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RESEARCH TIPS<br />

Date:<br />

A ttacked<br />

Research project<br />

Choose another well-known case of an attack from the list below, or find one of your own. Use<br />

these tips to help you write a report about an attack.<br />

• August 2004, A rabid otter bites a six-year-old boy while he swims at a public lake in Putnam<br />

County, USA.<br />

• September 2005, A saltwater crocodile attacked Russell Butel, an experienced diver, in Darwin,<br />

Australia<br />

• April 2004, A great white shark attacks Randall Fry, a famous sports fisherman, while he is diving<br />

16 kilometres north of Fort Bragg, USA.<br />

• March 2004, 10 bombs aboard four trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 191 people and wound more than<br />

1400 others.<br />

• July 2005, Terrorists attempt to explode four bombs in London, Britain, following attacks only a<br />

week earlier.<br />

• September 2001, Aboard Flight 93, passengers attack the cockpit door in an attempt to wrestle<br />

the plane from the hijackers’ control.<br />

Use a newspaper or magazine article, books or the Internet to research the event. Use two or more<br />

sources, such as three different websites, including a newspaper site.<br />

How to use newspapers and magazines …<br />

• Sources the author used are often listed at the end of the<br />

article. Find the books or articles to learn more details.<br />

Remember to list all of your sources.<br />

• Take notes about the information, but remember to use<br />

your own words when writing about it. If you use a direct<br />

quote, use quotation marks and state the reference,<br />

including the title, the article and page number where<br />

you found it.<br />

How to look for a book on the subject …<br />

• Using your library’s catalogue, do a title search or a<br />

subject search. Type the keyword ‘attacked’ and the<br />

place, date, person’s name involved in the event.<br />

How to find information on<br />

the Internet …<br />

• Photographs, maps,<br />

diagrams, charts and<br />

displays always make<br />

research projects more<br />

interesting. Use these visual<br />

aids to print and use with<br />

your report.<br />

Viewing Sample<br />

• If a book is shelved by author, it is a fictional or<br />

biographical book. Most nonfiction books are shelved by<br />

number using the Dewey decimal system. Use nonfiction<br />

or biographical books only.<br />

• Not everything on the<br />

Internet is correct! Be sure<br />

to find the information on<br />

a site that ends with .edu,<br />

.org or .gov. Or find the<br />

same information in three<br />

separate places. Maybe<br />

your school knows of some<br />

websites that may be of<br />

use. Ask your teacher or<br />

librarian for help.<br />

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