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Week 2 of 5

Research like a detective

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Session 1 · AUTHOR: Techniques

Source detective

  1. 10 minWho made it, when, why, and what evidence does it show? Model lateral reading: check who is behind a source in a new tab.
  2. 30 minResearch grid: find one piece of evidence for each reason (a fact or statistic, a graph, an expert or personal account). Record author, date and link.
  3. 10 minSwap grids. Your partner circles the least trustworthy source and says why.

Session 2 · AUTHOR: Techniques

Evidence and careful words

  1. 15 minModal language: 'likely', 'most', 'in many cases', 'the evidence suggests'. Rewrite three over-claims so they are accurate.
  2. 25 minDraft two body paragraphs using PEEL (Point, Evidence, Explain, Link). Label why each piece of evidence suits your decision-maker.
  3. 10 minKuaka asks one question about your strongest piece of evidence.

Getting started

Use the research grid with one source per reason and a list of teacher-checked starting sites.

Stretch

Turn a data source into a simple graph and write one sentence that says what it shows.

Checkpoint

Three reasons, each with recorded and checked evidence.

Activities for this week

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