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8th Grade US History- Treaty of Paris Spreading the News
 * Rosa Parks Middle School Media Center **

**First take a look at an actual newspaper printed during the Revolutionary War**
 * Note that this was created by Ben Franklin!

** Information Literacy Skills: **

 * ** Students will demonstrate the ability to locate and use information resources, equipment and other technologies effectively and efficiently. **
 * ** Students will demonstrate the ability to review, evaluate and select media. **
 * ** Students will demonstrate the ability to learn and apply reading, research and critical thinking skills to organize, and synthesize information in order to communicate new understanding. **
 * ** Students will cite the sources they used to gather information for this project. **

**// AGOPP Research Process //**
** is a research strategy designed to assist students as they seek answers to research based problems. The acronym, AGOPP, represents the five steps students would use to implement this strategy successfully. Any or all of the steps can be completed by individuals or by groups. **
 * A …..Ask Questions **
 * G …..Gather Information **
 * O …..Organize Information **
 * P …..Prepare/Produce Information **
 * P …..Present Information **

=__ A. Ask Questions __=

** What type of information do you need to find? **
=__ G. Gather Information __=

** Search for the information. **
**Online Subscription Databases (See Edline for the list of passwords & logins for home use)** **Treaty of Paris Information**
 * **Encyclopedia Britainnica Middle School can provide general information about a variety of topics. There will also be photos in this database.** || media type="custom" key="9215400" ||
 * **Encyclopedia Britainnica Academic can also provide general information about a variety of topics with different results from the Middle School Edition. There will also be photos in this database.** || media type="custom" key="11013848" ||

Loyalist Information
[] Definition of a loyalist and some information on what happened to them [] Information on who loyalist were [] Basic information on loyalist [] College level (for the highly motivated) [] []

Map Sites
[] [] [] [] []

=**__ O. Organize Information __**=

Analyze your notes, prepatre to create your article

Check you rubric to make sure you earn full individual and group points




 * __P. Produce your indidivual article__**

** Select the most important information **. __ P. Present __
 * Keep in mind that your content is worth 10 points, and the organization is worth 5 and style is worth 5 **
 * Create newspaper, keep in mind that layout, maps, and extras are all graded **
 * Evaluate your process and product. Check your rubric to be sure you have earned all possible group and individual points **
 * Mkae sure your work is origional **

For fun

[|Songs of the Revolution]
 * //According to Write for College, "Plagiarism is the presentation of another writer's ideas or words as if they were your own, without acknowledging the source" (297).//**

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