Folkpatterns Notebook Guidelines
3rd Year and Up

THE COVER OF THE NOTEBOOK
The cover should include an attractive design, symbol or picture.

The lettering on the cover should be neat and attractive.

INTRODUCTION TO THE NOTEBOOK
Why did you choose this project (to learn more about your family, to gather information, to have a record of your grandparents' memories to keep, etc.)?

How did you get started?  What steps did you take to get this project off the ground?

Did you read books, magazines or newspapers to learn more about your project?  Did you write any letters or talk to people?

How did you organize your information?  How did you keep pictures, interviews, written information, in order?

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Each section (chapter) should have a title.

The Table of Contents page should list each chapter, title and page number.

BODY OF THE NOTEBOOK
Pages should be numbered.

Information presented in a logical order.

Information presented clearly, in a way that is easy to understand.

Sufficient amount of detail; the information should not be sketchy or vague.

VISUALS
The notebook should include drawings, maps, photographs, postcards, letters, brochures, newspaper or magazine clippings, etc.

Each visual should be titled.  You can also include a short caption, but it is not required.

The visuals should be mounted neatly.

CONCLUSION OF NOTEBOOK
What have you learned?
    Did you learn something unique or special or unusual about your family background or a particular relative?

    What did you like about doing this project?   Was there anything you disliked?

    Will you continue further with this project, or try something new?

    Have you done something that is related to your project, like starting a collection, or taking more family photographs, or visiting grandparents and relatives more often, etc.

    Has this project sparked an interest in you that you didn't have before, or did it cause you to learn about a whole new area you weren't aware of before?

NAME SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Sources should be listed on a page titled "Bibliography."  Here are examples of the way to list books and magazine articles in bibliography form:

        BOOK:     Burke, Kenneth.  A Grammar of Motives.  New York:   Prentice-Hall, Inc.  1952.

        MAGAZINE:     Poirer, Richard.  "Learning from the Beatles".  Partisan Review,  XXXIV (Fall 1967), 526-546.

Other sources, such as verbal interviews, should also be included in the bibliography.  Be sure to include the name of the person interviewed, the date, and where the interview took place.

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