Tara+P.+Stage+1

=Tara Pelletier-Stage 1 Identify Desired Results = C1 Research Grade 6-8 Students propose and revise research questions, collect information from a wide variety of primary and/or secondary sources, and follow the conventions of documentation to communicate findings.
 * **Establish Goals:** **(G)** ||
 * Maine Learning Results: English Language Arts-C. Research using WWII content

Maine Learning Results: Social Studies- A. Applications of Social Studies Processes, Knowledge, and Skills A1 Researching and Developing Positions on Current Social Studies Issues Grade 6-8 World War II Students research, select, and present a position on a current social studies issue by proposing and revising research questions, and locating and selecting information from multiple and varied sources. ||

//What understandings are desired?//
•quality research has multiple sources involved. •summarizing and interpreting information is essential to research. ||
 * //Students will understand that:// **(U)** ||
 * •using information ethically and legally is important.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
•How does one select sources for quality research? •Why is summarizing and interpreting information important to research? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * •Why is it important to use information in an ethical and legal way?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
•Vocabulary(Primary Sources, Secondary Sources, Bibliography, Plagiarism) •Critical Detail(Note taking, what information is needed, credible source) || •Show how to use information ethically and legally. •Represent sources in their own words. •Decide what information to use. •Analyze sources for information. •Consider both primary and secondary sources for research. •Recognize credible sources. ||
 * //Students will know:// **(K)** || //Students will be able to:// **(S)** ||
 * •Terminology(Bibliography, Boolean phrases, periodicals, reference materials)


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**