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  • Reading CCSS for H/SS 6-8
    • RH.6-8.1 Cite Specific Textual Evidence
    • RH.6-8.2 Determine the Central Idea and Summarize
    • RH.6-8.3 Identify Key Steps in a Process
    • RH.6-8.4 Determine the Meaning of Words and Phrases
    • RH.6-8.5 Determine Text Structure
    • 6-8.6 Identify Author's Point of View and Purpose
    • RH.6-8.7 Integrate Visual Information
    • RH.6-8.8 Distinguish Fact, Opinion, and Reasoned Judgment
    • RH.6-8.9 Analyze Primary vs. Secondary Source
    • RH.6-8.10 Read Grade-Appropriate Texts
  • Writing CCSS for H/SS 6-8
    • WHST.6-8.1 Write Arguments
    • WHST.6-8.2 Write Informative/Explanatory Texts
    • WHST.6-8.4 Write with Development, Organization, and Style
    • WHST.6-8.5 Planning, Revising, Editing, And Rewriting
    • WHST.6-8.6 Produce and Publish Writing With Technology
    • WHST.6-8.7 Conduct Short Research Projects
    • WHST.6-8.8 Gather Relevant Information
    • WHST.6-8.9 Draw Evidence From Informational Texts
    • WHST.6-8.10 Write Routinely
  • Speaking/Listening CCSS for 6-8
    • CCSS.ELA.SL.6-8.1 Collaborative Discussions
    • CCSS.ELA.SL.6-8.2 Interpret/Analyze Diverse Media
    • CCSS.ELA.SL.6-8.3 Delineate Speaker's Argument and Claims
    • CCSS.ELA.SL.6-8.4 Present Claims and Findings
    • CCSS.ELA.SL.6-8.5 Include Multimedia and Visual Components
    • CCSS.ELA.SL.6-8.6 Adapt Speech to Context and Task
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.

Research Project Ideas
  • Lesson on Choosing a Research Topic and Writing a Research Paper
  • Lesson on Motown's Impact on the Civil Rights Movement (PBS)
  • Lesson on "Heroes Around Us" (ReadWriteThink)
  • Lesson on Unsolved Mysteries (NYLearns.org)
  • How to Conduct Historical Research (PBS)
  • Great List of Research Strategies and Links
  • Ideas for Short Research Projects
  • Research Organizer - Steps Broken Down
  • Research Projects in Eight Steps
  • History Research Paper Suggested Topics and Resources
  • Eight Steps of Historical Research
  • History Labs for Historical Inquiry
  • Guidelines for Inquiry-Based Learning
  • Inquiry Lessons (Teachinghistory.org)
  • Inquiry-Based Learning in Social Studies
  • Passion Projects

Generating Great Research Questions
  • Teaching Students to Develop Historical Questions for Research Papers (Teachinghistory.org)
  • Formulating Good Research Questions
  • Middle School Research Models with Essential Questions
  • Student-Generated Questions for Research Projects
  • Use the ThinkTank tool to Develop Research Questions
  • Developing Overarching Questions for Research
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