Year 7 Study Support
Worksheet 4.1
Finding Information in books You often have to find information from a text book. You may not know where to start looking. There are two places that can help. 1. The list of contents at the front of the book 2. The index at the back of the book. Some books have a glossary which gives definitions of key words. To help us practice collecting information, we are going to have a team race.
Round One – Maximum Points: 5 1a
What was Christopher Columbus convinced of?
1b
What did he do with the natives that he found on the islands around Cuba and Haiti?
1c
What date is on the log book of Columbus’s ships?
1d
What interesting new goods did the sailors bring back?
1e
Name 4 other explorers that were inspired by Columbus
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Worksheet 4.1
Round Two – Maximum Points: 5 2a
Why was a Grammar School called a Grammar School?
2b
What was the birch?
2c
What was a quill pen and a hornbook?
2d
What book were pupils expected to bring to Banbury Grammar School?
2e
How did one teacher warm himself up in the winter?
Round Three – Maximum Points: 5 3a
What year was the Great Plague?
3b
Who was the famous man who wrote a diary?
3c
What nursery rhyme is about the Great Plague?
3d
Suggest a plague remedy using vinegar
3e
How was someone treated with a frog, if they had the plague?
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Worksheet 4.1
Round Four – Maximum Points: 7 4a
When was the printing press invented?
4b
Where and in what year was Leonardo da Vinci born?
4c
What else has he been called?
4d
What did he do every day?
4e
What did he dream of building?
4f
What did he make that tipped water onto someone?
4g
What is meant by the term Renaissance?
Total Possible Score: 22
My score
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Year 7 Study Support
Worksheet 4.1
The Dewey Decimal System This system was developed by Melvil Dewey in 1876. The system is a method for placing books on library shelves in a specific and repeatable order that makes it easy to find any specific book or to return it to its proper place. The system is made up of 10 main classes
Melvil Dewey was born in New York on 10th December 1851 and died on 26th December 1931
Have a go at using the Dewey Decimal System – what books can you find in each section of the Library? Write a few in the spaces below.
He was a Librarian and invented the classification system for library books called the Dewey Decimal System
These are books that were on many different topics; books like general 000 - 099 knowledge, computers and encyclopedias. Books found in this section: 1. 2. 3.
Books about thinking are in this section, such as philosophy, psychology and the 100 - 199 paranormal. Books found in this section: 1. 2. 3.
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Worksheet 4.1
Library ‘Treasure Hunt’ Use the books in the Library to find out the answers to the following questions. Write the answer and the Dewey Decimal number for the book you used.
1
What was the name of Admiral Lord Nelson’s wife?
2
How many teeth are there in a baby’s first set of milk teeth?
3
What is another name for Whooping Cough?
4
What is the Capital of Australia?
5
In the Second World War, what was Operation Overlord?
6
Who was the father of Queen Elizabeth 1?
7
In Greek mythology, what did Daedelus and Icarus do?
8
Where did the Great Fire of London start and finish?
9
What are the 12 signs of the Zodiac?
10 Who wrote the book ‘Wuthering Heights’?
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Worksheet 4.1
Researching a Famous Person Find out as much as you can about a famous person. Make notes in the space below. Make sure you cover the key points listed below. Add any other information that you think might be of interest. • • • • •
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When and where were they born? When and where did they die? Where did they live? What are they famous for? What key thinks happened in their life?
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