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Lesson 2: What are authoritative sources?

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teaches Common Core State Standards W.11-12.8 http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/11-12/8
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Lesson 2: What are authoritative sources?

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This lesson explains how to use different resources to do research, including how libraries curate authoritative sources of information that include primary and secondary resources.  It references items and research topics from the 12th-grade cornerstone project, When should people fight for change?

DC Content Power Standards:

  • 12.DC.10.3: Explain how African American leaders resisted discrimination.