Books in Research It! series

This book shows students how to find, evaluate, organize and use evidence on key topics about the changing role of women since 1900. There are ideas for research topics, such as the role of the suffragettes, attempts to pass an Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution, women in sports, and the challenges of combining careers and motherhood. There’s advice on skimming and scanning, identifying bias in sources, and interpreting photographs. A wide range of graphic organizers and completed examples are provided.

This books shows students how to find, evaluate, organize and use evidence on key topics about slavery and the slave trade, such as the triangular trade across the Atlantic, attitudes to slavery and conditions on plantations, and the abolition of slavery. There are extensive references to types of sources, including primary source documents like slave ownership records, eyewitness accounts, and photographs, and a range of completed examples and graphic organizers, including timelines.

“World War II” shows students how to find, evaluate, organize, and use evidence on key topics, such as the causes of the war, Blitzkrieg, the persecution of the Jews, the home front, types of propaganda, and the bombing of Hiroshima. There are extensive references to sources, including eyewitness accounts, newspaper reports and photographs, and a wide range of worked examples and graphic organizers.

“World War I” shows students how to find, evaluate, organize, and use information available on the “Great War,” such as the causes of the war, the role of the American army on the Western Front, and the Russian Revolution. There’s advice on planning and recording research, on skimming, scanning, and note-taking, on interpreting photographs, and on understanding the potentially confusing names and dates of the period, such as St. Petersburg and Petrograd. There is extensive reference to sources, including maps, news reports, and photographs, and a wide range of worked examples and graphic organizers.

This book shows students how to find, evaluate, organize and use evidence on key topics, such as the origins of the Industrial Revolution, the importance of steam power and Robert Fulton’s first successful steamboat voyage, conditions in urban New York, and the growth of the railroads. There are extensive references to types of sources, including eyewitness accounts, literature, and photographs, and a range of examples and graphic organizers, including timelines.