Standard 4: Researching

Using the case study, “Family Game Night: Fun or Fury?”, students will discuss the cause of conflict within the family that occurred throughout the night. They will research different types of conflict resolution strategies using valid and reliable digital resources. They will use the information gathered to work collaboratively to compare conflict resolution strategies and create a digital infographic with strategies they would recommend to the family to use to resolve their conflicts.

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Using the case study, “Dena’s Daycare,” students will discuss the best practices for learning environments and develop guidelines for establishing classroom activities, routines, and transitions. Students will discuss child development and collaborate to brainstorm ways to improve classroom activities, routines, and transitions.

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Using the case study, "Janet's Real Estate Success," students will identify examples of the skills required of a successful entrepreneur or small business owner and discuss what qualities of an entrepreneur or small business owner were most important to their success.

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Using the case study, Is the Customer Really Always Right, students will identify examples of ineffective workplace skills and brainstorm strategies to prevent similar incidents. They will conduct research to find a real-world example of a business with poor communication or customer service and use their knowledge to propose solutions to enhance customer satisfaction and prevent financial losses.

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Using the case study, "Energy Friendly Homes," students will work in small groups to research and analyze various home features and their impact on energy conservation. They will create a poster presentation to make a recommendation for which home a family should purchase.

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Using the case study, “Creating Sustainable Grocery Stores,” students will identify methods or practices of the conservation of natural resources within grocery store chains. Working with a partner, they will research an assigned sustainability recommendation (from the case study) and will develop a pitch to the company’s board of directors that will demonstrate specific methods or practices of conservation that address their assigned sustainability recommendation.

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Using the case study, Duck, Duck, Who? (resource #215700), students assume the role of a the team of lawyers, researching the difference between copyright infringement and fair use to map out their case, including the evidence they will present.

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Students will choose a career within the Education and Training Career Cluster to research. Student research will focus on training and education requirements for the career, the skills, abilities, and talents needed to be successful in the career and showcase a business or organization that employs individuals within the career. Students will compile their research as they create a poster presentation.

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Using the case study TOO MUCH TESTING?, the students will discuss value of playtesting games. They will continue to create a written strategic plan for their testing process (i.e., who should be in the test group, testing procedures & rules, questions for the playtesters about the game). A guide will be provided to them to help them outline each of these components. They will create the strategic plan as a team, so will be using digital tools as they share and create the plan.

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Using the case study, “What’s Next?”, students will conduct research to investigate the relationship between educational achievement and career choices/postsecondary options. Students will utilize digital tools to collaborate with their peers to summarize their findings and create a presentation.

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Using the case study, “Career Crossroads: Navigating the Path to Purpose,” students will explore various career clusters to gain insight into different industries and job roles, and ultimately make informed decisions about their future career paths.

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Students will complete a graphic organizer to record information from their online research on various technological inventions and innovations as an introduction to technology. After completing their research, students will reflect on the relationship between people and technology in this lesson plan.

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In groups, students will conduct additional online research and write a profile on the characteristics and responsibilities of two leaders. Students will design a slide for each leader’s profile to add to their leadership presentation in this lesson.

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In groups, students will conduct online research and complete a graphic organizer on the characteristics and responsibilities of leaders from various industries in this lesson.

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Students will explore and research populations living within a Florida ecosystem. Students will identify limiting factors that may pose a threat to native populations. Students will examine the goals of the Florida Forever Act, recognizing the government’s role in protecting lands, and relating the goals to limiting factors affecting wildlife populations in this integrated lesson plan.

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Students will research the three branches of government and analyze the importance of each branch’s responsibility. Students will also complete an unplugged evaluation of the logical flow of a step-by-step Scratch program by cutting up and rearranging printed code. This is the first lesson in a three-part integrated civics and computer science mini-unit.

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Students will research and review a landmark Supreme Court case, evaluate the effect the case had on society, and plan and create a political cartoon based on the case, in this integrated civics and visual arts lesson plan.

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This is Part II of III in a civics and computer science series on bias, propaganda and symbolism. In this lesson, students will be shown primary source political ads (both print and video) and will evaluate them for bias, symbolism, and propaganda. The students will then be asked to research past political ads themselves and find two examples of each (bias, symbolism, and propaganda).

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This lesson is part of a text unit for A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. Students will examine the meaning of citizenship, using the text and research. Students will examine the 14th Amendment and citizenship in Sudan and the 14th Amendment’s influence on individual actions and social interactions.

This resource uses a book that is on the Florida Department of Education's reading list. This book is not provided with this resource.

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In this lesson, students will research events related to and depicted in the informational text, Freedom Walkers, compiling their research on a timeline of events that occurred before, during, and after the Montgomery Bus Boycott in the 1950s. Students will examine the impact of two key amendments on the fight for equality in this integrated lesson plan.

This resource uses a book that is on the Florida Department of Education's reading list. This book is not provided with this resource.

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In this lesson plan, students will be introduced to international conflicts, examples of international conflicts in which the United States has been involved, and the various ways governments can respond to international conflicts. Students will break into small groups to research background information on the international conflict they have been assigned and to analyze primary sources related to their conflict. Students may present their findings at this point as part of a shorter lesson or can utilize different class periods to conduct deeper research. If the latter, students will produce a visual aid (presentation slide(s), poster, video, etc.) they will use to teach the class about their assigned conflict.

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In this lesson plan, students will learn about different international organizations in which the United States plays a role. Students will use different methods of media and communication to investigate benefits and drawbacks of international participation and persuade their classmates about impacts on the United States gained from participation in these international organizations.

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In this lesson plan, students will view and anaylze an image of Cicero giving an address to the Roman Senators using teacher led questions. Students will divide into groups to research the influences that Rome had on the creation of America’s constitutional republic. Finally, students will share their findings to the class through short presentations.

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Using the case study, “Suffering in Silence: The Effects of Cyberbullying”, students will identify elements of cyberbullying and the effects on both the victim and the bully. Students will research ways to respond to cyberbullying, ways to report it, and organizations that prevent/monitor cyberbullying. This research will be used to create a public service announcement (PSA) to inform the public about cyberbullying.

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This is lesson two in a three-part lesson series where students research and develop appropriate conflict resolution strategies to be applied in the workplace. In part one of the series, students researched conflict resolution and reviewed examples of both proper and improper workplace conflict resolution strategies. In this lesson, part two of the series, students use the research they conducted in part one to create a conflict resolution plan to use in the workplace. In part three of the series, students will be presented with a conflict and will need to use the plan they’ve created to resolve the conflict.

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In this four-part series, students will read informational texts in the form of brochures created by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. Students will work in groups to complete a graphic organizer to identify text features, determine the meaning of selected vocabulary, and compare central ideas. Students will also conduct research about Florida wildlife to create an original brochure with a variety of text features.

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This is part three of a three-part lesson on child soldiers. In this lesson, students will conduct research and write a formal paper on child soldiers. Students will learn about primary and secondary sources and how to determine the credibility of their sources. The teacher will provide support on how students should record their citations and how to take notes on note cards.

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This lesson combines many objectives for seventh grade students. Its goal is for students to create and carry out an investigation about student backpack mass. Students will develop a conclusion based on statistical and graphical analysis.

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Students will explore their understanding of human impacts on the environment, then relate it to how we must reuse, reduce, recycle. Next students will conduct a survey on recycling habits, create data displays using their collected data, draw conclusions, and present group's findings to the class.

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In this lesson, students will conduct research using informational texts to answer a question related to the invasion of lionfish in the Gulf of Mexico. Students will work to analyze how the use of text features convey purpose in text. A research graphic organizer for research and text features cards have been included with the lesson.

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Students will discuss various ways to get involved in their community and will research current organizations and their roles in supporting community needs. Students will use their research to write a well-developed essay explaining the types of community organizations that are currently involved in supporting community needs and will determine how they might want to become involved.

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