Footbinding

** ﻿﻿Ancient Chinese Footbinding ** ** ﻿ ** ** ﻿ ** ** ﻿ **  ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ Welcome Year 7 students to this Ancient Chinese Foot Binding pathfinder where you will be guided to resources within the library and online to direct you in the research, writing and creation of your assessment task. Make sure you continually check your [|Year 7 Humanities assessment task_2_1.doc] and [|Foot binding rubric_1.doc] to ensure you understand exactly what it is you need to do. Remember to use a variety of information sources within your work. Then refer to the [|Information Skills Research Model] and follow the six steps outlined to plan, research, use and evaluate your work.

At OLMC students are advised to use the Harvard or Author-Date system of referencing. In Year 7, students are expected to use End-text referencing at the end of their assignment to show all the references used to prepare the work. Students should construct a simple, alphabetical bibliography that includes all sources used; print, non-print (websites), maps, pictures, tables, graphics, cartoons. Refer carefully to the [|OLMC Style Guide Years 7 - 9.doc] to help you prepare you bibliography. As In Year 7 refer to the Bibliography Wiz to set out your bibliogrpahy.

When you are researching your topic make sure you are organising your notes with [|OLMC Cornell Notes Guide and template_1.rtf]. For those students who are completing the "[|Question Collection_1.doc]" task, here are the sheet.

**Locating Information**

You will find relevant information for your assignment by browsing the shelves according to the following Dewey numbers/areas.

On the **library catalogue**, **search engines** and the **World Book Encyclopedia** you could try the following keywords to help you find the information you need. If you need any assistance just ask the teacher librarians. Use search terms:
 * Chinese foot binding
 * tattoos
 * botox
 * body piercing
 * waxing
 * high heels
 * neck rings
 * corsets
 * head binding
 * lip discs
 * women
 * beauty rituals

**Websites - Foot Binding**

[|Chinese Foot Binding] - simple and easy explanations

[|﻿Virtual museum of San Francisco]- "Chinese Girls with Bound Feet"

[|So You Think Your Shoes Are Uncomfortable?] Images of Foot binding -

[|The Bygone Practice of Foot binding in China] - information and images

[|History of Foot binding] - article about the history of footbinding

[|Chinese Foot Binding] - this article is written by a non-academic

[|A Lesson on Foot Binding] -

[|Social Culture Foot Binding] -

[|San Tsun Gin Lian]- A more challenging read

[|One Thousand Years of Chinese Footbinding: It's Origins, Popularity and Demise]- This is a more detailed and challenging read.


 * Media and Beauty **

[|Beauty and Body Image in the Media] infomation from the Media Awareness Network

[|False Beauty in Advertising]- Discusses the pressures to look good

[|Less Airbrushing, More Reality] - Guardian newspaper article on t he media's portrayal of women and that adverts should be honest about levels of digital manipulation







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