| Foreword | xi |
| Acknowledgments | xiii |
1 | STARR Design and Development | 1 |
| The Design and Development of the STARR Curriculum | 1 |
| What Motivates Today's Learners? | 2 |
| What Is the SCANS Report? | 3 |
| Correlating the SCANS Framework to Standards | 4 |
| Learning Theories | 4 |
| Instructional Strategies | 6 |
| The STARR Learning Environment | 7 |
| STARR and Technology | 8 |
| Resources | 8 |
2 | Speaking, Technology, Analysis, and Reading Through Research | 11 |
| Speaking Foundation Skills | 11 |
| Content Proficiencies in Language Arts | 11 |
| Connecting Speaking to Workplace Skills | 12 |
Unit 1 | Speeches: Informative, Demonstration, and Persuasive | 12 |
| Outline for Informative Speech | 23 |
| Demonstration Speech | 24 |
| Persuasive Speech Outline | 28 |
| Informative Speech Questions | 31 |
| Speech Evaluation Form | 35 |
Unit 2 | Creating a Mandala As a Visual Aid | 37 |
| The Mandala | 40 |
| Mandala Grading Sheet | 44 |
| Speech Evaluation Checklist | 45 |
| Resources | 46 |
3 | Speaking, Technology, Analysis, and Reading Through Research | 47 |
| Technology Competencies | 47 |
| National Educational Technology Standards for Students | 48 |
| Connecting Technology to Workplace Skills | 49 |
Unit 1 | Friday Assignments | 49 |
| Letter to Parents | 57 |
| Friday Assignment #1 | 58 |
| Friday Assignment #2 | 59 |
| Friday Assignment #3 | 60 |
| Friday Assignment #4 | 62 |
| Friday Assignment #5 | 63 |
| Lab Instruction Sheet | 64 |
| Friday Assignment #6 | 66 |
| Friday Assignment #7 | 67 |
| Friday Assignment #8 | 69 |
| Friday Assignment #9 | 70 |
| Friday Assignment #10 | 71 |
| Friday Assignment #11 | 72 |
Unit 2 | Staff Development--Learning About Technology Integration | 74 |
| Women of the American Civil War Scavenger Hunt | 77 |
| Resources | 78 |
4 | Speaking, Technology, Analysis, and Reading Through Research | 79 |
| Analysis Foundation Skills | 79 |
| Content Proficiencies in Analysis | 79 |
Unit 1 | Problem Solving | 80 |
| Problem-Solving Graphic Organizer | 83 |
| Parent-Student Analysis | 84 |
Unit 2 | Learning to Create Research Questions | 86 |
| Applying Bloom's Taxonomy | 88 |
| Scoring Rubric | 90 |
Unit 3 | Journal Prompts | 91 |
Unit 4 | Enigma Research | 91 |
| Enigmas | 93 |
| Enigma Research Grade | 95 |
| Resources | 97 |
5 | Speaking, Technology, Analysis, and Reading Through Research | 99 |
| Reading Foundation Skills | 99 |
| Content Proficiencies in Language Arts | 99 |
| Connecting Reading to Workplace Skills | 100 |
Unit 1 | Incredible Exploration of Dragons | 101 |
| Important Facts to Know | 105 |
| Individual Final Assignments | 111 |
| Rubrics for "The Incredible Exploration of Dragons" | 112 |
| Dragon Individual Project Grading | 113 |
| Dragon History Quiz | 115 |
Unit 2 | Mystery Reading Unit--Curiosity and Intrigue | 117 |
| Ellery Queen Quiz | 128 |
| Sherlock Holmes: Dressed to Kill | 131 |
| Day Two--Sherlock Holmes: Dressed to Kill | 133 |
| Mystery Quiz | 135 |
| Authors Quiz | 138 |
| Resources for the Dragon Unit | 140 |
| Resources for the Mystery Unit | 140 |
6 | Speaking, Technology, Analysis, and Reading Through Research | 143 |
| Research Foundation Skills | 143 |
| Content Proficiencies | 144 |
| Connecting Research to Workplace Skills | 145 |
Unit 1 | The American Civil War | 145 |
| KWL Civil War Activity Sheet | 154 |
| Civil War Novels | 155 |
| Double Thoughts | 157 |
| American Civil War Contract and Grading Rubric | 159 |
| The American Civil War Newsletter Assignment and Grading Rubric | 160 |
| Defining a Research Question for the American Civil War Unit | 162 |
| American Civil War Research Rubric | 163 |
| Plan, Plan, Plan | 164 |
| Women of the American Civil War Scavenger Hunt | 166 |
| The American Civil War Time Line | 167 |
Unit 2 | Planning for the Research Project | 168 |
| The Research Project Evaluation | 170 |
| Plan, Plan, Plan | 171 |
| Resources | 175 |
7 | Speaking, Technology, Analysis, and Reading Through Research: Additional Units | 177 |
| Research Foundation Skills | 177 |
| Content Proficiencies | 177 |
| Connecting Research to Workplace Skills | 178 |
Unit 1 | Research Roundup | 179 |
Reference #1 | World Almanac and Book of Facts | 182 |
Reference #2 | Webster's Biographical Dictionary | 183 |
Reference #3 | Bartlett's Familiar Quotations | 184 |
Reference #4 | Famous First Facts | 185 |
Reference #5 | Sixth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators | 186 |
Reference #6 | Webster's New Geographical Dictionary | 187 |
Reference #7 | Illustrated Facts and Records Book of Animals | 188 |
Reference #8 | The Facts on File Visual Dictionary | 189 |
Reference #9 | The Stamp Atlas | 191 |
Reference #10 | Lands and Peoples | 192 |
Reference #11 | Great Lives | 193 |
Reference #12 | American Nicknames | 194 |
Reference #13 | Holidays Around the World | 195 |
Reference #14 | New Encyclopedia of Sports | 196 |
Reference #15 | Macmillan Dictionary of Quotations | 197 |
Reference #16 | New View Almanac | 198 |
Reference #17 | The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents | 199 |
Reference #18 | Goode's World Atlas | 200 |
Reference #19 | Encyclopedia of American Facts & Dates | 201 |
Reference #20 | Auschwitz Chronicle 1939-1945 | 202 |
Reference #21 | National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Fifty States | 203 |
Reference #22 | Chronicle of America | 204 |
Reference #23 | Something About the Author | 205 |
Reference #24 | Timelines of the Ancient World | 206 |
Electronic Reference #25 | EBSCO Periodical Service | 207 |
Electronic Reference #26 | Newsfile | 208 |
Electronic Reference #27 | Factory | 209 |
Electronic Reference #28 | Writing Center | 210 |
Electronic Reference #29 | Word Munchers | 211 |
Electronic Reference #30 | Clarisworks Word Processing | 212 |
Reference #31 | Chronicle of the 20th Century | 213 |
Reference #32 | Facts on File Encyclopedia of the 20th Century | 214 |
Reference #33 | U.S.A., A Chronicle in Pictures | 215 |
Reference #34 | Historic U.S. Court Cases 1690-1990 | 216 |
Reference #35 | Timetables of History | 217 |
Reference #36 | American Destiny | 218 |
Reference #37 | Dictionary of American History | 219 |
Reference #38 | Buildings of Colorado | 220 |
Reference #39 | New York Public Library Desk Reference | 221 |
Reference #40 | Reference Library of Hispanic America | 222 |
Reference #41 | Words That Make America Great | 223 |
Reference #42 | Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Writers | 224 |
Reference #43 | Reference Library of Black America | 225 |
Reference #44 | Encyclopedia of World Sport | 226 |
Reference #45 | Military History of the United States | 227 |
Reference #46 | American Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary | 228 |
Reference #47 | Reference Library of Asian America | 229 |
Reference #48 | New Grolier Encyclopedia of World War II | 230 |
Reference #49 | Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Canadian Provinces | 231 |
Reference #50 | Elements: Copper, Silver and Gold | 232 |
Reference #51 | New York Public Library Book of How and Where to Look It Up | 233 |
| Presentation | 236 |
| Resources and Useful Information | 238 |
8 | Starr Multidisciplinary Units | 241 |
| The Interrelationship of the STARR Components | 241 |
| Creating STARR Enriched Learning Environments | 241 |
Multidisciplinary Unit 1 | Renaissance Learners | 242 |
| Renaissance Scavenger Hunt | 247 |
| Planning Questions | 249 |
| Final Project Grading Rubric for the Renaissance Learners Project | 251 |
Unit 2 | Hero Research Project | 252 |
| Questions for Heroes | 256 |
| Grade Sheet | 260 |
| Research Questions | 262 |
| Extra Credit Assignments | 263 |
| How to Outline | 265 |
| Outline Framework | 266 |
| Some Final Thoughts | 267 |
| Resources and Useful Information | 267 |
9 | Management, Assessment, and Evaluation | 269 |
| Assessment and Evaluation | 271 |
| Options for Assessment and Evaluation | 272 |
| Student Portfolios | 273 |
| Community Showcase | 274 |
| District Technology Fair | 274 |
| Evaluation of the STARR Program | 274 |
| Examples of Evaluation and Assessment Tools | 276 |
| Research Grading Rubric | 277 |
| Resources | 278 |
| Index | 279 |