Lynn C.

Doyle
FRIT7234
Grades-3
rd
5
th
-Technology Class
Research Project-Biography of Important People in History
Mini-Lesson 1-Plagiarism

STANDARDS:

NETS-S
3B: Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize and ethically use information
from a variety of sources and media
5A: Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and
technology.
NETS-T
4A: Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information
and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the
appropriate documentation of sources.

Essential Questions:
How can I effectively and properly use information from web sources?

Instruction:
Explain to the students that they will use selected web sites to research
and do a biography on an important person in history
o Selected Web Sites:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
http://school.eb.com.proxygsu-
sscr.galileo.usg.edu/levels/elementary
http://www.notablebiographies.com
http://www.factmonster.com/
http://gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm

Discuss what information is needed to be included for their research and
introduce the list of important people in history by each grade level
Students will view the Plagiarism Brain Pop video-
http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/plagiarism/
Student Activities & Guidance:
Discuss and take a look at the FYI section in Brain Pop
o Real Life: A look at 3 recent cases of plagiarism
http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/plagiarism/fyi/
o Did You Know?
http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/plagiarism/fyi/
o In Depth
http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/plagiarism/fyi/
Have students work in groups of 2-4 to complete the Brain Pop Vocabulary
activity http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/plagiarism/activity/
Discuss and go over students responses to the Brain Pop Vocabulary
activity
Have students work in groups of 2-4 to complete the IDENTIFY IT Brain
Pop Activity-Plagiarized or Not Plagiarized
http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/plagiarism/activity/
Go over the IDENTIFY IT activity
Assessment:
Have students take the Brain Pop quiz
Go over the Brain Pop quiz
Conclusion:
Give students the Bio Cube Planning Sheet
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator
/media/planning_bio.pdf and have students choose a famous person in
history. Students may use the selected web sites in order to find out more
information about the person they are thinking about choosing
Explain that students will use the Bio Cube Planning Sheet graphic
organizer to prepare their biography




















Lynn C. Doyle
FRIT7234
Grades-3
rd
5
th
- Technology Class
Research Project-Biography of Important People in History
Mini-Lesson 2-Bio Cube Creator

STANDARDS:

NETS-S
3B: Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize and ethically use information
from a variety of sources and media
5A: Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and
technology.
NETS-T
4A: Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information
and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the
appropriate documentation of sources.

Essential Questions:
Where do you look to find information if you want to know the answer to
something?
How does the internet differ from other sources of information?

Instruction:
Review Research topic assignment-biography of an important person in history.
Use the TodaysMeet- https://todaysmeet.com/ to pose and begin discussing the
essential questions
Introduce the web sites students will use for researching their important person
in history.
o http://www.encyclopedia.com/
o http://school.eb.com.proxygsu-sscr.galileo.usg.edu/levels/elementary
o http://www.notablebiographies.com/
o http://www.factmonster.com/
o http://gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm
Review the Bio Cube Creator Graphic Organizer Planning Sheet and discuss what
each prompt means and is asking for. Students should add notes to each prompt
for further understanding of what each prompt is asking for
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/media
/planning_bio.pdf
Introduce the Bio Cube Creator and show an example of how to create and save
a Bio Cube for printing
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/

Student Activities & Guidance:
Guide students as they need help in researching their information, completing
their Bio Cube Graphic Organizer Planning Sheet and in creating their Bio Cube
Assessment
Bio Cube Graphic Organizer Planning Sheet
Bio Cube Creator-Print out their cube and assemble it
Conclusion:
Students should complete their Bio Cube Graphic Organizer Planning Sheet, Bio
Cube Creator & assembling their Bio Cube

















Lynn C. Doyle
FRIT7234
Grades-3
rd
5
th
- Technology Class
Research Project-Biography of Important People in History
Mini-Lesson 3-Citing Sources
STANDARDS:

NETS-S
3B: Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize and ethically use information
from a variety of sources and media
5A: Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and
technology.
NETS-T
4A: Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information
and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the
appropriate documentation of sources.

Essential Questions:
What are the ethics and responsibilities associated with the use of information?
What is the difference between citing work and plagiarism?

Instruction:
Review Research Project-Biography on Important People in History
Review Bio Cube Graphic Organizer Planning Sheet & Bio Cube Creator
Discuss last step in their Research Project: Citing Sources- which should be
completed on the back on their Bio Cube Graphic Organizer Planning Sheet
Student Activities & Guidance:
Students will view the Brain Pop video-Citing Sources
Students will take the Brain Pop Quiz
Go over the Brain Pop Quiz and discuss any questions students have
Introduce and teach students how to use EasyBib- http://www.easybib.com/
Give 3 example web sites for students to practice citing
Have students export their works cited to a word document to hand in
Go over the 3 examples on the whiteboard and have students check their works
cited word document
Discuss any information missing in their 3 examples and how to find and add any
missing information


Assessment:
3 examples of works cited word document from EasyBib
Conclusion:
Students should have completed: Bio Cube Graphic Organizer Planning Sheet
including their works cited on the back of the planning sheet, Bio Cube
Creator & assembling their Bio Cube