Grade 6 · Social Studies · Lesson 37

Draft your research report

Step 5 of the capstone turns your notes, timeline, and cause-effect analysis into a written report. A research report is not a creative essay — it is a structured argument that takes the reader from your research question to your evidence-backed answer.

What this lesson teaches

1List the standard sections of a research report in order
2Write a thesis statement that answers the research question in one sentence
3Build a body paragraph with a topic sentence and at least two pieces of evidence
4Cite each source using a basic author-title-year-publisher format

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