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Common Core RI.9-10.5 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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Alcohol Lesson: How Alcohol Affects the Body Interactive Wheel Project
This interactive art project is a great way for your students to see how hard alcohol is on the growing body, how it affects the brain and body, what "alcohol poisoning" is, and more! >> Integrated Skills Based, Content Based / Knowledge Based. The best of both worlds.>> Meets HS/MS National Health Education Standards. >> Meets HS/MS Technical Subjects Health Common Core Standards.>> Meets Washington State’s rigorous Health Education Standards.Here is more about this reso
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6th - 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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Also included in:Â The Ultimate Crime Bundle- Criminals, Serial Podcast, Lizzie Borden, & MORE!
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
Social Injustice Argumentative Research Project Pack
Argumentative writing prompt which allows students to select, research, and present a sound argument on a social injustice, or social issue taking place today. The project pack includes the student packet which is editable along with a .pdf version outlining appropriate time frames and steps for students. This activity also requires students to give rational as to why they would like to research their given topic and the steps they will take to do so. An excellent way of getting High School stud
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9th - 12th
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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:Â American Literature: Transcendentalism, Poetry, and Short Stories
Autopsy: Age of Revolutions, Part I
The students will be looking into a specific Age of Revolution and will be researching major themes provided. The students will be depicting this through an autopsy project where the students will be drawing a person him/herself or someone from that time period with the themes surrounding the person. Students have autonomy on who they want to draw as long as it adds to the project. This assignment is created to be fun, creative, and most importantly… informative.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Autopsy: Age of Revolutions
Finding Credible Sources on the Internet- Slides & Activity for Google Drive
This slide presentation provides an overview of how to find and discern credible information on the internet and the importance of citing credible sources in academic papers and essays. Builds digital literacy with an activity for students to compare articles from two different websites using the CRAP method, independently or together as a class. (Completed activity included on final slide as a teacher time saver!)
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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ELA Informational Brochure Project, Informational Text Analysis & Essay Practice
Students find the informational text standards challenging and boring. This product engages students by allowing them to choose their own research topic, conduct research, analyze their selected informative texts, and construct informative (expository) paragraphs. This brochure can then be used as a basis for an expository essay.This product features:1. Instructions Checklist2. Research and Citation Guide Organizer3. Article Analysis Organizer with Standards-Aligned Questions4. Brochure Template
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8th - 12th
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Informative Research Writing with Unsolved Mysteries Worksheet Packet & Handouts
In this Unsolved Mysteries Research Essay Worksheet Packet with Handouts, your students will learn everything they need to know about the basics of research/informative writing in an easy-to-understand, interactive way! By using the topic of Unsolved Mysteries, students learn how to find credible sources, gather relevant information from multiple authors, properly use a quotation and SO many more skills all while getting to the bottom of a mystery that interests them! Students will love choosing
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7th - 12th
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer Research Project for High School
Facilitate the process of investigating relevant topics, documenting information gathered, and delivering formal speeches with this low-prep, standards-based research project to complement Susan Beth Pfeffer's dystopian novel The Dead and the Gone, the sequel to Life As We Knew It. The focus of the project is natural and human-influenced disasters, covering twenty topics including the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, the flu pandemic of 1918, the tri-state tornado outbreak of 1925, the Fukushim
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â The Dead and the Gone Quiz, Close Reading, Research Project, and Test Bundle
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer Research Project for Google Drive
Facilitate the process of investigating relevant topics, documenting information gathered, and delivering formal speeches with this low-prep, standards-based research project to complement Susan Beth Pfeffer's dystopian novel The Dead and the Gone, the sequel to Life As We Knew It. The focus of the project is natural and human-influenced disasters, covering twenty topics including the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, the flu pandemic of 1918, the tri-state tornado outbreak of 1925, the Fukushi
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6th - 12th
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Revolutionary Bundle: Founding Figures, American Revolutionary Era, Literature
Teach students about the famous speeches, literature, and poetry of the founding era with this founding figures, American revolutionary era literature bundle. Everything your students need to analyze documents and speeches from George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Phillis Wheatley, and Patrick Henry is included in this two-week revolutionary era bundle. For example, students can learn to analyze the ethos, pathos, and logos of Henry's "Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!" speech and compare its
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9th - 12th
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American Dream Introduction
This is the webquest I use to create a "Roadmap to the American Dream." Most of my students have heard the term, but aren't able to clearly define what they believe the American Dream actually consists of today. We look at how it has changed over time, and create a working definition for our class. This webquest includes a video, social media references, several articles, and writing activities for students to complete.
This activity includes:
-A teacher note and lesson plan.
-Video and
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8th - 12th
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16 Writing Prompts for Current Issues in Chemistry
It is the responsibility of all teachers to incorporate reading and writing into their content. But this can be a scary task. Where do you start?This download links to 18 documents to support chemistry teachers in this important role. Each one of these documents is a Google doc which is easily edited and customized to an individual classroom teacher's needs. Additionally, students can complete and submit these using any LMS platform and reduce the paperwork headache.The following is included.1.
In the Dark: Season 2, Ep. 1-4 Op-Ed Writing Assignment PDF or Digital Option
In the Dark podcast is the perfect informational text to pair with an op-ed writing assignment because students always have such strong opinions about the topics discussed on the podcast. The podcast focuses on the trials of Curtis Flowers, the alleged murderer of four Tardy Furniture employees in July 1996. Even though the murders happened in 1996, the trials have been ongoing from 1997 to present day. Six trials so far, and always with Curtis Flowers as the defendant and DA Doug Evans as the p
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9th - 12th
Also included in:Â Mega Podcast Bundle
Autopsy: The New World, Part I
The students will be looking into a specific New World Colony and will be researching major themes provided. The students will be depicting this through an autopsy project where the students will be drawing a person him/herself or someone from that time period with the themes surrounding the person. Students have autonomy on who they want to draw as long as it adds to the project. This assignment is created to be fun, creative, and most importantly… informative. The students will be looking int
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Autopsy: The New World
"Montgomery Boycott" Analysis
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a peaceful protest against the city's segregated public transportation system. It lasted 381 days until the Supreme Court declared segregation on buses unconstitutional.Students will analyze this memoir by Coretta Scott King by exploring the historical context, word choice, distinguishing fact versus opinion, making inferences, and determining central ideas and themes. Students will be required to do independent research to understand the questions in the graphic o
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Short Stories: The Ultimate Bundle
Halloween Research Project and Speech Materials for High School ELA (Google)
Complement a unit on Gothic fiction and embrace the harvest season with this low-prep, standards-based research project addressing 33 topics directly and indirectly related to Halloween: ancient celebrations, holidays, and practices (Samhain, Lemuria, guising, souling, and more); more recent traditions (Guy Fawkes Night, the history of trick-or-treating, and the history of pumpkin carving); myths, legends, and superstitions (Jack O'Lantern, the Beast of Bray Road, Mothman, and more); medical con
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9th - 12th
Précis Assignment for Literary Criticism and Research Writing
Précis assignments are a valuable way for students to learn about literary works and to develop their critical thinking skills. By writing a précis, students are forced to think carefully about the work and to identify the key elements that contribute to its meaning. This process can help students to better understand and appreciate literary works and find research to use in projects and essays.In this assignment, students will:1. Research a literary criticism about a novel or book of study. 2
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Thanksgiving ELA Activity: Nonfiction Gratitude Study
This lesson is PERFECT to integrate into an ELA classroom to teach students how to analyze nonfiction and tie into the themes of gratitude and thankfulness before Thanksgiving! This product includes: A Google Slides PowerPoint that acts as your lesson plan, listing the duration, learning targets, and Common Core Standards for this lesson. It also provides a step by step breakdown for how I taught it to my 10th grade students! A PDF comprehension sheet for the TED Talk called "Want to be Happy? B
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â ELA Fall Seasonal Resources Bundle: Autumn, Halloween and Thanksgiving!
Civil Disobedience Synthesis Essay
A perfect assessment for English or social studies teachers who want to delve into civil disobedience, this synthesis essay compilation provides a prompt, rubric, tips for writing, a fill-in chart, a brainstorming activity, and an answer key. A list of articles and videos that examine the topic are delineated in this handout as well. This all-in-one, seven-page worksheet is a complement and supplement to the study of the Romantic Period as well as to the examination of individuals who have mad
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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9/11 September 11 Activities Gr. 9-12
This packet is complete with activities honoring 9/11 for older students. What better way to encourage students to reflect on what 9/11 means to them?
This packet includes three articles about the 9/11 attacks and seven songs written about 9/11 with accompanying reflection worksheets. Teacher can choose from the articles as well as seven lyrics from popular musicians ranging from Leonard Cohen, Beastie Boys and Bon Jovi to Toby Keith, Darryl Worley and dc Talk. The Toby Keith and Darryl Worley
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Identifying Bias in Research Mini Lesson | Argument Writing | Reading Nonfiction
This short Google Slide mini-lesson is dedicated to helping your students identify bias in their research as they work toward gathering evidence to write an argument based essay. This lesson works best if students know how to find reliable (if somewhat biased) information on the Internet.The entire lesson is Peardeck ready, but if you don't have peardeck, you can easily convert it in Nearpod or just have students answer the ol' fashioned way! It covers these three main sub-topics in regards to d
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6th - 10th
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