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| Title | Overview | Grade | Average Rating |
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| Earth Day Project | Students will be using both research skills and technology to propose an Earth Day project to the school principal. Students will answer the essential question "How will our project benefit our environment?" Once students have answered this question, teams will design a poster to be used as part of the presentation. Students will then vote on which poster to use in the proposal to the principal. Students aim to have the project approved. | 1 | |
| CCC: Credible Sources, Creative Commons Images, and Citing Your Sources | Concepts Taught: A good researcher and writer seeks out credible sources, uses digital images that they have permission to use, and gives credit to those who provided the information and images used in his/her final product. Essential Questions: 1. Why is it important to use credible sources? 2. Why is it essential to use Creative Commons images? 3. How do I give proper credit to the suppliers of the information that I'm using? | 7 | |
| Asking research questions | What makes a good research question? We will be exploring the difference between fact-based questions or "closed" questions and questions that require making inferences and synthesizing information or "open" questions. We will discuss why open questions make better research questions. | 5, 6 | |
| Famous African American Research | Students will apply the research process in a major project that involves several lessons. The students will read about and describe the lives of historical figures and their place in history. The student can use knowledge of the conventions of language and texts to construct meaning for a range of literary and informational texts for a variety or purposes. The students will use the writing process to construct meaning and communicate effectively. | 2 | |
| Evaluating Websites | The concept of this lesson is to teach students the factors and indicators of what makes a web site credible or not credible and for the students to understand why it is important to use credible web sites when researching for papers. The essential question that students will explore is "what are the differences between a credible web site and a non-credible web site?" | 12 | |
| Thematic Analysis Research Paper - English 11: Part 1- Thesis Statement | In preparation for writing a thematic analysis paper, students complete exploratory reading about their author using general reference books. The essential questions are: Which themes common in your author’s life and works do you find applicable to your work? How can you apply your new knowledge to create a thesis statement for your research paper? Once students have constructed a thesis statement, they will be guided to critical literature and begin the research process. | 11 | |
| Thematic Analysis Research Paper - English 11: Part 2 –Advanced Database Searching and Source Cards | In a unit to write a thematic research paper for English, students will analyze their thesis and come up with a list of keywords and terms to use in advanced searches on the library's online databases. The essential question for this lesson is: How can I use my knowledge of subscription databases and various search strategies to locate critical articles on my thesis topic? | 11 | |
| Thematic Analysis Research Paper - English 11: Part 3 - Note Taking | In a unit to write a thematic research paper for English, students return to the library for two final 90 minute class periods to access the sources discovered during the location and access days and begin to take notes for their research paper. The essential question is: How well is my theme supported in critical literature? | 11 | |
| Hamlet Research Paper: Find, Evaluate, and Select Appropriate Research Sources | Students will learn why general Internet search engines are not always the best first-source for research papers (yielding only 25%, at best, of available Web information, according to Devine and Egger-Sider in Going Beyond Google). The essential questions for this lesson include: How can I use the Internet to accurately determine how much of Hamlet is based on true historical events? | 11, 12 | |
| What Do You Think? Analyzing Points of View About an Issue | Many times the media presents controversial issues as black and white. But, most problems have many sides. The first research paper will require students to consider three perspectives on an issue. Their essential question is like the one modeled above. After doing background reading to determine three possible perspectives students will look at multiple resources (print to online) to determine the perspectives they wish to research and develop their own opinion based on their research. | 10 |