Teaching & Learning Resources

Overview of Research Resources

Research resources are readings and links to help:

• students to do their own self-directed research on topics and issues of interest to them

• teachers to guide students through the research process, and to model cycles of research for them


People and Issues

Readings and links to help students research the lives of people like Martin Luther King, Helen Keller, Albert Einstein and Maya Angelou, and the issues that affected them

May be good for:

• 1st semester of Basic Research and Discussion

• 1st semester of Basic Research and Writing

• 2nd semester of Introduction to Active Communication

Guided Research Environments

Easy-to-read background information to get started on researching issues, and further links for developing independent research. Developed for researching and writing reseaarch essays for Introduction to Academic Essay Writing, now called Basic Research and Writing.

Developed for use in:

Basic Research and Writing

Social, Political, Legal & Global Issues

Readings and links to help students do research on a range of specific issues such as child soldiers, climate change, the death penalty, migration and nuclear weapons.

May be good for:

• 2nd semester of Basic Research and Discussion

Improving Research and Discussion

Improving Research and Writing

Advanced 1st/2nd year and 3rd/4th year Content-specific Listening & Speaking and Study Abroad/TOEFL

Advanced 3rd/4th year Content-specific Writing