This package includes graphic organizers, materials, and infographics to support students in grades 6-10 during research and inquiry. 

Tips and information about how to evaluate resources, both print and electronic. Includes information about source authority, purpose, objectivity, currency, completeness, and relevance. It includes a printable handout (top right)with questions to ask yourself and where to look for the answers. RI.11-12.7 Eval Different Media/format

Students read the renowned novel The Scarlet Letter, exploring and analyzing the themes of sin, compassion, and hypocrisy as they played out in seventeenth-century Puritan New England.

If you need help knowing where to start your research, or if you're a teacher looking for a way to help students understand the research process, this resource is terrific. Interactive tutorials on a number of topics offer review quizzes and visual demonstrations of concepts. Teachers will want to choose the non-uw librarians and teachers link for additional resources.

Questions to ask yourself when determining if a source is reliable. Discusses difference between primary and secondary source. List of reference sources and links to other sites that teach you how to evaluate sources. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7, SL.9-10.2 eval & integrate sources

Documenting Internet resources is becoming standardized. You'll find some of the basics here, plus links to more detailed guidelines now included in respected academic style guides. L.9-10.3a Standard Format, W.11-12.6 Technology, W.11-12.8 Sources/Integrate/Cite

This site by Virtual Salt offers a great deal of information on evaluating internet sources. Gives tips on what to look for when screening information for usefulness and reliability.

How can we communicate with civility online? When we talk about our personal beliefs and politics, passions can run high -- especially when we're online. These intense moments can often lead to tit-for-tat insults, or worse. But, if addressed calmly and coolly, they can be an opportunity to find common ground and deeper understanding. Teach students to keep disagreements civil so their ideas will be heard and so they can advocate for positive change. Approximately 55 mins.

LESSON OBJECTIVES: Define civil discourse and identify why it can be challenging on the internet. Analyze resources to identify the causes and effects of uncivil online discourse. Learn strategies for civil discourse and apply them to a scenario involving uncivil discourse.

This lesson goes over how to summarize a source for an annotated bibliography. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast [4:16] with the lesson's content. [4:16]