PR-6785UK Astonishing Headlines Teacher Resource Book
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RESEARCH TIPS<br />
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Stranded at sea<br />
Research project<br />
Choose another well-known case of someone or something becoming stranded at sea from the list<br />
below, or find one of your own. Use the tips to help you create a news segment about it.<br />
• April 1959–Today, Many Cuban refugees are stranded at sea off the US coast every year after<br />
escaping from communist Cuba.<br />
• January 2004, More than 250 Liberian refugees are stranded at sea off the coast of West Africa<br />
when the El Shaddei’s engines failed.<br />
• January 1998, Tom and Eileen Lonergan are left at sea after scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef,<br />
Australia.<br />
• September 2003, 500 sheep are stranded at sea aboard the Cormo Express in the Persian Gulf<br />
because the Saudi government believed the sheep were infected by the disease scabby mouth.<br />
• April 2002, The crew of the tugboat American quest rescues a small, white dog that has been<br />
stranded aboard a refueling tanker off the coast of Honolulu, USA, for 24 days.<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 keywords ‘stranded at sea’ and<br />
the place, date, person’s name involved in the event.<br />
How to find<br />
information on the<br />
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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