In reading, we have been studying how to research using the research process. My animal study group researched coyotes. Our subtopics were Pups, What is a Coyote, Hunting and howling/communication. We organized our books from easiest to hardest, then we found the topics that appeared in most of the books and those became our subtopics. The most important thing that I learned about the research process was how to put facts you found into your own words.

After this project, we took everything we learned about research and used that in our country research project. I chose to study China with my partner. We used the Heathcote databases, our own knowledge and a book called “China” by Ted Park to study the different cultural universals of China. The cultural universals are: Politics, Social Aspects, Economics, Beliefs, and Cultural Arts. Once we finished researching and putting it in whichever category it fit into. We put all of our research in a Comic Tour Guide Book titled “The Cultural Universals of China.” My favorite part of the project was coming up with lines that my character would say. The most challenging part of the project was finding the right images to fit my project.