Wading Through the Web: Teaching Internet Research Strategies

Grade Levels

6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

Course, Subject

Related Academic Standards

Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g. visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

CC.1.4.4.S CC.1.4.4.S

Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research, applying grade-level reading standards for literature and informational texts.

CC.1.4.6.A CC.1.4.6.A

Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information clearly.

CC.1.4.6.S CC.1.4.6.S

Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research, applying grade-level reading standards for literature and literary nonfiction.

CC.1.4.6.U CC.1.4.6.U

Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting.

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Big Ideas

Information to gain or expand knowledge can be acquired through a variety of sources.

Purpose, topic and audience guide types of writing
Concepts

Informational sources have unique purposes.

Organization of information facilitates meaning.

Research is an inquiry based process.

Validity of information must be established.

Various types of writing are distinguished by their characteristics
Competencies

Differentiate between primary and secondary source material.

Identify characteristics of primary and secondary source materials.

Locate and select appropriate resource materials to achieve a research goal.

Locate and select the appropriate source materials to achieve a research goal.

Make distinctions about credibility, reliability, consistency, strengths and limitations of resources, including information gathered from web sites.

Make distinctions about the credibility and reliability of resources, including information gathered from web sites.

Organize and present information and data that support and illustrate inferences and conclusions drawn from research.

Organize and present information drawn from research.

Select a topic and develop a thesis/research question.

Summarize relevant information from source material to achieve a research goal.

Synthesize relevant information from source materials to achieve a research goal.

Write informational pieces, specific to a purpose and audience, which have a well developed main idea, includes cause and effect relationships or problem and solution, and contain precise language and specific detail, relevant graphics, and primary and secondary sources (e.g. letters, reports, instruction, essays, articles, interviews).

Description

Because the Internet contains a vast amount of information from reliable and unreliable sources, wading through all the material could prove to be overwhelming for students. Learning to view Internet sites with a critical eye will help students become more efficient and effective researchers.

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Wading Through the Web: Teaching Internet Research Strategies