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Student Handout 2.2b
Essential Skills 2 & 3:
Exploring One Source (Biography)
ith the help of your teacher or librarian, find a reliable library or online biography about the leader your
team is considering for study. Make a copy of the biography, or, at the very least, record the complete
biographical information about the biography in the “Works Cited” section of your RL. Remember to
always record the complete information about your sources!
An excellent up-to-date resource for writing your “Works Cited Page” is Diane Hacker’s:
<http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/>. Here is an example from this site of an MLA citation for a print
encyclopedia entry:
“Richard Feynman.” The American Heritage Dictionary. 4th ed. 2000.
If you find your biography online, here is how you cite it on your “Works Cited” page:
“Feynman, Richard Philips (1918–1988).” WolframResearch. 15 Sept. 2008
<http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Feynman.html>.
Why does this bibliographical entry have a date? That’s when you downloaded the text from the Internet.
After you have entered the correct information for this source into your “Works Cited” page, complete this
chart with your team for the leader you have (probably) chosen for study, using the biography as a source. You can
complete this chart for other sources later.
1. Leader’s Name
2. Historical
Period: DOB,
DOD
3. Events, conflicts,
and/or issues
during the period
4. Characteristics,
goals, and/or
actions of the
leader
5. Other
Information
6. Catalyst for
Change? Why?
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