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First Thanksgiving Meal

For Students 4th - 5th Standards

Cranberries, oysters, lobster, deer, and cabbage were just a few of the foods found on the table at the First Thanksgiving. After reading a two-page passage about the historic meal, class members respond to 10 reading...

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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Building Credibility Through Source Integration

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

Well-integrated sources build credibility in several ways: Source material adds evidence and support to your argument, the signal phrase highlights the reputation and qualifications of the source, and effective citation makes it easy for...

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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Determining Validity and Reliability of Sources

For Students 10th - 12th Standards

This lesson will help students decide which sources are valid and reliable for supporting a thesis. It discusses how to evaluate books, articles, websites, and more.

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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Source: Resources for Teaching American History: Primary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

A varied collection of primary resources from American history. They include portraits, banknotes, artifacts, newspaper items, paintings, and illustrations.

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Florida State University

Florida State University: Light and Color: Sources of Visible Light

For Students 9th - 10th

This site discusses primary lighting sources and gives information on the different properties and spectral characteristics of each. Also includes links to some interactive Java applets.

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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Finding and Evaluating Research Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This lesson focuses on how to find, evaluate, and use primary and secondary sources using printed and online sources. It provides practice writing activities such as examining the same topic through primary and secondary sources and...

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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Evaluating Sources: Scholarly vs. Non Scholarly Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This lesson focuses on types of sources including scholarly vs. non-scholarly sources and print, online, and multimedia.

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Lumen: Evaluating Sources: Craap Analysis of Print Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This lesson focuses on evaluating print sources using CRAAP Analysis: Currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose. A practice exercise is included. W.9-10.8 Sources

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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Research Process: Source Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This activity focuses on how to analyze sources using the C.R.A.A.P. method, how to integrate sources into your paper, and how to synthesize information from multiple sources. It provides three videos: "Researching 101: Evaluating...

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Energy4Me

Energy4me: Energy Sources of the World [Ppt]

For Students 9th - 10th

Learn about the many different energy resources available from our Earth. Find out the pros and cons of each type: both renewable and nonrenewable.

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NOAA

Noaa: National Ocean Service Education: Nonpoint Source Pollution

For Students 9th - 10th

Illustrated tutorial explains nonpoint source pollution and its role in the health of the environment. Students learn about different sources of pollution and how these pollutants contaminate the land, air, and water. Click on the links...

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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Using Sources: Building Credibility Through Source Integration

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This lesson plan focuses on building credibility by properly integrating source materials. It discusses three ways of improving credibility through integration, provides an example, and a practice exercise. SL.9-10.2 eval & integrate...

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Sophia Learning

Sophia: How to Choose Credible Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This tutorial focuses on choosing credible sources for a research project. It offers two versions of a slideshow: a non-audio slideshow and an audio slideshow which explains the information as it is shown. They each define terms, offer...

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

The National Academies: Renewable Sources: Geothermal

For Students 9th - 10th

Geothermal energy is being used today on a small scale but is an appealing alternative to other sources of energy as it has little impact on the environment. This source of energy and how we are harnessing it are described here.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

The National Academies: Renewable Sources: Wind

For Students 9th - 10th

The status of wind energy production in the United States is described, with the advantages and disadvantages of this alternative energy source.

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W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton: The Research Essay: Integrating Source Material Into the Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

Information about integrating source material into an research essay. SL.11-12.2 Eval&Integrate sources

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iCivics

I Civics: Sources of Law

For Teachers 9th - 10th

This lesson teaches students about the sources, types, and unique systems of law that exist in the United States. They learn about sources of law from the Constitution to local ordinances and also compare and contrast civil and criminal...

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W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company: Lit Web: Types and Functions of Secondary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

Information about secondary sources as they are used when writing a research essay.

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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Exploration of the Americas

For Students 9th - 10th

This collection uses primary sources to explain the early exploration of the Americas.

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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Chicago Tribune Cartoons

For Students 9th - 10th

The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...

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