Researching a Celebrity: How to Find Information on Your Favorite Stars

Researching a Celebrity: How to Find Information on Your Favorite Stars

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson you will be able to conduct research on a celebrity using reliable sources.

Introduce the learning objective and explain why it's important for students to know how to research celebrities.

What do you already know about researching a celebrity?

Choosing a Celebrity

Choose a celebrity you are interested in learning more about. Write down a list of questions you have about them.

Explain to students how to choose a celebrity to research and provide guidance on brainstorming questions.

Finding Reliable Sources

Use search engines such as Google or Bing to find information on your celebrity. Make sure to use reliable sources such as reputable news outlets or official websites.

Explain to students how to differentiate between reliable and unreliable sources and provide examples of each.

Organizing Your Research

Create a document or note-taking system to organize your research. Record the sources you use and take notes on the information you find.

Provide tips on how to effectively organize research and emphasize the importance of keeping track of sources.

Evaluating Your Research

Review your research and analyze the information you found. Use your notes to answer the questions you wrote down about your celebrity.

Encourage students to reflect on their research process and discuss any challenges they faced. Provide guidance on how to effectively analyze information.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.