Module 6 Activity: Research Support Note

Activity ID: AIT-M06-A01 Estimated active time: 35-50 minutes

Purpose

Create a safe research support note with source plan, claim checks, and uncertainty.

Use safe, fictional or public material throughout. Nothing in this activity requires a real name, account, record or figure.

Activity Steps

Part 1: Choose a safe research question.

Choose something you could actually look up. A question with no findable answer makes the verification step meaningless.

Part 2: Write search terms and source types.

Separate the two. Search terms are vocabulary; source types are where the answer would live, and each is authoritative about different things.

Part 3: Create five claims or possible findings.

Write them as claims, not conclusions. Each one should be checkable against a specific kind of source.

Part 4: Mark what source would verify each claim.

Name the source that would settle each claim, then mark whether you found it, could not find it, or did not look.

Part 5: Write a short decision note with uncertainty and next checks.

Say what is known, what is uncertain, and what must be checked next. Do not upgrade a single mention into a pattern.

What good looks like

A strong response has claims traceable to named sources, and is honest about how many reached 'source found'.