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Common Core RI.11-12.1 research
Using the CRAAP Test to Determine Source Credibility! Customizable Google Slides
Do your students tend to hit "share" "like" or "retweet" before checking a source is legitimate? Can your students determine the difference between a credible source and fake news? Do they know what to look for when analyzing articles, online material, tweets, and images for credibility? Do they understand which sources are acceptable to utilize as evidence in a writing assignment? In a world where misinformation can be spread like wildfire via social media and the internet, it is vital that stu
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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National History Day Projects From Start to Finish 2023-2024
NOTE: Enjoy the NEWLY UPDATED 2023-2024 version (Turning Points in History Theme)! It has brand new materials related to this year's theme, and I also updated lessons to include a more comprehensive and integrated approach to using both primary and secondary sources.This is your one stop shop for all National History Day lessons and resources!National History Day is a contest in which student choose a topic, conduct in depth research, and create a project (5-6 project categories to choose from!)
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6th - 12th
Research Binder Projects: 170 pages of Common Core Aligned materials
Research Binder Projects: 170 pages of Common Core Aligned MaterialsThis is a research project that includes students working in groups to research and develop a better understanding of controversial topics.The product:Encourages Team Work!Encourages Critical Thinking!Meets multiple Common Core State Standards!Strengthens Research Skills!Strengthens Reading Skills!Requires Higher Level Thinking!Reaches ALL Different Learning Styles!Holds Students Responsible for Their Work!Works on Oral Present
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8th - 12th
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Infamous Criminals: A High-Interest Nonfiction Research Project
In this project, students will research the life of a famous criminal and compile a bibliographic research project to share with the class. The criminals included in this project range from fraudsters to gangsters and from pirates to drug lords. There are plenty of options here to captivate the interest of secondary students. After selecting a criminal, students will compile an annotated bibliography as they go through the research process while preparing to create their final projects. Stud
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9th - 12th
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The Crucible Engaging Activities - 12 Pre-Reading & Post-Reading Tasks
Looking for some fun, unique, and engaging activities to supplement The Crucible? These activities are perfect for learning background information before reading the play and assessing students' understanding after studying the play.Pre-reading activities include:❶ A history video viewing guide that corresponds with Salem Witch Trials documentary from the History Channel with answer key.❷ a handout where students determine which information is true, false, or simply opinionated about the history
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9th - 12th
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Machiavelli's 'The Prince' Seminar: Inquiry-Based Project *Editable*
My students love discussion-based assignments. I created this seminar resource to give structure and purpose to student discussion, as well as practicing text annotation and research skills. This is a complete project using Chapter 17 of The Prince, by Machiavelli. You may be asking about a seminar: where to start? This project will help you and your students with the whole process, saving you time! This would be a great project for distance learning; you can hold the seminar on any video-confer
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Government Bundle: Applying Political Concepts *Editable*
Rod Serling Author Study Biography Worksheet, Twilight Zone, PDF & Google Drive
Skip the typical Rod Serling introduction lecture as you launch a study of any Twilight Zone episode and, instead, empower students to find their own interesting facts about this author’s life with this “Author Bio” print/post-and-teach activity.This single-page worksheet (includes printable PDF and Google Drive versions) is a powerful research organizer that’ll get students digging deep into Rod Serling’s background.Please note: This download does NOT include a specific article or links to defi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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ESSAYS: How to Write Informational Essays ~ It Begins Here...
A HOW-TO for writing strong essays for students in grades 5–10.Students research using two paired, high-interest, leveled articles."The Life in Antarctica""The Marvelous Manta"This is your definitive guide for teaching how to research and write essays and paragraphs;using a step-by-step process; building strong, independent writers.Do your students need a little more work on stand-alone paragraphs? This guide also explains how to write strong paragraphs.This writing resource has:125 pages of pro
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5th - 11th, Adult Education
Mini Research Project: Create a Social Justice Leaflet | Printable & Digital
Engage your students with social justice issues with this Social Justice Leaflet Mini Research Project! This digital and printable Social Justice Leaflet Mini Research Project is designed to engage students with social justice issues and work on their research skills in a project that won't take weeks and weeks of time. During this mini-research project, students will first learn about the group "The White Rose." The White Rose was a group of young people who used their words to fight the Nazi p
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9th - 12th
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Energy Sources Environmental Science Sustainability Research Project
This research project involves proposing the best and worst energy source that can be chosen for a new power plant in an imaginary city. Students are given information on the city, such as geographical and climate data. This project suggests students choose from the following energy sources: biomass (municipal solid waste), biomass (wood residue/waste), coal, geothermal, hydroelectric, natural gas, nuclear, oil, solar, or wind. Here is the introduction to the scenario - "The imaginary city of In
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9th - 12th
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HS-LS2-7
, HS-ESS3-2
The CRAAP Test BUNDLE (Evaluate Sources) | Lesson, Handout, & Auto-Graded Quiz
Help students learn how to effectively evaluate the validity of the sources they use! CRAAP is an acronym method (series of questions) for readers to check if a secondary source is acceptable to use. The bundle includes a LESSON and a QUIZ --- Minds On warm updefinition of CRAAP Testinstructions on how to apply the CRAAP test to student assignmentshabits of academically honest studentsactivities for groups to practicereflection questions (metacognition)The Google Form Quiz for 16 points includes
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7th - 12th
Informational Text Lesson Drop Out Facts & Stats + Persuasive Writing & Rubric
Important, attention-grabbing, and engaging PowerPoint presentation of data from research of drop outs with persuasive letter follow-up. Can serve as a stand-alone lesson on many standards, an introduction to a unit on research, or to add on to another unit to fill informational reading standards. It definitely captures students' attention and motivates them to research this very serious real-world topic...leads to text-to-self and text-to-world reflections.
Includes PowerPoint presentation,
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: A+ Bundle for Middle and High ELA
Civil Rights Movement Project Research and Role Play
In this inquiry-based project, students become figures from the Civil Rights Movement. Students research their figure and then embody that person at a culminating party. This project puts students literally in the lives of historical figures. Meet Rosa Parks, Maya Angelou, Thurgood Marshall and more through your students' discovery of them. A great addition to your Civil Rights Movement study.This detailed teacher’s guide includes:● How to use this resource and complete timeline within the te
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Civil Rights Movement Activities
Transcendentalism and American Romantic Poetry Webquest
This Google Slides Webquest is provides an opportunity for groups or individuals with a mini-research component, as well as excerpts from Walden, Self-Reliance, and poetry from Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman. Also included is a creative writing final assessment project related to either Transcendentalism or American Romantic Poetry. Three expository writing prompts are also included with the poetry. This assignment is intended to engage students with challenging topics and literary works throu
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature: Transcendentalism, Poetry, and Short Stories
The Omnivore's Dilemma - Research Project Bundle
The Omnivore's Dilemma: Young Readers Edition is an amazing resource for teaching students the research process. It's interesting, relevant to their lives, and is an awesome platform for inquiry based learning.
These resources have all been used in my classroom to genuinely astounding results. When given the autonomy to research an aspect of the food industry that they want to change, students dive deeply into the research--more so than they ever did on tasks I had explicitly assigned.
This bu
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7th - 12th
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Dystopian Novel Current Events Project
This is a great alternative summative assessment to use at the close of a dystopian novel unit. This project requires students to make connections between events/social issues present in the dystopian novel and those within your local area, country, and world. This project has a research component and a presentation component.Assignment and rubric included!Editable Microsoft Word and Google Docs versions included.
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9th - 12th
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AP Research - Bridge the Gap from AP Seminar - Capstone Program
"Spot the Differences" Great intro to the AP Research course!Students investigate the obvious and subtle differences between AP Seminar and AP Research. As they "level up" to this yearlong propriety research course - they need to know what skills they can take with them from their last year of learning in AP Research, and what skills they will acquire and use in AP Research.This "no prep" activity contains:AP Research standards-based lesson11-slide Google Slides presentation that takes students
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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AP Language Synthesis Bundle - research project, essay organizer, slides, unit
This bundle contains everything you need to launch and keep the momentum going in your AP Language Synthesis unit. Each resource helps your students visualize their thinking, organize writing, and understand the process to producing a solid synthesis essay. Multiple scaffolds include writing organizers, writing stems, and visual cue cards to understand the essay writing process. This bundle contains two project-based learning experiences, each of 5-10 class periods, that combine skills for both
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Justice and the Death Penalty PBL Project; Frankenstein or Just Mercy Project
If you are looking for a new PBL project that has students investigate issues with the justice system and the death penalty, this is it! This project can easily connect with the novels Frankenstein or Just Mercy but can also stand alone! With this project, students will begin by reading a modernized article on Justine Moritz's (from Frankenstein) trial and then a follow up article long after her execution that shows she was innocent. This lays the foundation for their project! First, students wi
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10th - 12th
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Fourth Amendment | Students Rights In schools + Research Project & Presentations
This lesson creates meaningful learning for students as they learn how the 4th Amendment applies to them as students. Students are engaged as they analyze several court cases and explore interesting questions. For example, can schools implement a school wide urine drug test? Can school officials search your car, locker, cell phone, or other belongings? Students learn about how the 4th Amendment protects individuals against unreasonable searches by requiring state agents to obtain a warrant based
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9th - 12th
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AP Seminar Exam Handouts for Writing Components (IRR/IWA, EOC A/B)
This is a set of 6 handouts/anchor charts of strategies for responding to AP Seminar writing tasks (Individual Research Report, Individual Written Argument, End of Course Exam Part A, End of Course Exam Part B):IRR & IWA Introduction Strategies (Dissects the 6 parts of an IRR Introduction & IWA Introduction w/ descriptions and guiding questions)Common Research Question Stems(5 types of common stems -- “To what extent,” “Should,” “Does/Do,” “Is/Are,” & “When/How/What/Why” -- w/ implic
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9th - 12th
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Dystopia to Utopia: Problem-Based Learning Game
This is a problem-based learning game where students will not only learn about dystopias and utopias, but also conduct brief research and collaborate with each other.Problem-based learning activities are meant to be student-led and quite hands off for the teacher.Included in this product are the following:~ Brief pacing guide~ Member overview and application~ Dystopia journal and Utopia creation~ Individual member end-goals (with multiple graphic organizers for each)~ Four different problems~ Fi
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7th - 12th
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Dystopia to Utopia: Problem-Based Learning Game
This is a problem-based learning game where students will not only learn about dystopias and utopias, but they will also conduct brief research and collaborate in teams. Problem-based learning games are meant to be student-led and quite hands off for teachers.I did not use this game for a grade (though you could easily do so), so this game does NOT include a rubric.This game includes the following:~ A brief pacing guide~ Member descriptions and applications~ Dystopia and Utopia guidelines~ Indiv
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7th - 12th
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The Crucible Researched Speech Activity Comparing to McCarthyism
This research and formal speech activity is a great way to introduce your high school ELA students to Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible. The activity has your students investigate why the playwright chose the analogy comparing two historical crises in America. Students make connections between the Second Red Scare orchestrated by Joseph McCarthy in 1950s America and the Salem Witch Trials of the 1600s in New England. This researched formal speech activity requires students to research The Sec
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9th - 12th
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