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Information Skills — Grade 8
Goal 4, Objective 4.03
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Literature Biography Project
- For this project, students will learn to develop the various processes used in researching and writing a biographical research paper, including brainstorming, notetaking, outlining, creating a bibliography, and writing the final draft. This project is designed to act as an independent study geared toward AG or Level 3 and Level 4 students, but each step in the research process can also be taught directly to students in the classroom.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills and English Language Arts)
- By Sandra Dail.
Lesson plans on the web
- Lewis and Clark: A Legacy to Remember
- Students design a memorial that illustrates the legacy of the Lewis and Clark expedition from a geographic perspective. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 and 8 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Nearsightedness
- This lesson gives students the opportunity to examine the nature of scientific research in the context of research pertaining to myopia, or nearsightedness. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills)
- Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Would you have helped out?
- Students will investigate the dangers faced by escaping slaves and their helpers on the Underground Railroad. Students consider whether they would have helped the escaping slaves. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies)
- Provider: National Geographic