Welcome! Sign In or Try it Free!
Search Over 150,000 Teacher Reviewed Lesson Plans and 75,000 Worksheets
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
- Rating
Students select topics relating to bioethical questions which they research and debate. They, in groups, select topics and are given two to three weeks to research their topics, taking advantage of their school libraries and local public libraries. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
- Rating
Students study examples of philanthropy related to public libraries. They investigate the importance of books in a democratic society and research historical figures in order to write newspaper articles. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 11th
- Rating
Students make informed decisions when selecting a career. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
- Rating
Students pair up to search online for resources at their local public library. They fill out a worksheet to show evidence of finding specific items i.e. author, copyright date, title... Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 7th
- Rating
Students explore Gratia Countryman, who was the head librarian for the Minneapolis Public Library system in the early 1900s.l Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
- Rating
Students explore important places and their own role in their community. They take photos of their own houses, listen to a guest speaker, take field trips to a fire station, public library, and historical landmarks, write a poem, and create a class bulletin board. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th
- Rating
Students study the basics of the Library of Congress Classification system that they may encounter in college and public libraries. They determine the 21 main classifications and sub-categories before placing a collection of books into the proper classifications. They design a logo for each classification. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
- Rating
Students freewrite for a few minutes in response to the prompt, "How can a magazine reflect a particular time and culture?" They play the "Victorian Women's Rights" game for the year 1840, via the EDSITEment-reviewed Internet Public Library, the same time period when Charlotte Bront was embarking on her career as a writer. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 7th
- Rating
Students conduct oral histories about water in their community. They interview community memebers and then create a class oral history journal and record their findings on a school website, in the school or public library, or in another community archive. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
- Rating
Students read "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" and view the photos of the pets that inspired Beatrix Potter to write. They then select a different book to read from the University of Pennsylvania's website or from the public library that is written by a woman, and research the author. Full Review »
Link to This
Email This
Share