Lynn C. DoyleFRIT7234Grades-3rd 5th-Technology ClassResearch Project-Biography of Important People in HistoryMini-Lesson 1-Plagiarism

STANDARDS:

NETS-S 3B: Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media 5A: Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology.NETS-T 4A: Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.

Essential Questions: How can I effectively and properly use information from web sources?

Instruction: Explain to the students that they will use selected web sites to research and do a biography on an important person in history Selected Web Sites: All web sites will be linked to my teacher web page that my students use on a daily basis http://www.encyclopedia.com/ http://school.eb.com.proxygsu-sscr.galileo.usg.edu/levels/elementary http://www.notablebiographies.com http://www.factmonster.com/ http://gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm

Discuss what information is needed to be included for their research and introduce the list of important people in history by each grade level Students will view the Plagiarism Brain Pop video- http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/plagiarism/Student Activities & Guidance: Discuss and take a look at the FYI section in Brain Pop Real Life: A look at 3 recent cases of plagiarism http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/plagiarism/fyi/ Did You Know? http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/plagiarism/fyi/ In Depth http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/plagiarism/fyi/ Have students work in groups of 2-4 to complete the Brain Pop Vocabulary activity http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/plagiarism/activity/ Discuss and go over students responses to the Brain Pop Vocabulary activity Have students work in groups of 2-4 to complete the IDENTIFY IT Brain Pop Activity-Plagiarized or Not Plagiarized http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/plagiarism/activity/ Go over the IDENTIFY IT activityAssessment: Have students take the Brain Pop quiz Go over the Brain Pop quizConclusion: Give students the Bio Cube Planning Sheet http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/media/planning_bio.pdf and have students choose a famous person in history. Students may use the selected web sites in order to find out more information about the person they are thinking about choosing Explain that students will use the Bio Cube Planning Sheet graphic organizer to prepare their biography All web sites will be linked to my teacher web page that my students use on a daily basis

Lynn C. DoyleFRIT7234Grades-3rd 5th- Technology ClassResearch Project-Biography of Important People in HistoryMini-Lesson 2-Bio Cube Creator

STANDARDS:

NETS-S 3B: Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media 5A: Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology.NETS-T 4A: Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.

Essential Questions: Where do you look to find information if you want to know the answer to something? How does the internet differ from other sources of information?

Instruction: Review Research topic assignment-biography of an important person in history. Use the TodaysMeet- https://todaysmeet.com/ to pose and begin discussing the essential questions Introduce the web sites students will use for researching their important person in history. http://www.encyclopedia.com/ http://school.eb.com.proxygsu-sscr.galileo.usg.edu/levels/elementary http://www.notablebiographies.com/ http://www.factmonster.com/ http://gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm Review the Bio Cube Creator Graphic Organizer Planning Sheet and discuss what each prompt means and is asking for. Students should add notes to each prompt for further understanding of what each prompt is asking for http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/media/planning_bio.pdf Introduce the Bio Cube Creator and show an example of how to create and save a Bio Cube for printing http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/

Student Activities & Guidance: Guide students as they need help in researching their information, completing their Bio Cube Graphic Organizer Planning Sheet and in creating their Bio CubeAssessment Bio Cube Graphic Organizer Planning Sheet Bio Cube Creator-Print out their cube and assemble itConclusion: Students should complete their Bio Cube Graphic Organizer Planning Sheet, Bio Cube Creator & assembling their Bio Cube All web sites will be linked to my teacher web page that my students use on a daily basis

Lynn C. DoyleFRIT7234Grades-3rd 5th- Technology ClassResearch Project-Biography of Important People in HistoryMini-Lesson 3-Citing SourcesSTANDARDS:

NETS-S 3B: Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media 5A: Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology.

NETS-T 4A: Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.

Essential Questions: What are the ethics and responsibilities associated with the use of information? What is the difference between citing work and plagiarism?

Instruction: Review Research Project-Biography on Important People in History Review Bio Cube Graphic Organizer Planning Sheet & Bio Cube Creator Discuss last step in their Research Project: Citing Sources- which should be completed on the back on their Bio Cube Graphic Organizer Planning SheetStudent Activities & Guidance: Students will view the Brain Pop video-Citing Sources Students will take the Brain Pop Quiz Go over the Brain Pop Quiz and discuss any questions students have Introduce and teach students how to use EasyBib- http://www.easybib.com/ Give 3 example web sites for students to practice citing Have students export their works cited to a word document to hand in Go over the 3 examples on the whiteboard and have students check their works cited word document Discuss any information missing in their 3 examples and how to find and add any missing information

Assessment: 3 examples of works cited word document from EasyBibConclusion: Students should have completed: Bio Cube Graphic Organizer Planning Sheet including their works cited on the back of the planning sheet, Bio Cube Creator & assembling their Bio Cube All web sites will be linked to my teacher web page that my students use on a daily basis