APA Documentation Style for Lesson Plans

APA Documentation Style

Whenever you create an instructional plan, you must document the sources used in your instruction--even the sources you created yourself. You may be familiar with APA documentation style, but the types of sources you'll use are different from those that you consult when writing research papers. This online module will walk you through the APA style conventions of documenting sources for your instructional plans.

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For Lesson Plans

Objectives

As a result of completing this module, you should be able to do the following:

• Differentiate between instructional materials and instructional sources that warrant documentation.
• Identify sources according to their purpose and type.
• Follow the conventions of APA style according to the guidelines in reputable documentation support publications.
• Compose a correct references list on the BSED lesson plan template, using correct, current APA documentation style.

A note at the beginning of the workshop:

Because you will not write research papers for this course, this workshop will not explain how to write in-text citations (also known as parenthetical citations). This workshop will focus on writing the references list.

If you'd like to know more about writing in-text citations, you can find guidelines in several resources:

Purdue OWL

APA Website

Georgia Southern Libraries' LibGuide

Let's Start by Assessing What We Already Know:

Please take this quiz to assess where your documentation knowledge lies currently:

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It should be underlined.

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It should be in all caps.

How should the title on a references page be formatted?

It should not be embellished at all.

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True or False: When listing references, they should be ordered in the same order that you mention them in your lesson plan.

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True or False: When a citation is longer than one line the second and subsequent lines should be indented with a hanging indentation (approximately five spaces.

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True or False: I should have a citation in my lesson plan for every print/digital resource someone else created.

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True or False: I could cite any print/digital resources I created myself.

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True or False: All items on a references list should be enumerated.

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The date is omitted.

Capitalization errors.

Wrong order of information.

What is the error in the following citation?

Lawson, H. Playing poker the right way. [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/saiwn10dnq.

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Common Citations on Lesson Plans

Common citations on lesson plans include the following:

• Textbooks
• Printed works of literature (such as novels)
• YouTube videos (or other online videos)
• Websites
• Teacher-created handouts, rubrics, infographics, etc.
• Teacher-created slideshow presentations
• Teacher-created assessments.

The last three items on that list would be consideredunpublished resources. You wil find yourself citingmany unpublished resources on your lesson plans-- even your own.

Citing Unpublished Works

When citing unpublished material, follow the usual order of bibliographic information: author, date, title, container, location.

Part of the location, though, will be the designation of your work as unpublished. Include that information in brackets, as in the following: [Unpublished Slideshow] [Unpublished Document] [Unpublished Manuscript]

More on Unpublished Works

After you designate the document as unpublished, you should also note where the resource was created. For a slide show or handout, for instance, you would indicate the name of the school and the city and state. Here's an example:

An example of an entire citation:

[Unpublished Slide Show]. Roosevelt Franklin High School, Franklin, GA.

Roukos, L. (1999). Figurative language in the poetry of Natasha Tretheway. [Unpublished Slide Show]. Roosevelt Franklin High School, Franklin, GA.

Often, those unpublished works are resources your clinical supervisor created or that you created yourself.

Citing Self-Created Works

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Please view this one-minute video on how to cite your own works in APA style. These conventions also apply to unpublished works someone else created.

Dr. Remler created an instructional video explaining how to document sources on the BSED Lesson Plan. You may view the 19-minute video here.

Examples of Common Sources on Lesson Plans

Most of the time, formatting a citation has to do with following examples. Below are examples of the most common types of citations noted on a lesson plan (even for unpublished resources):

Materials Published by Textbook Publishers:Remler, N. (2018). Diagramming sentences. Pearson.Open Educational Resources:Foster, J. (2019, March 25). Exploring the novel. OER Commons. https://oercommons.org/author/exploringthenovel.Open Educational Resources Updated over Time:Foster, J. (2019, March 25). Exploring the novel. OER Commons. Retrieved 14 June 2022. https://oercommons.org/author/ exploringthenovel.Powerpoint slides from a Classroom Presentation:Hancock, S. (2021). The right way to write. [Unpublished slides]. Telfair County Middle School, McRae, GA.Powerpoint Slides Available Online:Hancock, S. (2022). The right way to write. [Google Slides]. https://google.com/author/slideshows-updated-versionVideoNightingale, F. (2021). Nurses portrayed in American literature. [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/fmFjxwhds74.Unpublished Handout or DocumentWilson, S. (2014, April 29). Rubric for assessing ninth grade persuasive essays. Hawkinsville High School, Hawkinsville, GA.

Here's an example of a references list on a lesson plan.

This references list appears as it would on the MGSE lesson plan template.

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Let's Practice

A Printed Textbook

This textbook was published by Claire Brantley, and its title is Working with Circles. It was published in 2018 by Pearson.

Powerpoint Slides

This slide show was created by John Gilmore in 2019. He titled it Preparing for GMAS. Mr. Gilmore teaches at S.K. Davis Middle School in Fletcherton, Georgia.

Video

This video was created by Ruth Roukos on April 15, 2021. She titled it Have Fun with Verbals! She published it on YouTube at this URL: https://youtu.be/4RtE45wz6s.

On a sheet of paper or on a word processor, practice writing citations for the resources described below. Then click on each answer link to check your work.

Brantley, C. (2018). Working with circles. Pearson.

Gilmore, J. (2019). Preparing for GMAS. [Unpublished Slideshow]. S.K. Davis Middle School, Fletcherton, GA.

Roukos, R. (2021, Apr. 15). Have fun with verbals! [Video] YouTube. https://youtu.be/ 4RtD45wz6s.

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An Unpublished Infographic

This document was created by Emma Z. Funk, a tenth grade teacher at Central High School in Macon, GA. The document is titled The narrative process and was created in 2016.

Open Educational Resources

This open educational resource was recated by Jared Singh in 2017. It is titled Analyzing literature. It is stored on OER Commons and has been updated several times. You retrieved it on June 14, 2022. The URL is https://oercommons.org/ author/singh/analyzingliterature.

Video

This video was created by Sheila Stafford on August 10, 2016. It is titled The basics of scansion. It is housed on the Screencastify website at https://screencastify.com /stafford/basicsofscansion.

On a sheet of paper or on a word processor, practice writing citations for the resources described below. Then click on each answer link to check your work.

Funk, E. (2016). The narrative process. [Unpublished document]. Central High School, Macon, GA.

Singh, J. (2017). Analyzing literature. OER Commons. Retrieved June 14, 2022. https://oercommons.org/author/singh/ analyzingliterature.

Stafford, S. (2016, Aug. 10). The basics of scansion. [Video]. Screencastify. https://screencastify.com/stafford/basicsofscansion.

Thanks for Participating!

Now that you have completed this workshop, please return to our Folio e-classroom and access the APA documentation assignment posted in this week's content module.