ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Inquiry on the Internet: Evaluating Web Pgs for Class Collection
A four-session lesson plan that leads to a class collection of resources is a solid introduction to both searching skills and evaluation. Could be used with any number of subject areas.
PBS
Pbs: A World of Stories: The Piper's Cold Feet
Pennsylvania-based storyteller Megan Hicks tells a traditional Scottish tale about a piper who steal's a dead man boots, but comes to regret it.
PBS
Pbs: A World of Stories: The Boo Hag
North Carolina-based storyteller Donna Washington tells a scary tale from the Gullah culture about a man and his beautiful wife-who is not what she seems to be. The story explains the Gullah tradition of painting doors and windows blue...
International Reading Association
"At Risk" Adolescents: Redefining Competence Through the Multiliteracies
New media offer ways for students who struggle with traditional print mediums to succeed. The writer offers some examples of how this worked in a high school in Indiana.
Other
Information Literacy Activities
These worksheets cover many aspects of the research process, as well as censorship, web page evaluation and boolean operators.
Other
Reading Comprehension: Question Answer Relationships
If you need help working with your students on questioning a text or if you are working on higher-level questioning skills, this is a simple and helpful site. Printable resources available from site.
Other
Frank Baker: Information Literacy Exercise
Using an article from Dateline Hollywood, this lesson explores a media message and examines its content.
TES Global
Blendspace: Journeys Grade 3: Stories of Migration
An eighteen-part learning module with links to texts, images, and videos about animal migration.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Dress Up the Teddy Bears
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will put pants, hats, shoes, eyes, shirts, and glasses on a Teddy Bear to dress him up. Pre-K and Kindergartens will use this on Teddy Bear Day!
ClassFlow
Class Flow: k.i.m. Content Area Literacy/ Math Vocabulary Lesson
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers the integration of literacy into the content area of math using a research based vocabulary strategy.
Tom Richey
Slideshare: Information Literacy
A slideshow regarding the ins and outs of information literacy for the 21st-century classroom.
Other
Morino Institute: Promise of a New Communications Age
This speech outlines the nature of the communications revolution, establishes a framework for the most important challenges that must be addressed and proposes an Agenda for Action for individuals and groups to take advantage of the...