Assignment Questions: (Analyze with Voyant)
Question 1: Which words appear the “most important” or mentioned the most?
Question 2: Connect 3 of these words to the secondary sources. Explain the connection using 200 or fewer words.
Learning Goals:
- Students are able to insert URLs and text into Voyant.
- Students are able to come to a conclusion on the significance of counting words.
- Students are able to explain in their assignment paragraphs the use of stop words.
- Students are able to show their conclusions from Voyant. This includes the use of stop words and word count.
- Students are able to link secondary source information to primary source information using Voyant analysis.
Voyant Directions:
Step 1: Go to the Voyant website (https://voyant-tools.org) and enter the Tirukkural by pasting the text into the box labeled “Add text”.
Step 2: Click reveal to generate a word count of the text.
Step 3: Next to the question mark icon click on the switch and edit the list of stopwords adding any that are necessary.
Step 4: Use the newly generated word cloud and other Voyant tools to look for patterns and other connections.
Grading Criteria:
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Primary source entered into Voyant (2 pts.)
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Demonstrated an understanding of the Voyant tool (3 pts.)
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Explained three distinct word connections between the primary and secondary sources (5 pts.)
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Ability to clearly link primary and secondary sources using Voyant. (3 pts.)
Instructions on how to submit work: Assignment will be submitted through a paragraph, which will be typed in their World History document.
