Caroline

Entry 1 - Reflection on Previous Research Experiences - April 4

1. What are some of the previous research projects you have done?
 * Speech essays, dinasour project, french monuments.

2. Based on these projects, what does //research// mean to you?
 * learning something new about a subject.

3. Describe one of your research successes or failures. Why was the experience positive or negative? One project I got behind and didn't work on my project when I should have. The night before the project was due i was no where near finished. I had to finish my homework, do afterschool sports and finish my project. It was very stressfull.

1. I think the webbing process helped/did not help me find a topic because: I think it helped me find a topic b/c it gave me a lot of choises to think about and choose from.
 * 2 - Reflection on Webbing Process - April 8**

1. Topic: Great Depression in the united states 2. Why you chose it: It interseted me and there is a lot of information on it. 3. What you already know about your topic: It was a hard time, when the stock market crashed. People were extremly poor and lost most of there posesions. Banks closed and it was a time of sadness.
 * 3 - Why I Chose This Topic and What I Know About My Topic - April 8**

1. Brainstorm a list of questions related to your topic. Why did the stock market crash in the first place? Did the great depression bring people closer together? How many people were left homeless? When did the Great depression occur? What were Hovervilles? Why did banks close? How did people treat one another? What kind of attitude was shown? Who was the President at the time? How did children get educations? did they still go to school? What did people spend thier money on? What were childrens' feelings on the situation?
 * 4 - Pre-Notetaking Activity - in class April 9**
 * How did the great depression affect america?(fat)**

1. Describe how the pre-notetaking sheet helped you find both focus for your topic and research questions to investigate. Did you find it easy or difficult to create a fat question from your ideas? I found it extremly easy to create a fat question from my ideas because it was my original idea, how did the great depression affect america, so i pretty much had my fat question, but I'm sure if I didn't it would have been very easy.
 * 5 - Reflections on Pre-Notetaking - April 9**

1. What have I learned today? I learned what hoovervilles were, who the presidents were, and when the GD occured. 2. What problems have I had? None. 3. How will I overcome the problem(s)? none. 4. What will I do next? Finish researching on my skiny problems.
 * 6 - Search Log - April 10**

1. What have I learned today? how families were affect during the gd and why exactly the stock market crashed. 2. What problems have I had? I couldnt find a good site with straight forward facts(statistics) 3. How will I overcome the problem(s)? read more paragraphs and just keep searching 4. What will I do next? use books for resources
 * 7 - Search Log - 11**

1. What have I learned today? used two books and a really good web site 2. What problems have I had? none what so ever 3. How will I overcome the problem(s)? none 4. What will I do next? maybe I will research a little more and hopefully start my paragraphs and such.
 * 8 - Search Log - April 14**