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"I declare!"
Founding Fathers Sound Off on Contemporary American Issues

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Differentiation

Targeted Learning Styles and Preferences

Field Dependent

Field Independent

Global Understanding

Analytical Understanding

Active

Reflective

Visual

Auditory

Tactile

Kinesthetic

Have students use assistive tools in BCPS databases including labeled reading levels or lexiles, audio read-aloud features, and embedded dictionaries.

For differentiation purposes during Contemporary American Issues research, the Opposing Viewpoints: Critical Thinking database is more condensed, offering one overview article and two viewpoint articles.

 Student Resources

Research and Investigation Guides

Provides scaffolding to support student inquiry learning, including links to interactive tutorials and resources for each process step.

Secondary (6-12)
Information Literacy Process Model and
Interactive Research Guide

Suggested Time Frame
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  • Four 45-50 minute class periods in the Library Media Center/Computer Lab for research
  • Three class period(s) in the classroom for composing outline and argument research paper
  • One class period(s) in the classroom for Socratic Seminar

Notes to the Teacher

  • Collaborate with your School Library Media Specialist for integration of 21st Century skills instruction.
  • Students may use a variety of inquiry tools and strategies which are referenced throughout the online research model.
  • To facilitate the collaborative nature of this project, consider creating a project-based wiki or using another Web 2.0 tool (VoiceThread, MindMeister, Groupsite.com, etc.) as a collaborative workspace. See your Library Media Specialist for help, or visit the BCPS Resource Wiki for Software, Assistive Technologies, Web 2.0 Tools, Digital Content, and Resources.

Alignment of Online Research Model with Lessons in Unit 2: A New Nation/American Revolution

Lessons Materials Online Research Model Steps
Lesson 12:

Research Writing Overview
Research Writing Rubric

Scenario
Assessments

Lesson 13: Research Writing Overview
Outline Template
Sample Outline

Create
Lesson 14:

Analysis of Devices in a Seminal Document

Explore
Lesson 15:

Sample Outline

 Create
Lesson 16:

Evaluating Sources

 Gather and Sort
Lesson 17:

Outline Template
Sample Outline

 Create
Lesson 18:

Revising for Ideas and Organization

 Create
Lesson 19: Socratic Seminar Guide
Socratic Seminar Rubric

Share
Assessments

Supplemental Teaching Resources

  • Safari Montage Videos:
  • BCPS Office of Library Information Services: Reference Desk, Resource Wiki
  • Teacher's Domain - search for digital media (free account).
  • Thinkport - interactive media, tools, lessons, and links from MPT.

magnifying glassEssential Question for Enduring Understanding

 How would a Founding Father respond to a contemporary American issue?

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Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
(MSDE)

RL.11.9 Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and early twentieth-century foundational works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same time period treat similar themes or topics.
RI.11.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text
RI.11.7 Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media or formats as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.
W.11.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics, or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
W.11.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
W.11.7 Conduct sustained research projects to synthesize multiple sources under investigation
W.11.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research
SL.11.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade 11-12 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
SL.11.3 Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis, and tone used.
SL.11.6 Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating a command of formal English when indicated and appropriate.
L.11.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

 

U.S.National Educational Technology Standards for Students (ISTE)

3. Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media

4. Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
b. Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project
c. Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions

U.S.Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
(AASL)

 1.1.2 Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning.
1.1.6 Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g., textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning.
2.1.3 Use strategies to draw conclusions from information and apply knowledge to curricular areas, real- world situations, and further investigations.
3.1.1 Conclude an inquiry- based research process by sharing new understandings and reflecting on the learning
3.1.3 Use writing and speaking skills to communicate new understandings effectively.

 

 



 Last updated: August 2012

Created by Kelly Ray, Library Media Specialist and Sarah McComb, Teacher & Library Media Intern

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