Curated OER
Knighthood and Chivalry
Students explore the Arthurian legends to determine the steps young men must take to become knights. After completing a series of academic tasks, students are dubbed "knights" in a classroom ceremony.
Curated OER
Remember When?
Learners work in cooperative groups to research life in a decade of the 20th century. Each group member writes a 7-10 page paper highlighting the social, political and cultural events and the group presents a Powerpoint presentation to...
Curated OER
ETHICAL USE OF THE INTERNET
Students investigate the use of the internet and how it should be used by students. The concepts of intellectual property and fair usage are covered. The author of resources is found by them through practice with finding small print...
Curated OER
Career Education
Young scholars participate in a lesson that focuses on the research of a chosen career field. They gather information from a variety of resources. The information is used to compose a research paper or powerpoint presentation.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: In Text Citations
This lesson focuses on in-text citations using MLA style and APA style with examples of each. General information is provided in text format including what in-text citations are, their purpose, when to use them, and what they look like....
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Madison: Documentation Styles
This is one of the more thorough reference tools on documentation styles. It covers the major style guides, including APSA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, CBE, and MLA. Numbered references are also explained. One section of links is devoted to...
Library of Congress
Loc: How to Cite Digitized Primary Sources
Learn from the Library of Congress how to correctly cite the many electronic resources available in their collection. Films, legal documents, photographs, maps, sound recordings and other unusual cases are covered. Be sure you click on...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Research Essay for the Turn of the Screw
This PDF lesson plan is for students to write a 5-7 page essay which uses research to support their stance on a topic. For this essay, the students will argue whether they believe the character of the Governess, from Henry James' The...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Career Plans
The project will consist of Internet research and Modern Language Association (MLA) style reports created in Microsoft Word. Each student will create their own report. This project will give learners an opportunity to increase their...