1. Digging deeper… Research

2. By the time you reach college you will be expected to advance from: Information Retrieval (collecting facts about what is already known) To Scholarly Research (adding new information and ideas to a topic)

3. Why Research??? Research leads to knowledge. Collecting facts. Asking questions about what has happened or what exists. Considering different perspectives and points of view. Stating your own opinion based on information you have gathered. Adding new information and conclusions based on study and factual information.

4. Plan Your Research

5. State Standards First: (22) Research/Research Plan. Students ask open-ended research questions and develop a plan for answering them. Task Definition

6. Next… (23) Research/Gathering Sources. Students determine, locate, and explore the full range of relevant sources addressing a research question and systematically record the information they gather. Information Seeking Strategies Location and Access

7. Then… (24) Research/Synthesizing Information. Students clarify research questions and evaluate and synthesize collected information. Use of Information

8. Next… (25) Research/Organizing and Presenting Ideas. Students organize and present their ideas and information according to the purpose of the research and their audience. Students are expected to synthesize the research into a written or an oral presentation. Synthesize

9. Finally Evaluate your product and the research process Evaluation

10. Person Event Birth/death infoDate/place Childhood/familyPeople involved EducationCause of event Important life eventsPurpose of event AccomplishmentsDescription of event Contributions to changeContributions to change Interesting factsInteresting facts BibliographyBibliography

11. Research Topics Anne Hutchinson James OglethorpeJohn RolfeAbigail Adams John Smith Lord BaltimoreRoger WilliamsBenedict Arnold William Penn Crispus AttucksEthan AllenBenjamin Franklin Eli Whitney John Paul JonesKing George IIIJohn Adams Patrick Henry Marquis de LafayetteSamuel AdamsPaul Revere Sons of Liberty Alexander HamiltonThomas PaineThomas Jefferson George Mason James MadisonJohn AdamsBenjamin Franklin John Jay Elizabeth Cady StantonPatrick HenryGeorge Washington Robert Fulton Frederick DouglassEdgar Allan PoeHarriet Tubman Abraham Lincoln Andrew JacksonAndrew JohnsonSusan B. Anthony Daniel Webster Dorothea DixGrimke SistersJamestown Pilgrims Seneca Falls ConventionPuritansSalem Witch Trials Erie Canal Hudson River School ActIndependence HallHouse of Burgess Great Awakening Temperance MovementBoston MassacreBoston Tea Party Federalists California Gold RushAnti-FederalistsTrail of Tears Freedman’s Bureau Harriet Beecher StoweHenry ClayHenry David Thoreau Horace Mann Wm. Tecumseh ShermanJohn BrownJohn C. Calhoun John Quincy Adams John James AudobonNat TurnerNathaniel Hawthorne Robert E. Lee Ralph Waldo EmersonSequoyahSojourner Truth Ulysses S. Grant Zachary TaylorPocahontasStonewall Jackson John Hancock William BradfordAaron BurrFrancis Scott Key John Marshall Lewis and ClarkSacagaweaJohn Wilkes Boothe