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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Independent Research Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will use the Internet to gather key facts using a variety of online resources and present their findings in a word processed paper in APA style.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: English Mentor: How to Write a Career Research Paper

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This structural design will guide learners in writing a career research paper from start to finish. They will gather information; cite sources MLA style; develop a thesis statement, outline, and paragraphs; and create a research paper...
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Handout
Other

Ryerson University: Library: Research Help Guide: Evaluate Your Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Resources to help students evaluate the materials they use in their research.
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Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Application Student Selected Task: Conduct Research

For Students 9th Standards
Conduct research to gather additional evidence to prepare to write.
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Activity
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Summarizing Research Sources

For Students 9th Standards
We will summarize the sources used in our research to establish our initial understanding.
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Handout
Other

Library Spot/style Guides

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This general page provides links to MLA Style, Elements of Style and Online Citation Styles. Also has reference desk and links to libraries.
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Handout
Other

How to Study: Ten Steps to a Good Research Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This webpage describes how to use index cards for writing a term paper or research paper, as well as other clear steps to follow to improve research writing.
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Apa Bibliography: General Format

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces how to format a bibliography in APA style.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Footnotes and Endnotes: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses footnotes and endnotes.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: In Text Citations: Lesson 7

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces in-text citations and how to embed them in text. It is 7 of 7 in the series titled "In-Text Citations."
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: How to Cite Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A twenty-part learning module on citing sources including links to pictures, text, activities, sites, and videos on plagiarism, note taking, MLA formatting, in-text citations, and citation websites.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Research Papers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Links to seventeen websites, videos, and activities to teach students how to write a strong research paper.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Evaluating Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A seven-part learning module with links to texts, videos, slides, and a quiz to use while learning how to evaluate research sources.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Research

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A nine-part learning module with links to images, texts, videos, websites, and more to teach students how to write a research paper.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Primary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module with twenty-three links to videos, texts, images, websites, texts, and a quiz about primary sources.
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Handout
Other

Concordia University: Documentation Guide: Apa

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Resource provides a good summary of APA (American Psychological Association) style, including several examples and guidelines for incorporating direct quotations into the text of a paper.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Paraphrasing and Bibliography

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart, students learn some basic strategies for writing a research report including how to paraphrase passages and create an accurate citation of sources used.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Research Resources

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart poses a series of questions to students asking them to select the appropriate resource source given the information in the questions.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Library Online

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart was created to help teach students about using the Winnebago online catalog system for finding research materials. It also explains the needed information for a proper bibliography.
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Article
Leaf Group

Classroom: How to Write a Research Paper Outline

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an article focusing on gathering research information including paper requirements, citation information, and content, and then completing note cards and an outline.
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Handout
Duke University

Duke Libraries: Citing Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource contains the basic citation information for articles from journals, articles from books, articles from databases, books, newspapers, government publications, and web sites. Students can click on one of theses publications...
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Article
FNO Press

From Now On: The Research Cycle, 2000

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Excellent site from From Now On for students who are assigned research papers and need to begin finding and reading material. Part of a book, the site gives information on questioning, evaluating, planning, gathering, sorting,...
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Article
Other

Unbc: Research Papers: The Steps [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This document provides information on various aspects of writing a research paper. This specific document outlines the steps in writing a research paper. This document is a PDF and requires Adobe Reader.
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Handout
Other

Plagiarism.org: How Do I Cite Sources?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Information and examples on how to cite sources, identify sources in the body of your paper, quote material, include long quotes, and list references in a bibliography, annotated bibliography, footnotes, or works cited page.