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Research Process Lesson Plans
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Students examine perspectives for and against the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, develop a position on the embargo and articulate viewpoints in a public forum.
Students explore archeologists and anthropologists and the tools and methods they use to gather and interpret scientific evidence. They research current archaeological excavations and contact the scientists working at these digs.
Learners examine the role of archaeology in gaining information about past civilizations. After reading an article, they discover evidence of the Viking settlement of North America. They summarize the information in the article by making a map of their explorations. They evaluate the role of archaeology in an essay.
Students discuss their opinions of performing community service. After reading an article, they discover the different meanings that serving the community can give. They participate in a debate whether their school should require students to perform community service or not. They also write letters to school administrators stating their opinion.
Students explore how historians construct a story out of fragments of the past; a discussion of nineteenth century poetry and art leads students to connect art and literature to their place in time.
Young scholars listen to the vocalizations of several whale species and the sounds of distinct blue whale populations. They consider why different whale species make different sounds, and they'll explore the ways scientists are able to record these sounds.
Students analyze census data from 1915, 1967 and 2006. They read an article about how the world's population is growing at an alarming rate. They use primary source documents to create a timeline on the information they gathered. They write a diary entry from the point of view of an average American to complete the lesson.
Students participate in a simulated student exchange program assigned to live with a Muslin family in Damascus. They create a scrapbook of information from Internet resources about their experience, reflecting daily life, religion and culture.
Students explore different habitats. In this habitat lesson, students investigate four different habitats through participating in a WebQuest. Students create an animal web using Kidspiration or a video documentary upon completing the WebQuest.
Students research a pilgrim by name that travelled on the Mayflower. In this Mayflower lesson, students explore what life was like for a pilgrim on the Mayflower, then make a map of the journey and create a drawing of the ship.
