This lesson explains how to cite research sources, through in-text citations and a reference list. It references items and research topics from the 12-grade cornerstone project, When should people fight for change?
Prepare in Advance:
Ensure that technology is in place for individual research. Students should have access to their research sources (books, articles, websites, etc.). Both the teacher and students will also need a DCPL library card number to login to databases.
If a student does not have a library card, he/she can apply here.
DC Content Power Standards:
- 12.DC.10.2: Describe disturbances resulting from racial tensions.
- 12.DC.10.3: Explain how African American leaders resisted discrimination.
C3 Framework Indicators and Common Core Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies:
- D2.His.1.9-12: Evaluate how historical events and developments were shaped by unique circumstances of time and place as well as broader historical contexts.
- D2.His.14.9-12: Analyze multiple and complex causes and effects in the past.