Level: 8th grade
Length: Nine weeks
Description: Research 8 provides students with a thorough introduction to the research process, teaching them the most efficient and productive ways to find, evaluate, and properly use source material. Students determine the trustworthiness of a variety of sources, utilize the wealth of information resources available to researchers, and develop an understanding of responsibly citing and using academic sources. Students then learn how to compile the results of their research into an original product with proper credit given to all sources.