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6 Views- 3rd - 5th Grade
Students create several interesting and informative pieces related to their family history. They assemble those pieces together in an attractive display. Students use reference material to locate flags from each country in their family background.
36 Views- 4th Grade
Students, in groups, research states and using various print and nonprint reference materials. The groups make a presentation to inform the class about all the information from the state. This lesson plan provides imbedded support for the groups.
1 Views- 3rd - 5th Grade
Students research a city in Indiana. They use Internet and other reference materials to research their city. They present their research to an audience of peers and teachers. They distinguish between fact and fiction and make inferences.
25 Views- 9th - 12th Grade
Students encounter how to work together as a group to accomplish a common goal. They gain more experience in doing research using library reference materials as well as internet sources. Each group is responsible for making a bulletin board type of visual display covering the fads of the 1950's.
6 Views- 6th - 8th Grade
Students gather information using a variety of references and create mobiles of inventions or scientific discoveries.
21 Views- 9th - 12th Grade
Students read Harper Lee's novel To Kill A Mockingbird. They analyze the novel for references to moral courage. They compare themes in the novel to the Scottsboro Boys Trial of 1933.
4 Views- 4th Grade
Students research the history of Tallahassee using a Website and other materials to determine why the capital is where it is today. They organize the information on a timeline and investigate the "heart" of Florida.
1 Views- 5th - 6th Grade
Students recognize and use subject, keyword, and advanced searches to gather data from the year of their birth. The collected data is displayed and presented in a newspaper format. They utilize the Gale Group Reference and Resource database.
1 Views- 6th - 8th Grade
Students participate in an official "Hip on Hemingway Club." They explore Hemingway and create a biography of Ernest Hemingway patterned after an alphabet book. They record their "key word" with each of the twenty-six letters of the alphabet. They place their product on a website to create a Hemingway reference for other students.
5 Views- 11th - Higher Ed Grade
Students investigate issues of degradation and weathering of polymeric materials during their useful life. They evaluate photodegradable plastics and their viability as an environmental solution for litter and investigate the qualitative changes in other polymer products when exposed to weather.

