Notetaking+and+Citations

=Lesson: Research Skills=

Goal:
Review skills in notetaking and citing sources prior to beginning research; share the resources available for the project. Lessons will be conducted using an interactive whiteboard to display web pages and graphic organizers.

Activities:

 * 1) Review previous work: Have students share some of the supporting questions that they had developed in the previous lesson and for homework.
 * 2) Demonstrate how to develop key words from the questions. Students will use their questions to develop their own key words. Have students share aloud some of their key words. Teacher will make suggestions for improvements, if necessary.
 * 3) Conduct a brief review of note taking - solicit suggestions from students. Make sure they cover the basic guidelines- use shorthand, write what you see and interpret later, and record all sources.
 * 4) Ask questions to guide a discussion of the importance of citing sources (e.g., Did you interview participants from the era? Did you find and read letters to discover what an individual was thinking? How would you feel if someone else took your work and put their name on it?)
 * 5) Demonstrate how to fill in the note taking graphic organizer ([|notetaking sheet.doc]) and show how to keep track of sources while recording notes..
 * 6) Fill in a citation sheet for a book and for a website ([|Works Cited Formatted Sheet.doc]) as an example. Then demonstrate how to generate citations online as an option for students. [|Noodlebib] or [|Citation generator] can be used.
 * 7) Show students where to locate the resources available for the project.
 * 8) Print resources: Books should be placed on a cart, select several examples to share. Remind students to use the index. Resources should include biographies, memoirs, collective biographies, non-fiction texts and reference books including specialty encyclopedias about the Holocaust and about the individuals on the list.
 * 9) Online resources: Show students the resource page on the wiki, demonstrate how to use the databases and other online services.
 * 10) Students will begin research. Teacher will check in with each student to look over questions and make sure they are using appropriate resources.

Assessment:
The research portion of the project will be assessed using the rubric for research.

Follow-up:
Over next two weeks, classes will use their Social Studies period to continue research. At the end of the day, students will record a journal entry about their progress on their individual page on the class blog.

Other activities:
One day a week will be used for an alternative activity, some of which are listed as synthesis activities on the lessons page. Other activities may include classroom discussions. Other activities may be posted on the class blog.