Dance

= Topic:Dance = = 1. Task Definition : fill in the = **Sample Essential Question (establish a focus for your research)** **List Supporting Questions (provide background and guide your research):**
 * **Is dance an art, a sport or a combination of both?** ||
 * **1 Where did Ballet begin?** ||
 * **2 How do you train to become a dancer?** ||
 * **3 In what ways has a shift in culture affected dance?** ||
 * **4 What is the most popular dance style today?** ||
 * **5 When did dance first become popular as entertainment?** ||
 * Think Before you Begin worksheet[[file:Think_before_you_begin.pdf]] **

==** 2. Information seeking strategies: Use these Keywords to search online databases for books, articles and websites. Use Boolean Operators ( AND, OR, NOT ) to combine these terms and refine your search: **==
 * **" Dance history" ** AND || ** style ** AND || ** technique ** AND || ** Ballet ** ||

**3. Location and Access**

 * Books** in the Library Collection that will support your topic:
 * || **REF 792.6 CRA** || **The Oxford Dictionary of Dance / Debra Craine, Judith Mackrell**. || **793.3 CUT** || **Gotta dance! : The Rhythms of Jazz and Tap / Jenai Cutcher.** ||

Click on the Thomas Dale OPAC(Online Catalog) to locate additional books in our collection
 * **792.8 AND** || **Ballet & Modern Dance : a concise history / Jack Anderson.** ||

Click here to see excel spreadsheet of books in the library

Library home page with links to the databases
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 * Sample Subscription Database searches: **
 * ABC CLIO search [[file:da_abc.pdf]] || Grolier Online Encyclopedia
 * **Now do your ABC-CLIO search** || **Now do your Grolier Online Encyclopedia search** ||

Three excellent web sites:

 * **A History of Classical Ballet** ||  || **History of Modern Dance** ||   || **Pointe History** ||
 * A History of Classical Ballet ||  || History of Modern Dance ||   || Pointe History ||

Step 4: Use of Information; take notes; record bibliographic information for each source.
See citation & notecard guides under Roadmap to Research on the main library page. Use the MLA format guide, Citation Machine or Easy Bib for your works Cited list.

Step 6. Evaluate your work that you have successfully completed all steps.
See Research Rubric; Works Cited Rubric.


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