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Standard: 4.1 Self-designed research provides insightful information, conclusions, and possible solutions.
Essential Questions - 21st Century Skills and Readiness Competencies (District): Evidence Outcomes (District):
1. How do you determine the credibility of an online source? a. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question
2. How can subjective viewpoints be used in research? (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the
3. Why is it important to recognize personal bias when researching? inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject,
demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
b. Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources,
using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each
source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the
text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and over reliance
on any one source and following a standard format for citation.
c. Evaluate and revise research questions for precision and clarity.
d. Evaluate quality, accuracy, and completeness of information and the bias,
credibility and reliability of the sources.
e. Document sources of quotations, paraphrases, and other information, using a
style sheet, such as that of the Modern Language Association (MLA) or the
American Psychological Association (APA).
f. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection,
and research.
g. Apply grades 11–12 Reading standards to literature (e.g., Demonstrate
knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century foundational
works of American literature, including how two or more texts from the same
period treat similar themes or topics).
h. Apply grades 11–12 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g., Delineate and
evaluate the reasoning in seminal U.S. texts, including the application of
constitutional principles and use of legal reasoning [e.g., in U.S. Supreme Court
Case majority opinions and dissents] and the premises, purposes, and arguments
in works of public advocacy, such as The Federalist or presidential addresses).
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