What are the Standards and Practices of Good Internet Research?

When you type your search terms into the search engine (for instance, Google):
• Use correct grammar and spelling
• Be as specific as possible
• Be thorough
• Narrow your search, so you get exactly what you want

Vary your search terms. For example, when researching early rap: “KRS1” or “KRS One” or “Chris Parker” or “Kris Parker,” or other things associated with him, like the term “Edutainment” could work to get you the results you’re looking for.

Use quotation marks around your search term, if the words have to
go together. For example, Chris Parker becomes “Chris Parker,” so that you don’t
get everyone named Chris, and all the Parkers in the world.

Always verify your information by looking at more than one reputable source.

Read the information on the website carefully. Is it sound? Does it make sense? Does it seem credible?

Determine who wrote the website by looking at “Contact Us,” or “About Us,” or the citations and bibliography at the bottom, or

Go back to the root directory of the website to see who hosted it. For example, in the url: http://www.columbia.edu/texts/religion/philosophy.html, the root directory is www.columbia.edu. When looking at the root directory, look for the type of website it is. You can find that out by looking at the letters that come after the first dot. For example:

.org = organization (non-profit)
.edu = college or university (- usually. Sometimes it’s a school system.)
.net = a commercial website.
.com = company or commercial. Anyone can have one.
.gov = U.S. Government web site.
.info = information about some agency or group.
Two letter codes, are country codes, but they are commercial.
Some examples are:
.uk = United Kingdom (also called Great Britain).
.tv = Transylvania (a part of the country of Romania) Romania has allowed worldwide television stations to buy .tv

Verify your source by making sure you look at more than one source.

MAKE SURE TO CITE YOUR SOURCES IN THE WRITE-UPS, ESSAYS, AND PAPERS THAT YOU TURN IN TO YOUR TEACHERS.

How did Christian Theology Come to Supercede the Greek and Roman Gods?

This assignment's purpose is to prepare you for college by engaging you, intellectually, with material on a college freshman level. The material that comes before you needs not only to be read, but to be understood. Some words will be unfamiliar to you. What do you do when encountering such challenges? The answer is not to skim or skip or get the Cliff Notes. The answer is to read slowly and carefully, discuss the material with your peers, when possible, and use strategies such as figuring out word meanings using contextual clues, knowledge of suffixes and prefixes, and knowledge of root words.

We read PBS's Frontline documentary on Christianity's Legitimization Under Constantine. We read the first section, "The Path to Victory" together as a class, and discussed its meaning. Then we split into groups, with each group taking a section to interpret and explain to the class. Each group is required to turn in a written version of their interpretation of the text.

Period 2:
Merceaux and Adonnia: last two paragraphs of introduction
Lakeba and Royale: Constantine's Conversion
Mac and Luz: Constantine's Imperial Christianity
Adrian and Anthony: A Christian Caesar
Michael and Jubair: Who is Eusebius?

Period 3:
Ebony, Melinda and Alicia: "Constantine's Conversion" - page 3
Fernando, Angelica and Jasmine H: "Constantine's Imperial Christianity" - pages 3 and 4
Obby and Bernard: "A Christian Caesar" - page 4
Samantha and EJ: "Eusebius on Constantine" - pages 4 and 5
Jose and Chris T: Council of Nicea

How to we study for and present material to the whole class?

In this class we've already done a small presentation. Now that you are familiar with the information about your Greek god(s), how can you present that to the class using what we've learned from previous presentations? What are the lessons we've learned?

Let's look over the evaluations of the presentations from last cycle. What do we now know about presenting material? How can you be properly prepared?

Outline the steps for proper public presentation of material. What do you need to do before you get "up there," and what do you need to do when you are in front of the class?

Create note cards on your Greek god(s). Do not copy a pre-set speech onto the cards. Use key words to prepare yourself for speaking.

What Gods Were Responsible for the Trojan War?

In order to understand the Trojan War, it is important to understand its mythological underpinnings. What Greek gods and goddesses played a role in starting and maintaining the war?

Choose any two of the following Gods and find a picture on the internet of each. Then do the research necessary to explain to us who they are and what aspects they rule over or represent. Your work will be saved to a flash drive and then the class will jointly create a PowerPoint presentation on the Greek pantheon.

Each god should be represented by one slide. The slide should have a picture of the god, a label with the god's name and what they rule over, and your name.

The Gods, and the students who are researching them:
Zeus (Jupiter) – Mac (per 2) Jasmine H (per 3)
Eris - Lakeba (per 2) - Jose 0 (per 3)
Hera (Juno) - Munique (per 2) - Fernando (per 3)
Aphrodite (Venus) - Royale (Per 2) - Ebony (per 3)
Athena (Minerva) - Regina (per 2) – Isaiah (per 3)
Ares (Mars) - Royale (Per 2) – Bernard (per 3)
Artemis (Selene)- Regina (per 2) - Samantha (per 3)
Hades (Pluto) - Mac (per 2) - Fernando (per 3)
Poseidon (Neptune) – Anthony (per 2) - Bernard (per 3)
Apollo – Juan (per 2) - Isaiah (per 3)
Demeter (Ceres) - Madeline (per 2) - Nicole (per 3)
Persephone (Proserpine) – Lakeba (per 2), Melinda (per 3)
Hermes (Mercury) - Makaida (per 2) - Jasmine H (per 3)
Dionysus (Bacchus) - Adrian (per 2) - Ernesto (per 3)
Pan - Adonnia (per 2) - Matthew H (per 3)
Eros (Cupid) - Adonnia (per 2) - Chris T (per 3)
Hephaestus (Vulcan) - Jubair (per 2) - Ebony (per 3)
Hestia (Vesta) - Luz (per 2) - Alicia (per 3)
Morpheus - Carol (per 2)
Chronus - Buggs (per 2) - Jose 0 (per 3)
Thanatos - Mike 0 (per 2) - Earl (per 3)
Prometheus - Xavier (per 2) - Earl (per 3)
Pandora - Kayla (per 2)
Atlas - Merceaux (per 2)
Gaia -

Monsters:
Medusa - Zakiya (per 2)
The Hydra
The Sphynx - Zakiya (per 2)
The Minotaur