Assignment1:

Open a new, blank Word Document.

Type your names, todays date, and SAVE AS plagiarism.doc

1. Using the internet, find a definition for plagiarism. Type the best definition in your Word document.

2. When doing research, which of these would be plagiarism? (type the answer, duh)

-Copying another persons social studies paper off the internet, changing a few words and handing it in as your own

-Copying one paragraph from each of 3 different sites- for a Health report on the Olympics

-Copying a paragraph but then changing a bunch of the words.

Now you are going to "research" 3 websites.

First go to this page about Jacopo di Poggibonsi - fifteenth century painter. He is controversial because during his life he copied many other artist's works.

3. explore the whole website, and find 2 facts about Jacopo's life. Be sure to put the two facts IN YOUR OWN WORDS! (and in sentence form)

4. Find an example of his art imitation- what painting did he copy, and by what artist?

5. Click on Analyses, then on Supplementi- scroll down and find a link to the Encyclopedia Brittanica page about Jacopo- click on the link. What happened to Jacopo in the end? (3 sentences, in your own words)

Now go to the second website, about an endangered species explore the site.

6. In three sentences, in your own words, what is the Main idea of this website.

7. List 3 important facts, re-writing in your own words.

Now visit this site, about DHMO: explore the site.

8. In three sentences, in your own words, what is the Main idea of this website.

9. List 3 important facts, re-writing in your own words.

10. Using Google, find another website reference for each of the three topics. List the references here:

Jacopi di Poggibonsi:

Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus:

Dihydrogen Monoxide:

print your word document, and hand in.