Research+Paper+Discussion

Research papers enable students to:


 * Develop organizational, research and writing skills
 * Explore a topic of specific personal interest in depth
 * Enhance problem solving skills especially in the acquisition of information
 * Assess the quality of sources and information
 * Become familiar with and practice formal citation techniques
 * Practice the use of primary and secondary sources in writing
 * Researching and writing a term paper introduces the student to the core of a historian's craft: formulating a problem, finding historical sources, and crafting a nuanced argument with a fetching narrative based upon a robust analysis of the sources.


 * Research Skills: Scope and Sequence **
 * 8th Grade
 * NHD experience (see website)
 * Thesis
 * Noodletools citation function (I'll check with Chuck)
 * 9th Grade
 * we can't assume that students have facility with Noodletools __going into__ 9th grade.
 * Students use noodletools for 2 assignments that require annotated bibliography
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; line-height: 19.09090805053711px;">10th Grade
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Currently 2 assignments that require use of research skills
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">citation when/how
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Noodletools [the goal will be to have students familar enough so that they can use noodletools in 11th grade]
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">citation
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">creation of notecards
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">outline function
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; line-height: 19.09090805053711px;">11th Grade
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; line-height: 19.09090805053711px;">12th Grade
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Optional--students who don't enroll in History Department won't have this opportunity to do research
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Not all electives require a research paper/project. However, there are other meaningful projects/activities.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Optional--students who don't enroll in History Department won't have this opportunity to do research
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Not all electives require a research paper/project. However, there are other meaningful projects/activities.