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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Research Paper

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students demonstrate a working knowledge of how to produce bibliography cards using MLA Documentation. They organize information from a variety of sources and credit sources for both quoted and paraphrased ideas.
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Website
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mla Bibliographies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on MLA style bibliographies; it offers a video lesson defining bibliography, explaining the difference between bibliography and works cited, giving general format information, listing what is included, and providing...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mla Style

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow lesson focuses on the MLA style including the following: first page format, general paper format, parenthetical citations format with examples, and works cited format including a sample.
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Website
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Research Paper Format

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on the format for an MLA style research paper. It offers a video which details the MLA style requirements including internal documentation and a bibliography. It also provides a slideshow outlining the basic...
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Handout
The Write Place

Literacy Education Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
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Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Justice and Injustice

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this self-guided unit, you will be exploring the themes of justice and injustice. Included are lessons, self-assessments, background information, and learning activities. At the end of the unit, you will follow the research process to...
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Handout
Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Introduction to Basic Legal Citation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Cornell University School of Law presents the citation method, taken from the sixteenth edition of the "Bluebook," for law documentation. In addition to general information, the site also provides links to related...
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Activity
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Making Source Cards

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A great resource for putting together all of a student's possible sources onto note cards for later using in citing.
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Research Process: Mla Documentation

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on MLA documentation including MLA paper formatting, Works Cited citations, and in-text citations. It includes multiple videos and a slide show, a practice activity, and a self-check.
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: How to Cite Digitized Primary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn from the Library of Congress how to correctly cite the many electronic resources available in their collection. Films, legal documents, photographs, maps, sound recordings and other unusual cases are covered. Be sure you click on...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Preparing to Write the Research Paper

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
This lesson introduces students to research materials in the library and electronic materials available through the Alabama Virtual Library(AVL). The instruction emphasizes "how-to-use" multi-volume encyclopedias, multi-volume reference...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Interpreting Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
After a study of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, students working in small groups conduct research and create a slideshow presentation that emphasizes key aspects of the play and/or new ideas generated by the play.
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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 students 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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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Life After High School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Life After High School is a career research assignment that gives students an opportunity to plan their career path after high school. Even if students deviate from their plan, they need to have a tentative idea that allows them to set...
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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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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...