Research Skills Tutorials
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6th Grade Skills
Explore
What is a Research Question
Develop Background Knowledge to define a topic
Create supporting questions for further research
7th Grade Skills
Explore
Deconstruct a Research Question
Develop Background Knowledge to
take a stance/develop a working claim
Create supporting questions for further research
8th Grade Skills
Explore
Deconstruct more complex research question
Develop Background Knowledge and Historical context to take a stance/develop a working claim
Create supporting questions for further research
Writing Supporting Research Questions (5 mins)
Using Keywords in Books (3 mins)
(same process for searching online)6th Grade Skills
Understand
Develop keywords for research
Search Skills:
Choose sources from , Navigation of print and digital sources, evaluation of sources - is it useful and relevant?
Taking Notes: Basic Notetaking, Reflecting on notes and filling gaps.
Keep Track of Sources
7th Grade Skills
Understand
Develop, combine and adjust keywords for research
Search Skills: Choosing sources, Website Evaluation - ABCs
Taking notes: Paraphrasing, summaries.
Keep Track of Sources
8th Grade Skills
Understand
Develop, combine and adjust keywords for research
Search Skills: Academic sources, primary sources,
Taking notes:
Keep Track of Sources
Website Evaluation Lesson (11 mins)
Good Notetaking (4 mins)
Categorize and organize information
Make connections
Draw conclusions
Categorize and organize information
Make connections
Draw conclusions
Categorize and organize information
Make connections
Draw conclusions
What is a Database (3 mins)
How to Use a Gale Database (4 mins)
7th Grade Skills
Understanding a Complicated Essential Question - 3 mins
Developing Keywords Before AND During Research - 7 mins