Synthesis

Multi-Colored Glasses: Higher Level Thinking and Synthesis Using Critical Lenses
August 15, 2012, Academic Diversity Institute, Fairfax County Public Schools, Hayfield Secondary School 

Relevant Resources & Links

Synthesizing
A PowerPoint from Horry County Schools on teaching synthesis skills.

A Visual Approach: Teaching Synthesis by Joy McGregor
School Library Monthly, May-June 2011

Databases for Differentiation
An FCPS Academic Diversity Institute presentation by Debby Pettit and Krissy Ronan. Use the tools provided to help with using the databases for differentiated instruction.

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Session Databases

• Gale Student Resources in Context 
  
• eLibrary 
  
• World Book Online
  

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To Kill a Mockingbird Lesson Resources
Most of these articles require a password outside of FCPS. Contact your FCPS library for access.

Marxism

• Marxist Criticism (1930s - present) - OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab
• Marxism Middle level (World Book Student)
• Karl Marx Lower level biography & ideas (World Book Kids)

Feminism

• Feminist Criticism (1960s - present) (OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab)
• Feminism Higher level article; provides history and evolution of feminist movement. (ABC-CLIO World History)
• Feminism Overviews (Middle level text, for background): World Book Student | Gale Kids InfoBits
• Timeline of Important Events Lower level (Gale Kids InfoBits)
  

Post-Colonialism

• Post-Colonial Criticism (1990s - present) - OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab