Social Studies: LOGAN - Culture Unit Assessment

14 STEPS

1. The first step is to open the database you'd like to search. In this case, we'll use U.S. History in Context from Gale.

2. Your first stop in ANY database should be to sign in with your school Google Account. This connects the database to your Google Drive.

3. Use your SCHOOL account.

4. Now that you're logged in, you can begin to search. The US History Database is easily searched by decade. Start typing in your decade: 1950s, etc.

5. Type 1950s (or your assigned decade).

6. The database immediately starts to think with you. Select the highlighted entry for your decade.

7. Each decade page begins with an "overview" article. This is a great place to get your bearings with what was happening during this span of time. Click "read more".

8. Read through the article to get a good foundation of information about your decade. Click "back" to return to your results.

9. I highly recommend starting with the "Reference" articles included in your decades pages. These sources will cover many culture-related topics.

10. You'll likely see articles about specific events or trends as well as generalized articles like this one on lifestyles and social trends. To open an article, click the title.

11. Once you find an article that's helpful, you can choose to download it directly to your Google Drive. Click the Google Icon and the whole article will be delivered into a "US History in Context" folder created automatically in your Drive.

12. Click Ok

13. At the end of each article, you'll find a correctly-formatted MLA citation to use in your bibliography or works cited page. You can copy-and-paste, or export directly to NoodleTools, if you're used to using that program.

14. Citations also travel with the document if you download it to your Google Drive.

12 STEPS

1. Start by clicking the book cover for the American Decades series.

2. Just like with US History in Context, I highly recommend logging in with your school Google account.

3. Scroll down and click Table of Contents.

4. Using the drop-down menu, select the volume that corresponds to your chosen decade.

5. In this example, I'm using the 1950s.

6. You should now see an interactive Table of Contents for the volume on your decade.

7. Click the ARROW next to your chosen section to open a sub-menu.

8. Continue until you select a bottom-level page (no arrow).

9. The article will now open and you can continue to browse.

10. Alternatively, you can return to the page for the series - click on the title.

11. Select the volume needed once again.

12. You can alternatively choose to browse the EBOOK itself - either as a full volume browse, OR by looking into the table of contents and jumping to the right page. Up to you!