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Steps for this Project
You
will follow the Research Cycle
as you work through this project. The steps are:
Questioning
Guiding
question: "How did natural resources affect the choices people made
in our local community?” In order to answer that question, you will
focus in on smaller questions to guide your planning and your
research.
Planning
Work
with your Notes Sheet. Decide
what jobs each team member will have.
Gathering
You will visit a number of web sites to gather information.
Sorting and Sifting
You have gathered a lot of information about your project. Now it is
time to arrange and rearrange the information to focus on what is important
to your project.
Synthesizing
What
decisions can you make, using the information you gathered? What
information do you still need to find?
Gather,
Sort, Sift, Synthesize
Repeat
these steps until you have all the information you need.
Evaluating
Does
your research support your decision? How well did you work as a team?
Reporting
Use your new understandings to write a persuasive letter to your Uncle
Cyrus .
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