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Types of Sources

Primary Sources - Texts or artifacts created during the time period being investigated 
Examples of primary sources:  histories, letters, images, objects, speeches, charters, laws, diaries, buildings, newspapers, posters, photos

 

Secondary Sources - Texts focused on the time period being investigated but published after it 
Examples of secondary sources:  histories, documentaries, websites, journals, films, history magazines, textbooks

 

Image source: Isaac Newton . image. Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 6 Aug 2021. school.eb.com/levels/high/assembly/view/3008. Accessed 2 Sep. 2021.

Statement of Inquiry

How did the ideas of philosophers and scientists of the Age of Reason influence the world?

Significant Individuals

  1. Nicolaus Copernicus

  2. Tycho Brahe

  3. Johannes Kepler

  4. Galileo Galilei

  5. Francis Bacon

  6. Rene Descartes

  7. Isaac Newton

  8. Zacharias Janssen

  9. Anton van Leeuwenhoek

  10. Evangelista Torricelli

  11. Gabriel Fahrenheit

  12. Anders Celsius

  13. Andreas Vesalius

  14. Edward Jenner

  15. Robert Boyle

  16. Thomas Hobbes

  17. John Locke

  18. François Marie Arouet (Voltaire)

  19. Baron de Montesquieu

  20. Jean Jacques Rousseau

  21. Cesare Bonesana Beccaria

  22. Mary Wollstonecraft

Library Books for Research

  

World History Textbook
(you need to download the entire Zip file and use Adobe Acrobat Reader to open it- click on the “Start” file just like the American History text)

Electronic Books

Research Databases

Login information for each database can be found on your teacher's class resources page, or you can contact the secondary librarian.

Giving Credit to Research Sources

 

An excellent tool for creating MLA style citations for your resources/works cited list!  NoodleTools can also be use for taking notes, organizing your ideas, and much more!

  • Click on the NoodleTools Icon at the left to go to the NoodleTools website
  • Click "Login" in the top right corner
  • Use the Google Sign-in button and your GSIS email address to log in

Reference List

A list of all primary and secondary research sources used

  • In MLA8 format, sources should be alphabetical by the last name of the author (or title if there is no author)

Reference Citations Format by Type of Source

Basic formatting for various reference citations:

  • Book
    Author Last Name, Author First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication, Publisher, Publication Date.
     
  • Database Article
    Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, vol. (volume number), no. (issue number), Date published. Title of Database, url. Date accessed (Ex. Accessed 1 April 2020). 
     
  • Digital Image
    Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Image.” Title of Website, Publisher of Site (only if this is different than the name of the website), url of website. Date accessed (Ex. Accessed 1 April 2020). 
     
  • Online Video
    Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Video.” Title of Website, uploaded by (user name), upload date (Ex. 3 July 2012), url of website. Date accessed (Ex. Accessed 1 April 2020).
     
  • Website
    Author Last Name, Author First Name. “Title of Page.” Title of Website, Publisher of Site (only if this is different than the name of the website), url of website. Date accessed (Ex. Accessed 1 April 2020).