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Related: Curriculum and Elementary Lesson Plans for Library Media • robinbird88Selected Web Sites with Lesson Plans for Teachers “Pride and Passion: The African American Baseball Experience” Online Site Support Notebook The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s “Civil Rights: Before You Could Say Jackie Robinson” is a colorful unit, designed for grades four through eight, that illustrates how baseball reflected and led critical social shifts in American history from the Civil War to the modern-day Civil Rights movement. Beginning with the origin of the Negro leagues to Jackie Robinson’s integration of Major League Baseball in 1947, untold stories of honor, courage, and perseverance are brought to life through interactive multicultural lessons spanning several subject areas. www.coe.ksu.edu/nlbemuseum/nlbemuseum.html
Library crafts and activities DIY Little Free Library (Adorable AND Affordable!) Every day we see cute, thoughtful Little Library designs that didn’t break the bank and required little-to-no assembly. Take Little Free Library steward Iliana Morton, for example. Her Library is a transformed IKEA metal cabinet cube that cost her $25, and the result is a bright, cute, cost-effective Library! How to Create a Little Free Library “Sandwich” Sign Library Lesson Plans What are the benefits of joining the Elementary Librarian Community? The Elementary Librarian Community will help you save precious time! Instead of creating your own lesson plans and resources, everything you need is right here on the site.
Library Lesson Plans What are the benefits of joining the Elementary Librarian Community? The Elementary Librarian Community will help you save precious time! Instead of creating your own lesson plans and resources, everything you need is right here on the site. Webquests Grades 5-6 What is a webquest? Bernie Dodge, the original designer, describes a webquest as "an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation." A webquest typically includes the following elements: An Introduction, a presentation of the Task, a list of Resources, a step-by-step description of the Process, a form or rubric for Evaluation, and a Conclusion that summarizes what students have learned.
Understanding Call Numbers Have you ever wondered how library books are assigned their places on the shelves? Did you know that the call number -- the number placed on the spine of the book -- is a code which provides valuable information about the book? This page will provide an introduction to understanding and using library call numbers. The Dewey Decimal Classification System Description: The purpose of this lesson is to teach students about the fundamentals of the Dewey Decimal System to enable them to locate books in the library. Many students are overwhelmed when entering the library because of the vast amounts of books on the shelves.
Find free and fair use photos Grabbing images from Google is easy. You search, copy and paste. It’s a no-brainer and often the first thing students do when creating any sort of digital project that requires images. But how do your students know if they have permission to use someone else’s photos? Great Digital Lessons Looking for Controversy In building great digital lessons, the sample items suggest the importance of finding issues that are controversial and might inspire a reasonable difference of opinion. The sources in these items usually present a mix of arguments and evidence that could support at least two different positions. In fact, they tend to push students into being for or against something like public art or a law governing the access of service animals to restaurants.
Lesson Plans – Search Education – Google Picking the right search terms Beginner Pick the best words to use in academic searching, whether students are beginning with a full question or a topic of just a few words. View lesson Advanced Random Acts of Kindness Reading. Writing. Arithmetic. They’re the so-called ‘three Rs’ – and they’re supposed to be the key to the success of our kids.
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