This lesson explains how to use different resources to do research, including how libraries curate high-quality, relevant sources of information that include primary and secondary resources. It references items and research topics from the 5th-grade inquiry arc, What is the best way to promote change?
DC Content Power Standards:
- 5.DC.5.9 - Students describe the African American exodus from the segregated rural South to the urbanized North.
C3 Framework Indicators and Common Core Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies:
- D2.His.9.3-5. Summarize how different kinds of historical sources are used to explain events in the past.
- D2.His.10.3-5. Compare information provided by different historical sources about the past.