TRISMS Homeschool Curriculum
RESEARCH GUIDE
One of the goals of TRISMS is to teach research skills; to empower the student to become an independent learner. This is accomplished by using directed study as a framework and coursebook development as an end product.
As an example, we will look at our first explorer, Hanno. We will use the Explorer Questionnaire to direct our research. As you read, keep in mind the questions you are trying to answer. An encyclopedia and a world map are a good place to begin.
§ When using your encyclopedia be aware of cross-references. These provide the reader with more information on the topic. Readers are directed to other articles by the words see, see also, or see under followed by the subject heading.
§ The abbreviation (q.v.) stands for the Latin words “quod vide”, meaning which see. When this abbreviation follows a word or name, it signals that the word itself is the title of a separate article in the encyclopedia.
§ The index helps you determine if there is information on your subject included within the text.
§ The supplementary bibliography lists other sources outside of the encyclopedia.
Funk & Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia, Vol. 12, page 178
Hanno, 5th century B. C., Carthaginian navigator who undertook a voyage of exploration along the west coast of Africa. He probably sailed as far as present-day Sierra Leone. When he retuned to Carthage, he inscribed an account of his travels on a tablet which he deposited in the temple of the Phoenician god Moloch. The original narrative was composed in the Phoenician language; a translation exists, written in Greek and entitled Periplus (Voyage).
In this small selection we found several answers and clues. We found that Hanno was an explorer, a Phoenician navigator from Carthage. He sailed along the west coast of Africa to present day Sierra Leone in the 5th century B.C.
We can now answer the questions concerning—
Our clues: 5th century B.C. denotes the ancient time period, navigator, explorer, Sierra Leone, and Phoenician.