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- Grade Range
- 4th - 5th
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Students try a strategy for locating information using organizational tools of the library media center, i.e. card catalog, indeces, etc. They use art reference books to locate reproductions of art work by Mary Cassatt. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students participate in a demonstration to see how much fun it is to read and "experience" books. The media specialist uses books, poems, puppets and models to pique students' interest in reading. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students locate resources in the media center, working in groups using a scavenger-hunt approach. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students research and analyze polling data in journalism. They discuss reasons that polling data is included in media coverage of presidential elections. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students read a book by Sarah Stewart, called The Library. They discuss the difference between a library and a media center and the concept of borrowing vs. buying books. They visit the school media center. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students work together to evaluate different media sources. They identify bias in media and examine the role of competition. They summarize their main points in a paper. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the Library Media Center and the Dewey Decimal Classification System. They access the Alabama Virtual Library, participate in a library scavenger hunt, and organize a list of books using the Dewey Decimal Classification System. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students use a webquest to use Research Process Model (RPM), and the information they gather to prove to everyone what a wonderful and helpful resource the Library/Media Center really is. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students experience using a library media center. Individually, students research the topic of immigration. They write a short story, containing accurately researched information, on the experience a young person had as an immigrant. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students become familiar with their local library. After creating a web showing what they know about a library, the teacher gives a class presentation to further explore the library. Students create a Venn diagram comparing the classroom to the library and then go on a scavenger hunt in the library. Full Review »
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