1. ________ 2.

________

3.
________
4. ________
 5.
________

5. ________
6. ________
Learning Task: Evaluate the following statements as valid or not. In your
notebook, write FACT if the statement is true and acceptable and BLUFF if it is
not.

1. A website is just another term for a webpage.

2. Websites need to have reliable and up-to-date content.
3. The footer is always placed at the topmost part of a website.
4. It is essential for a website to look clean and simple.
5. One of the most essential parts of a website is the “call to action”.
6. The use of proper colors and photos matters in a website.
7. A website must, first and foremost, be easy to navigate.
8. Loud and intense colors should be used when designing a
website.
9. Font size and font style do not matter when designing a website.
10. A website must present a clear direction and impression to
visitors.
 GRADE 7

RESEARCHING A
TOPIC
Lesson Objectives

• Identify the different sources of

information

• Analyze different sources of

information

• Choose a relevant issue in the

Philippines to research on
Choose at least three (3) materials listed below
that you will most likely use in researching for
additional information.

• newspapers
• websites
• video clips
• images
• podcasts
• magazines
• interviews
• speeches
• periodicals
• books
What is research?
An attempt to answer a
question
Do you agree?
1 Develop a topic

Brainstorm a topic to narrow down your

choices of sources
• Locate information from different
sources

Primary sources Secondary sources Tertiary sources

 Primary sources
Firsthand accounts, raw data, and other
original materials on which other researches
are based. This means that primary sources are
authentic materials and have not been
subjected to evaluation or assessment.

Current with the time of creation

 • Original research
• Surveys, statistics
• Photographs, video, audio of the event
• Raw data
• Artifact
• Autobiographies or diaries
• Art/Paintings
• Public records
• Poems
• Letters
Interviews
• Fictional books from authors themselves
• Newspapers about current events
 Headed by Galicano Apacible, it also
issued a newspaper of the same name
which was published in Barcelona, Spain
on February 15, 1889. It was edited by
Graciano López Jaena and later on by
Marcelo H. del Pilar.[2] The social,
cultural, and economic conditions of the
colonial Philippines were published in
La Solidaridad. Speeches of the Spanish
liberals about the Philippines were also
featured in the newspaper.
 Secondary sources

They describe, interpret or analyze

primary sources. These are often
information written or presented by
authors who did not personally witness
an event or occurrence.
 Secondary sources

Textbooks
Analysis/Commentary/Reviews
Scholarly articles
Periodicals (Newspapers, journals that
are written periodically)
Biographies
 Tertiary sources

Sources of information are considered

tertiary sources when they are used to
organize and locate primary and
secondary sources. This classification
includes indexes, abstracts,
bibliographies, directories and
databases.
Tertiary sources

Dictionaries
Almanacs
Manuals
Index
Yellow pages
Encyclopedia
 Encyclopedias provide extent
information about a particular topic,
time period or person in the form of
entries arranged in alphabetical order.

Encyclopedias, indexes, and works alike

are known for compiling primary and
secondary sources, as a result, they are
considered tertiary sources.
 Vincent van
Gogh painted
Starry Night in
1889 during his
stay at the
asylum of Saint-
Paul-de-
Mausole near
Saint-Rémy-de-
Provence
Is Bible a primary or secondary
source?
Only choose 3-5 sources
Let us try!
What are the three types of
sources?
Anne Frank’s
unedited diary
Diary of a Wimpy
Kid
by Jeff Kinney
Noli Me Tangere and El

Filibusterismo

by Jose Rizal
 Shorter vesion of Noli

Me Tangere by Jose Rizal

Analysis about
“Diary of a
Wimpy Kid”
by Jeff Kinney
 Mona Lisa by
Leonardo da Vinci
(1503)
Telephone
directory
Pictures
To determine if a source is primary
or secondary, ask yourself:

• Was the source created by someone directly

involved in the events you’re studying
(primary), or by another researcher
(secondary)?

• Does the source provide original information

(primary), or does it summarize information
from other sources (secondary)?

• Are you directly analyzing the source itself

(primary), or only using it for background
Read and write as you
go

Note unfamiliar terms or

interesting ideas

Organize your ideas

Summarize the ideas that

you have gathered
 Write!
Make your draft come to
life.

Your writing should be

the result of your
understanding.

Do not forget to cite your

sources!
 4 Write!

Don't let your personal

feelings get in the way of
analyzing the situation or
topic.
 Remember that
information
should always be
accurate,
reliable, up-to-
date,
consistent,
relevant and
unique.
 Year of publication
Author Title Website name

Link
 Brainstorm
Choose one relevant issue here in
the Philippines that you want to
make an essay about.

Prepare about your topic for the

library trip and sharing tomorrow.
 Library search
• Take a trip in groups
• Find specific sources (primary,
secondary, tertiary) and list
their specific titles
• Representatives should lead
the group
• Observe silence and handle the
library materials with care
Library search
• Noisy groups will have a
minus points and will be
revoked of their access to the
library trip
• Students who damaged a
library material will be subject
to demerits
 PRIMARY SECONDARY TERTIARY

1. 1. 1.
2. 2. 2.
3. 3. 3.
4. 4. 4.
5. 5. 5.
6. 6. 6.
7. 7. 7.
8. 8. 8.
 Library search
• What are the sources that you
have found?
• What did you consider in
choosing the following titles
when it comes to categorizing
them as a
primary/secondary/tertiary
source?
 Library search
• What are the sources that you
have found?
• What did you consider in
choosing the following titles
when it comes to categorizing
them as a
primary/secondary/tertiary
source?
 Bonus! :)
• What topic did you research
on?

• What are the sources that you

used to research on this topic?
Source Relay
• A biography about Abraham Lincoln

• 1935 constitution of the Philippines

• Bible

• A television show explaining about Neil

Armstrong and his walk on the moon

• Autobiography

• Song book

• Textbooks

• A painting by Michelangelo

• The old diary of your grandmother

• Cook book

• Facebook post about their feelings

• Book review of Percy Jackson and the Sea of
Monsters

• A shared post with an added caption

• Survey results about the most famous KPOP group

• Photograph

• Documentaries

• Dictionary

• Poems

• Audio recording
• Atlas

• Videos

• Newspaper

• Witness of a crime scene

• Commentary of NBA play-offs

• Speeches or interviews

• Government record

• Reader’s Digest: Real Life Stories

• An ebook about World War III

• Reaction video
• Encyclopedia

• Telephone directory

• Newspaper article about the last 2022

Elections

• Artifacts: Manunggul Jar

• Superbook: Cartoons about the life of Jesus

Identify if the given item is a primary, secondary or tertiary
source. Write your answers in your notebook.

__________ 1. textbooks
__________ 2. government records
__________ 3. surveys
__________ 4. dictionaries
__________ 5. movie analysis
__________ 6. magazines
__________ 7. original research
__________ 8. encyclopedia
__________ 9. newspapers
__________ 10. diaries