Scholarly Research

Do your students need help defining, understanding, and identifying academic, scholarly research sources? This 16 page easy-to-follow lesson includes:

Discussion/Reflection on where students search for sources
What is scholarly research? (An Overview)
Table of Other Kinds of Sources: Popular, Trade, News & Opinion
Activity for Kinds of Resources
Types of Research Resources: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
Activity for Types of Research Resources
Where to Locate Scholarly Research
How to Know if Your Research can be Used
Using Wikipedia--Yes or No?
Evaluating Wikipedia Bibliographies
Research Sources Checklist

Great for learning how to categorize and define scholarly research sources! Use with upper level, AP, dual credit, homeschool, college level students, and flipped classrooms. 16 pages.