Archival Research Project

Fact Sheet Questions:

  1. Title of article
  2. Date of article
  3. Author of article
  4. News source i.e. Houston Chronicle of Houston Post or …
  5. Page numbers
  6. Summary of article
    (this should be a paragraph or two. See sections a – e for help crafting your summary)
    a. What is the article about?
    b. Who was involved?
    c. What happened?
    d. Why did that happen?
    e. What was the outcome of that?
  7. Citation: see info from questions 1-4.
    Citation should follow this format: Author First Name, Last Name. “Title of Article in Quotations.” Name of Newspaper in Italics. Date, Month, Day, Year. Page Numbers. For example: Patricia Pando. “Two Worlds Apart, A Mile Away.” Houston Chronicle. November 9, 1977. 5C.
    Other questions to consider include:
  8. List the people, objects, and activities you see.
  9. Who is the audience of the article?
  10. Why do you think this article was written?
    The Quotes: On top of collecting metadata, you are also tasked with selecting several memorable quotes from the newspaper clipping and setting them apart. These will be placed at the end of the Fact Sheet that you write. Find a total of three quotes.

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