Research Essay Project Bundle: Evaluating Credible Sources, Essay Outline

SAVE 20% OFF every resource in this bundle intended for middle or high school teachers who want to teach a research essay to their students, and could use a little help with all the steps that go into teaching the research writing process. How this research essay bundle differs from others is that it provides you with ALL of the teaching activities necessary to make sure your students learn the research skills they need to be able to successfully craft a 5 paragraph research essay.

This bundle was intentionally designed with the needs of our students in mind: These activities guarantee that your students understand the difference between an academic journal and a video they saw on TikTok ;), students learn why they can’t use chatGPT in their essays, and they learn how to evaluate multimedia content such as how to determine the credibility of a YouTube video. Students learn about the difference between each website domain (.com, .edu, .gov., .net, etc). Plus, your students will gain a thorough understanding of when it is appropriate to use Wikipedia for research and when it is not!

This bundle will take your students through every step of the research process and will teach them how to: 

1. Evaluate and determine the credibility of an online source
2. Choose website platforms that align with their research goals 
3. Choose a specific and measurable research topic 
4. Create research questions to guide their research 
5. Gather and organize research for each body paragraph 
6. Create a strong thesis statement to guide their essay writing process
7. Create citations for a works cited page
8. Write a 5 paragraph research essay using a structured outline 
9. Organize their essays into final draft form, producing a high-quality research essay using credible sources.

Digital Resource: This bundle was designed on Google Docs. and is compatible with Google Classroom. All activities in this bundle are intended to be completed digitally. 

For all Subject Areas: This bundle was designed for a middle or high school English classroom but can be used with other subject area teachers who are teaching research writing such as in a science classroom. 

With this purchase, you will receive each of the following activities:

1. Credible Sources Reference Sheet 
2. Website Evaluation Activity: Evaluating Credible Sources
3. Identifying and Evaluating Credible Sources Quiz
4. List of 25 Websites: Credible Sources to Use for Research 
5. Research Graphic Organizer: Gathering Evidence & Thesis Statement Activity 
6. Step-by-step Research Outline Template with a graphic organizer, works cited page, final drafting doc, and rubric