Research Ready: A Homeschool Guide to Search, Sources & Citation

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What if your child could find, evaluate, and cite any source — without you having to explain it every single time?

Research Ready is a printable homeschool guide for ages 10–14 that teaches six real research skills through practical scenarios and named methodology — including lateral reading from Stanford, the CRAAP Test, the ACRL Framework, and the Big6 model. Not a worksheet pack — a complete framework for the decisions real researchers make.

What Students Practice

• How to build a strategic keyword search that actually finds something useful
• How to check a source by leaving it instead of digging deeper into it
• How to evaluate a source using currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose
• How to match the right source type to the actual question being asked
• Why citation exists — not as a rule, but as intellectual honesty
• How to build a citation anyone can follow, in any style

What's Inside — 6 Units, 23 Pages

• Unit 1: Search Like a Detective — Building and revising a strategic keyword search
• Unit 2: Read Sideways, Not Down — Checking a source by leaving it, not digging deeper into it
• Unit 3: Run the CRAAP Test — Evaluating one source in depth: currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, purpose
• Unit 4: Pick the Right Tool for the Question — Matching the source type to the actual question being asked
• Unit 5: Join the Conversation — Understanding why citation exists — not as a rule, but as honesty
• Unit 6: Cite It So Anyone Can Find It — The four things every citation needs, in any style

This Is for You If

• Your child finds something online and isn't sure if it's real — or how to cite it
• You want research skills grounded in real, named methodology — not generic advice
• You're looking for a writing or language arts supplement that builds real academic skills
• You need a practical six-week unit for ages 10–14 that works across subjects

How to Use This Guide

Complete one unit per week for a six-week research and writing skills study. Drop into any individual unit when it's needed for a specific assignment or project. Pair with history, science, writing, media literacy, or any subject-area research project.

Why This Matters

Every research assignment eventually hits the same wall: a student who found something online, isn't sure if it's real, and doesn't know how to cite it anyway. Research Ready works through that wall one real skill at a time — so students can find, evaluate, and use sources with confidence instead of confusion.

Download Details

• Instant digital PDF download · 23 pages · 6 units · real-world scenarios and model responses included
• Print at home or use on a tablet
• For personal or single-classroom use only
• Not for resale or redistribution
• No physical product will be shipped

Download today and start building real research confidence at home.