Today classes submitted papers research papers to Canvas. If you were absent, please submit under "Teen Activist Research #1" on Canvas.
All classes are currently in the Teen Activist Research Unit, and they are at various points in starting their research. Students were put into "coalition groups" today and also paired with a research partner. They began to explore how to decipher between reliable and unreliable sites. Research will be done mostly online, and I am hoping to do the online research mostly at school.
With that being said, students were reminded that their history on school computers can be tracked. Also, remember that histories at school cannot be erased. Don't let being caught happen to you; you don't have time to lose computer privileges.
H/W:
P. 1: Come in tomorrow with your Trail of Research. We practiced this in class. Here is a reminder for the format:
1. Write your first chosen topic (that you wrote on the index card)
2. Write the activist
3. Answer: What is the most important idea to teach about this activist? What was their
activist platform?
4. How did they expose the problem? How did he/she make the public aware of the
problem?
5. How did the public respond? How was the problem solved?
P. 5:
- Look at the "Text Set" on Canvas (under Modules) and review what you think my be valid and invalid resources. Make a t-chart and name the sites that are unreliable, and those that are reliable. Just do this for your chosen topic.
- Make a Trail of Research for your chosen topic. Be ready to share it with your partner.
P. 2, 3, 6:
- Look at the "Text Set" on Canvas (under Modules) and review what you think my be valid and invalid resources. Make a t-chart and name the sites that are unreliable, and those that are reliable. Just do this for your chosen topic.
- Research valid websites for your chosen topic. Look at your Trail of Research, and try to find valid articles, text, videos that would support those subtopics. You and your partner may want to make a shared folder. Think about the chapters you want to include in your book.
Remember Hat Day on Friday! It is for a great cause!
Thank you!
