Week 13 · Theme 2, Lesson 6 Using Digital Sources · 3 lessons
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Many sources, many kinds
ICT P5 Term 1, Theme 2: pp. 66–69
GoalName different kinds of source and choose the two most useful ones for my topic.
New words
infographic · a picture that explains information with drawings and a few wordsarchive · a store of old papers, letters and recordsdatabase · an organised collection of information that can be searchedphotograph · a picture made by a camera
Explanation
A source is more than a page of words. A map shows places. A graph or a chart shows numbers. An infographic explains with drawings. A photograph shows what something looked like. A video shows movement and sound. An archive keeps old letters, diaries and papers. A database is an organised collection that you can search, like a very big card box. Books and articles tell stories and give explanations. Each kind answers different questions. Choose a topic from your own interests, and mark the two kinds of source that would help most. For a topic about kites, a video of flying and a book on how kites work may be best.
Kind of source
Good for…
map
where things are
graph or chart
numbers and comparing
photograph or video
how something looks or moves
archive
old letters and records
database
searching many facts fast
Worked examples
Hana wants to learn how people reached her grandparents’ village long ago. A map shows the road, and an archive of old letters could tell her more. Both kinds fit her question.
Omar’s topic is football. A graph shows the number of goals each player scored, and a video shows how a goal is scored. The graph answers ‘how many?’, the video answers ‘how?’
Jana’s class reads two invented texts about the pyramids’ visitors. Text 1: ‘Many visitors come in winter.’ Text 2: ‘Winter brings many visitors.’ They repeat the same fact, so the class trusts it more.
Class activity
Source choice. Pick a topic you like (for example bees, bridges or kites). Draw a table with the eight kinds of source and tick the two that would help most. Write why in one sentence. Then underline in two invented sentences on your topic a repeated fact and a different fact.
Practice
1
Which kind of source shows where places are?
A map.
2
What is an archive?
A store of old papers, letters and records.
3
Which source is best for seeing how a goal is scored: a graph or a video?
A video.
4
Name four kinds of source other than a book.
For example: map, graph, photograph, video, archive, database.
