ResearchSkillsProject

=Research Skills=
 * Formulate a clear, well-focused question that requires high levels of thinking in order to research.
 * Gather and organize relevant information from multiple print and digital sources.
 * Select appropriate information by summarizing, paraphrasing, or selecting key words/phrases to quote.
 * Integrate the information while
 * avoiding plagiarism
 * over relying on any one source
 * Follow a standard format for citation.

=Reading Resources=
 * Use these as sources of information. You may find other information on your own if needed. **
 * [|The Middle Class Is Doing Just Fine, Thank You]--Article questioning whether only the rich can make it in America
 * [|Rethinking the American Dream]--Is the American Dream really endangered, or has it simply been misplaced?
 * [|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]--Are television game shows, lottery luck, and lucrative lawsuits the way to wealth?
 * [|Is the American Dream Dead?]--Are people losing faith in their ability to realize the American dream?
 * [|The American Dream Is Turning into The American Nightmare]--A Statistical Look at the American Dream
 * [|Check Out the American Dream]--An Editorial Cartoon
 * [|The American Dream]--Actors, authors, astronauts and others ponder the national promise
 * [|How the American Dream Has Been Battered]--A Series of Graphs
 * [|Economic Mobility and the American Dream]--An Opinion Poll
 * [|America's Poor: A Regional Look at Poverty]--An Interactive Map
 * [|Were You Born on the Wrong Continent?]--Germany's workers have higher productivity, shorter hours and greater quality of life. How did we get it so wrong?
 * The Mouth Where the Money Is--a column focusing on American work ethic.
 * With Mindset to Succeed and Strong Work Ethic, Hispanics Pursuing American Dream--an online journal article
 * Why Arkansas Business Leaders Say High Schools Need to Change--Results of research by Arkansas Department of Education
 * Lack of education, poor work ethic hurts Coweat--newspaper article

=Online Tools= [|A.nnotate.com]--a note taking tool [|EasyBib]--create your bibliography entries [|Persuasion Map]--graphic organizer to help you organize your ideas [|The Argument Paper]--online writing lab with tutorials for each step of writing your paper