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Curated OER

Creating An African Style Mask

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate the different types of African masks that are found using the internet to perform research. They draw four different images based on the images downloaded. Students must cite sources used using MLA formatting.
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Language Arts: Putting Together a Position Paper

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to identify the target audience for their writing. They are able to create an appropriate format for their papers. Students are able to focus on the developing clear arguments and supporting all key points with facts.
Lesson Plan
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The Research Report

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students brainstorm criteria for reliablility, currency, and accuracy of information. They research a given topic, write a research report then develop a bibliography of sources for the research report using the designated format.
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The Annotated Bibliography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers put sources into correct Modern Language Association (MLA)bibliographic format, and evaluate accuracy of information and research value of two articles through short written annotated bibliography for each.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

For Teachers 11th
Who would you love to see at your table? Groups research a decade, ranging from the 1840s to the 1960s, read a short story associated with that decade, and plan a dinner party, complete with table set-up and menu. After researching...
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Idea-Noun Definition: Source Searching

For Teachers 11th - 12th
A great idea for showing language arts pupils the universality of themes, even in the real world! Have class members choose an idea-noun (peace, justice, war, love, etc.) at the beginning of the year or semester. They complete weekly...
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University of Chicago

Comparing Modern and Ancient Ideas of Ethnicity and Identity

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Explore ethnicity and identity with a research and writing assignment. Class members conduct online research, looking in particular at images and carefully noting down their sources on notecards. They read about identity and compose...
Worksheet
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A Life in Freeze Frame

For Students 10th - 12th
In this reading project worksheet, students read a biography, autobiography, or memoir and think of the person's life as a movie. Students create a picture for scenes from that person's life. Students include a caption or explanation...
Worksheet
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Two-Digit Addition Problems With Regrouping

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math worksheet, students solve two-digit addition problems with regrouping. The worksheet includes a number line to help students solve the problems.
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Interdisciplinary Global Warming

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders are given a wide variety of earth science topics to choose from to write a report on. This lesson also has a scoring rubric imbedded in the plan. They utilize the internet and other sources to complete their research.
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Using Excel, the Internet, And Word To Create a Spreadsheet, Chart, And Instructions

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students improve data entry in a spreadsheet.
Lesson Plan
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States Research Project

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create an in-depth research report on a state. They conduct Internet research, write a comparison essay about New York State and their assigned state, create a 3-dimensional map, and develop a Powerpoint presentation.
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Ed Tech

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students access and evaluate authority of electronic resources. They synthesize data from multiple sources. Students compose a Works Consulted page. They prepare and deliver an informative speech on a disease or medical condition.
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What are the Issues?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders complete political analysis activities. In this political analysis instructional activity, 7th graders discuss party platforms and research party issues for their party's candidate's positions. Students complete an issues...
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Organization of Nations Project

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners research the priorities and needs of an assigned country. They come together and debate current events from the point of view of the country they are representing.
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Thoreau and those he influenced

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders work in groups and research assigned person using the internet and use print resources for DHS media center. They create a poster that shows possible connections to H.D. Thoreau's writings and philosophies, a short...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Technology and the World Around Us: Mla Format Review

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson is a review of the MLA Formatting Style including the heading and header, in-text citations, and a Works Cited Page. It provides links to Purdue Owl: "MLA Formatting and Style Guide" and EasyBib Citation Generator.
Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Mla Formatting and Style Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Extensive examination of the Modern Language Association (MLA) format of writing papers, making reference to the works of others, citations, and notes. W.9-10.8 Sources, L.9-10.3a Standard Format; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.8 Gather...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mla Format: Short Quotes

For Students 9th - 10th
A four-page printable document followed by a screencast lesson [5 mins, 17 secs] explaining how to format short quotations using MLA formatting.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Am Literary Time Periods and Mla Format: Works Cited Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the MLA format for a Works Cited Page. It includes links to a sample MLA Works Cited Page for a variety of types of sources and to the EasyBib Citation Generator website. It also provides a Works Cited practice...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mla Format: Long Quotes

For Students 9th - 10th
A three page printable document of notes followed by a screencast lesson [4 mins, 47 secs] explaining how to format long and short quotations using the MLA style.
Handout
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Mla Format: Documenting Sources for a Works Cited Page[pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Information and examples of how to cite sources from books, periodicals, and electronic sources for a Works Cited page in MLA format. Information and examples of MLA style parenthetical citations is also provided.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature Course Overview: Works Cited Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on how to do a Works Cited Page in MLA format. It provides links to an MLA Works Cited Page handout and a rubric. It explains the format, offers a puzzle with the format rules, and provides an assignment for students...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mla Bibliographies

For Students 9th - 10th
A fourteen-slide presentation followed by a series of four videos demonstrating how to create a bibliography for various sources using MLA formatting.