Part A: Research Report (Sources)

Research Question:
What defines a decade?
Goal: Every decade in American history has its own characteristics, its own personality. After
choosing a decade to focus on, you will be responsible for putting together an AUDIO, VIDEO, or
VISUAL research presentation for a specific aspect of your decade.

➔ To answer this question you will need to research different types of sources that analyze the impact /
influence of your research topic within a decade.
➔ Answer all yellow boxes in sources sheet below

Directions:

1. Compile a list of 3-5 credible sources that analyze your research topic in a specific decade.
2. Sources can be a combination of primary / secondary documents, and should reflect different
perspectives:
a. Personal Accounts
b. Journalism / media (news: audio / video / print)
c. Entertainment / social media (Hollywood, film, tv, influencer)
https://arjungelal.wordpress.com/greatest-invention-of-21st-century/
d. Government / Political Documents
e. Scholarly / peer reviewed documents
f. Statistical data / Research
g. Modern / Historical Sources

Source Title
https://www.techradar.com/bro
adband/what-is-broadband
Questions / Observations:
Write down 1 question or
major observation about
how this relates to your
research question.
What is broadband and
how does it help the
creation of social media?
Where did you find
the source?
Write down the source in proper
MLA Format
Example:
Source Sheet
Cornell Notes
Take Cornell style notes on your source in the space
below. Highlight any important information present in the
resource and write down questions / observations based
on your notes in the left side column.
Notes:
S: Who is the Speaker?
Luke Edwatds
O: What is the Occasion: Time, Place, & Context of writing.
October 21, 2021
A: Who is the Audience of the reading? (who is this written for?)
People interested in technical advancements.
P: What is the Purpose behind the text?
To inform readers about broadband.
S: What is the main Subject of the reading?
Broadband
Tone: What is the attitude or Tone of the author?
What info do you want to use from the
source?
Based on the cornell notes above write down the info you
want to use in your research project and why or how you plan
to use it.
➔ the quote you want, interview info you recorded, stats /
data, images / other sources. etc.
Example:
1. [“Insert Quote”] - person who said quote
 a. explanation
2. Statistics / data / graphs
a. explanation
3. Title / Source Name of image
a. Explanation

Write down Source in MLA Write down 1 thing from your source you want to use
Format Luke Edwards. “What is in your research
broadband and how does it
work?” Luke Edwardsl techradar Broadband is the transmission of wide bandwidth data over a
21, October high speed internet connection.
2021,https://www.techradar.co
m/broadband/what-is-broadba
nd

Source Sheet
Source Title Cornell Notes
Write down: Take Cornell style notes on your source in the space
What is Artificial Intelligence for below. Highlight any important information present in the
Social Media? resource and write down questions / observations based
on your notes in the left side column.

Questions / Observations: Notes:

Write down 1 question or S: Who is the Speaker?
major observation about Mike Kaput
how this relates to your
research question. O: What is the Occasion: Time, Place, & Context of writing.

January 17, 2022

It explains what AI is.
A: Who is the Audience of the reading? (who is this written for?)

People who are interested in technology and AI.

P: What is the Purpose behind the text?

Get people’s attention about AI.

S: What is the main Subject of the reading?


Where did you find
the source?
Write down the source in proper
MLA Format
Example:
Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a
Mission: Saving the Planet." The
New York Times, 22 May 2007,
www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/sc
ience/earth/22ander.html?_r=0.
Accessed 29 May 2019.
Write down Source in MLA
Format
Kaput,Mike. “What is
Artificial Intelligence for
Social Media?” Marketing
Artificial Intelligence
Institute, 17 January
2022https://www.marketin
gaiinstitute.com/blog/what
-is-artificial-intelligence-for-s
ocial-media
Source Title
https://searchmobilecomputing.
techtarget.com/definition/mobil
e-operating-system#:~:text=A%
20mobile%20operating%20syste
How AI affects social media.
Tone: What is the attitude or Tone of the author?
Informative
What info do you want to use from the
source?
Based on the cornell notes above write down the info you
want to use in your research project and why or how you plan
to use it.
➔ the quote you want, interview info you recorded, stats /
data, images / other sources. etc.
Example:
4. [“Insert Quote”] - person who said quote
a. explanation
5. Statistics / data / graphs
a. explanation
6. Title / Source Name of image
a. Explanation
Write down 1 thing from your source you want to use
in your research
You use AI everyday wherever you go.
Source Sheet
Cornell Notes
Take Cornell style notes on your source in the space
below. Highlight any important information present in the
resource and write down questions / observations based
m%20(OS,information%20and%2
0provide%20application%20acc
ess.
Questions / Observations:
Write down 1 question or
major observation about
how this relates to your
research question.
Has mobile operating
systems increased social
media use?
Where did you find
the source?
Write down the source in proper
MLA Format
Example:
Write down Source in MLA
Formathttps://searchmobileco
mputing.techtarget.com/definiti
on/mobile-operating-system#:~:
text=A%20mobile%20operating
%20system%20(OS,information%
20and%20provide%20applicatio
n%20access.
on your notes in the left side column.
Notes:
S: Who is the Speaker?
Collin Steele
O: What is the Occasion: Time, Place, & Context of writing.
March 2020 Written to teach about technology
A: Who is the Audience of the reading? (who is this written for?)
Tech people
P: What is the Purpose behind the text?
to inform
S: What is the main Subject of the reading?
Mobile Operating Systems
Tone: What is the attitude or Tone of the author?
What info do you want to use from the
source?
Based on the cornell notes above write down the info you
want to use in your research project and why or how you plan
to use it.
➔ the quote you want, interview info you recorded, stats /
data, images / other sources. etc.
Example:
7. [“Insert Quote”] - person who said quote
a. explanation
8. Statistics / data / graphs
a. explanation
9. Title / Source Name of image
a. Explanation
Write down 1 thing from your source you want to use
in your research
A Mobile Operating System is software that allows
smartphones, tablets and other devices to run applications
and software.