This lesson plan, which has a Halloween theme to its PowerPoint and activity, is designed to introduce students to the idea of synthesizing sources. The plan includes two activities, with the first one using Halloween monsters and the second one using a series of Halloween-related scholarly articles. The articles are not included in this lesson plan for copyright/accessibility reasons - I'd recommend choosing 3-5 current Halloween articles that are all revolving around similar themes. I chose articles about Halloween costume choice. Print out the abstract of the article and provide that to the students.