My Forbidden Face - the story of a young girl whose lives in Kabul during the reign of
the Taliban.
The purpose of this activity is to learn about the life of women and the culture and
political climate of Afghanistan under the Taliban
Use the Research Log to help you keep track of your sources
Before you begin Searching the Databases for Information on Afghanistan
There are a few questions that you should ask about the project at this stage of
research:
What topic am I researching?
Where can I locate the information?
Where do I start?
What Search Terms Do I use?
Think about your topic for a moment. When doing research, especially with online
databases, you have to enter the correct search term to locate information on your topic.
If I want to learn about the country and its history, I would use Geography and
Culture Databases
Culture Grams
Click on World Edition
Select Country from the drop down window – Afghanistan
Students can use this for history, people, religion and pictures
World Geography
Select country – Afghanistan
Information on history, organizations, biographies, government
Looing for information on Islam?
Use the database Oxford Islamic Studies Online
WebCollection Plus – use this to locate hard copies of books; enough time has
passed since the Taliban ruled Afghanistan that you can find numerous books on
the topic and related topics such as women and islam
It is important to note that you will not have to read the entire book. You can
Use the index and table of contents to locate the information you need.
Pick up one of the books and read a few of the subjects in the index
At this stage of your research, you should Ask the following questions
How many still need more information?
How many have enough information?
Is there anyone who is completely lost?
There was a lot written about the Taliban and Afghanistan published in magazines
and newspapers, so a good source to use to locate this information is Masterfile
Premier
MasterFile Premier
Click on IE, Databases by topic, M for magazines, Masterfile Premier
Put a check mark in the box next to full text
Enter the search term in the search
Click on Search
If you still don’t have enough information
Thomson/Gale’s Virtual Reference Library or Power Search
This contains ebook, which are up-to-date single copy and reference books that they can
read online. You can search across all the books or a single copy. Also explain that other
ebooks are available in WebCollection Plus.
IE, Database, Topic R for Reference, Gale’s Virtual Reference Library, Proceed
Two ways to locate books – browse or key word search
The easiest search is to cross search all of the ebooks at once by entering search
terms in basic search box
When you are finished, if you still need more information, click on other Gale databases
at the top of the window and search the U.S. History can click on U.S. history and change
it to world history
Finally, you will need to put picture and video clips in your wiki and there are several
databases that you can use:
AP Images archives as a source for pictures and United streaming for video clips Have search completed
YouTube is blocked. Ask one of the librarians for directions to a converter so they can
play the YouTube video inserted in their wiki in school
You will need to save the URL for the video clips from United Streaming
You should open a word document and copy and paste the URL along with the
name of the video and a brief description and the citation information
Day 4 – October 29th In Class
Day 5 - October 30th - Setting up your Wiki
Setting up the Wiki
See Instructions
Go to pbwiki.com
Demonstrate changing the topic and a new page
Show students how to link their pages
Students work on wikis
Day 6 - Nov. 1st
Students work independently