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Information literacy standards addressed:

Standard 2:  The student who is information literate evaluates information critically and competently.

 

Standard 6: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and strives for excellence in information seeking and knowledge generation.

(AASL. (1998). Information Power, Chicago: ALA)

The following are concepts and skills which students should know before taking on this lesson:

  • An understanding that a database contains articles (reliability of source)
  • An understanding of how to use a database, in particular the Searchasaurus database
  • How to print an article, etc.
  • An understanding of the difference between fact and opinion
  • An understanding of the concept of citing sources

References

 

Johnson, D.A.  Communities around the world: Indigenous people. (2001, July 7). Retrieved March 23, 2006, from http://www.ccsd.edu/Link/lms/IndigenousPeople/introduction.htm

 

Kizlik, B. Lesson planning, lesson plan formats, and lesson plan ideas. (2009, January 31).  Retrieved March 20, 2006, from http://www.adprima.com/lesson.htm

 

Insect Sounds.  Retrieved March 22, 2006 from http://www.naturesongs.com/insects.html

 

buiLDer tool, accessed at S.O.S. for Information Literacy, at www.informationliteracy.org

Searchasaurus database, provided to local schools by Madison-Oneida School Library System Electronic Resourceshttp://www.moboces.org/

Clip art, from Microsoft, http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/

 

 

 

 


   
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