Middle schoolers participate in Socratic seminar discussing a person's right to refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance.

Young scholars create a newspaper story based on the events that occur in the novel Holes. They recall the basic facts of Stanley's story using the 5 W's plus H. Students write a fact based news story based on the information presented...

Eighth graders complete a prewriting activity to gather information about themselves. They create a brochure using their prewriting activity that will introduce themselves to either a prospective employer or their freshman teachers.

Fifth graders investigate the concepts related to the endangerment of different animal species. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The skills of prediction are used to show the possible outcome of the extinction of a...

Seventh graders discover details about the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention. In this Kansas history lesson, 7th graders tackle civil rights concerns as they draft persuasive speeches to secure the rights of young voters in the state.

This lesson focuses on how to integrate source material using paraphrase and summary and the differences between the two. It also provides a practice exercise.

This lesson focuses on when to use paraphrase, summary, and quotation to integrate source material into your paper.

This lesson focuses on how to write a summary including strategies for annotation, paraphrasing the thesis statement, distinguishing major ideas from minor ones, and picking appropriate quotes. It also provides videos including "How to...

This lesson focuses on finding evidence to support your thesis, how to incorporate your findings into your own work, and how to effectively quote, paraphrase, and summarize your information. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.9, W.11-12.1b...

This lesson 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...