I'm so excited for you!
Anyway, Thursday's class was all about getting through your research. If you were there on Thursday, you heard me explain how I'm going to be absent on Monday and Tuesday, but I explained what people should still be doing. People need to complete 4 CRAP tests for their claim and 4 CRAP tests for their question. Since I am not there to sign off on it, I would REALLY make sure you can trust your source so I don't come in on Wednesday and suddenly say "I don't trust 3 of the sources you're using". That would make you very frustrated. Again, here are some sites that are generally trustworthy for facts:
News
· National Public Radio – www.NPR.org
· The British Broadcasting Company – www.BBC.com
· The New York Times – www.nytimes.com
· Mother Jones – www.motherjones.com
· Reuters – www.reuters.com
· The Washington Post – www.washingtonpost.com
· The Associated Press – www.ap.org
· The Guardian UK – www.theguardian.com
Medical
· The Mayo Clinic – www.mayoclinic.org
· National Institute of Health – www.nih.gov
Informational
· The History Channel – www.history.com
· Public Broadcasting Service – www.pbs.org
· How stuff works – www.howstuffworks.com
Science and Technology
· National Geographic – www.nationalgeographic.com
· Scientific American – www.scientificamerican.com
· Wired Magazine – www.wired.com
I also explained that after students are done with their research, they should begin to write paragraphs to prove their claims. I gave out this guide to help students: