Due Today (at a glance)

• Day One Handout now
• Log in to Noodle Tools or create an account
• Add project – Use Name, Event, and Date as project title
• Cite at least one source
• Begin documenting on the Day Two Handout the details found to support a main idea.
  • Know which source provided what detail.

To Do Today (in more detail)

Students will select the best of the three possible topics on the Day One Handout to research key details leading up to the event, during the actual day of the event, and the impacts of the event.  See the link below for specific guidelines for the compilation of research.

Day Two Handout – Is My Research Strong Enough

Students will also begin citing sources in Noodle Tools and documenting on the Day Two Handout key details supporting each main idea; paraphrase/bullet point the details below each main idea.  Tomorrow we will create note cards within Noodle Tools.  

See the link below and FOLLOW EXPLICITLY the directions to login and use Noodle Tools.

Noodle Tools Guide 2017

Students will begin researching to find a key event coinciding with day and month of the student’s birth.  Click here for specific instructions guiding the research process.

Avoid natural disasters and births/deaths of famous people.  Hunt events that are newsworthy.

Research Help

• Click “Media Center” from the menu above.
• Click Library/Destiny.
• Click the “Visual” tab.
• Click the “History” icon with the two flags.
• Click the “This Date in History” icon.

Use these six sites to brainstorm possible topics before completing today’s handout.

Mock quiz for Anthem – Students will learn through this quiz how strong their reading retention is after reading only the day before.  Students should use this as an evaluation of how much more time should be invested in order to create good imagery while reading that will improve recall.

Learning the process necessary to complete a research project begins today with an introduction and a mock run-through seeing an overview of the project.  We will make up the research to simulate the end result, but next week we will work toward the same end while learning to document real research along the way.

Prompt and Mock Research Organizational Chart for group work.