only gift that gives him pleasure is a cool drink of water when he is thirsty.
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 * ||  || Alexander the Great: Alexander the Great’s empire. Map/Still. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 30 Nov. 2014. <[]>. ||

King of Persia - Artaxerxes ruled from 464 BC -424 BC from Greece to India Alexander the Great captured Persia in 330 BC - it took 3000 camels and hundreds of mules to carry away the treasure.

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Which Reference Book Answers these Questions - numbered heads race between print and online

= With print sources - next with online sources using the database Encyclopedia Britannica. = =To locate Middle East- you can use a _.= =To find information on Alexander the Great - enough for a one page report use a _.= =To define the word precious use a __.=

Click below for interactive features. =Why use a Database ? - what is it - why not just google= =Searching with Google= = = =PART TWO=

=Evaluate your sources -- GIVE IT THE SMELL TEST OR FART= =Makerspace - Reference Online Databases=
 * Research and Databases ** **- general overview**

**Lesson 8 & 9** **Note: this lesson is a 2 session lesson:** **Big Idea:** I can use an online reference sources called databases to find information. **Learning Objectives:** Student will review reference resources and understand how databases [online] are a good source of information when conducting research. **Performance Task:** listen to story,numbered heads, prezi, online catalog computer lab -review reference sources & explore databases via the online catalog **Lesson Link - story and reference lesson** **Makerspace - practice with reference and databases and online catalog** ** 1 . Extention: Review reference sources from 3rd grade ** ** 2.Technology- **** prezi, computer lab practice, databases, online catalog ** **3. Higher Level thinking skills - which resource matches your information need - why are databases good to use for research** **4. Kagan: numbered Heads** **Folktale: Part 1 -Gift for A King** **Cultural Diversity: Middle East Story** **NF: Reference Books and Databases** Standards LA.4.LAFS.4.W.3.7, LA.4.LAFS.4.L.3.4.c, LA.4.LAFS.4.RL.1.2, LA.4.LAFS.4.RI.3.7, LA.4.LAFS.4.W.3.8, LA.4.LAFS.4.W.2.6 ESOL Computer-Assisted Key Words Realia Story Telling
 * **Session 1 Whole Group Storytelling Part 1 - Whole Class -intro of databases - review reference**
 * **Session 2 Whole Group Computer Lab Part 2-independent practice w/ online database**