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| How to locate and evaluate information, Part III - Internet Sites | Students will be able to select and cite credible information for their English II research paper. Students self-select their topic of past, present, and future, e.g. television, cell phones, immigration, capital punishment. This gives the student an opportunity to use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning. | 10 | |
| Find the Figurative Language | Fifth grade students identify figurative language and demonstrate their meaning in a multimedia project. Essential questions are: What is figurative language? How does it enhance our understanding and our enjoyment of reading? | 5 | |
| Animal Research Project | The concept this lesson is designed to teach is research skills. The Common Core State Standards emphasizes students engaging in short focused research. According to the Common Core State Standards, students in grades 3-5 need to participate in research and writing projects throughout the school year. The essential question students will explore is 'What is the Big 6 Research Model and what are the steps involved in the research process?' | 3 | |
| Taking Action for Human Rights 1: Define | How can ordinary people defend human rights? Students will research and develop an action plan regarding a contemporary human rights violation. Students will gain hands-on experience in grassroots activism which will inform and inspire human rights activism later in life. *Lesson one of four* | 10, 11, 12 | |
| Discovering Reference Resources | Students will learn what information is included in a variety of reference resources (both print and electronic), and how to use them. The students will complete a task within each of the resources presented. Essential Questions: What are the different formats in which reference information is presented? What are three reference sources you could use when researching an important figure from American History? | 5, 6 | |
| How to locate and evaluate information, Part II - Databases | Students will be able to select and cite credible information for their English II research paper. Students self-select their topic of past, present, and future, e.g. television, cell phones, immigration, capital punishment. This gives the student an opportunity to use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning. | 10 | |
| Places in History: Researching historic locations associated with the Civil Rights Movement. | Students will have to conduct their research about locations prominent in the Civil Rights Movement thoroughly enough that they can produce a final product illustrating the significance of their location. Students will learn about different search engines and domains. While they are conducting their research, they will evaluate the sources they find to determine if the information found is accurate, valid, appropriate, important, and relates to the social and cultural context we are studying. | 8 | |
| California’s Native American Tribes | In this session, students will be introduced to the importance of effective note taking. Using print reference materials and web resources, students will answer the essential guiding question, "How did the native Californians live in the past?". These notes will then allow them create a compare/contrast chart for their final unit project, a compare/contrast poster on their specific tribe. | 4 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |