 1. Business items › Moving cars on the Road to Success › Topics, thesis statements, citations  2. Clue game  3. Continue to work on our projects

 SWBAT detect bias reliability in sources  SWBAT understand the significance of gathering multiple sources in order to get the whole story  SWBAT record sources properly  SWBAT identify the relevance (or lack of )in a source  SWBAT evaluate the significance of evidence  CLUE THE MOVIE! CLUE THE MOVIE!

 Role assignments! › Review role responsibilities  We need six volunteers: › Clue Searcher number 1 › Clue Searcher number 2 › Clue Searcher number 3 › Scribe Team 1 (whiteboard and marker) › Scribe Team 2 (whiteboard and marker)

 Suspects: › Ms. Davis › Ms. Lataille › Mr. Jones  Weapons: › Book › Spitball › Pencil  Locations: › Library › Cafeteria › Hallway With your teams (each side of the room will be a team!) please make a prediction of who has committed this crime! Choose one suspect, one weapon, and one location! Have the scribe record this prediction on a sheet of paper and hold on to it until the end of the game to see if you were right!

 As a class we are going to try to solve this Manchester mystery!  There are clues providing evidence from different sources around the room.  After we find each clue we will discuss the pros and cons of the evidence and sources it provides. › Clue searchers will retrieve the clues and read them aloud to the class. › Scribes will record the sources and evidence provided in each clue.

 A rumor started by a student around Manchester High School this week is that Mr. Jones was seen suspiciously walking around the library last Wednesday with a pencil in his hand.

 Source Reliability  Source biases

 To hear more about this mystery look towards to North Pole!

 According to half of the Social Studies teachers at Manchester High School Ms. Lataille has never seen the cafeteria.  Clue Searcher 1 please read aloud!

 Getting the whole story  Significance of getting multiple sources

 To hear more about this mystery what is opposite of black plus a rhyme with chord.

 The English teachers at Manchester High School were working in the library last week doing a project on Shakespeare and there was a big problem with spitballs.  Clue searcher 2 please read this aloud!

 Sorting through and picking out irrelevant sources and information

 To hear more about this mystery look to the teachers right, third row, second desk.

 Mr. Jones was heard accusing both Ms. Lataille and Ms. Davis of sneaking around in the hallways with pencils and books.  Clue searcher 3 please read this aloud!

 Why are proper citations, evidence, and sources significant?  How can we apply evidence to our topic or research question?

 To hear more about this mystery properly record each of the sources of these four clues in your teams and solve the mystery!  Use your scribes notes to review!  Then as a team record you choices for suspect, location, and weapon for this crime based on the evidence and sources! Let’s see which team will solve the mystery!

 If you wrote down “I don’t know”, for the first time, your are exactly right!  Why is this impossible?  Our evidence was not reliable, it was not thorough enough, it was not recorded properly, or it was irrelevant!

 What would we do now if we needed to solve this mystery? › What should you do with your project if your sources are not giving you the answer to your question?  Why is evidence, sources, and citations important to your research?  86f2c06I 86f2c06I

 Please take a few minutes to fill out this worksheet about our Clue game!  Then we will discuss as a class.

 Review handouts and research guides  Begins working on whatever you need to be for your project! › Topics › Thesis statements › Research › Organization