This overview demonstrates the need for school librarians to consider supplementing coding instruction with ethical discussions. School librarians are increasingly incorporating coding into library instruction through play, tutorials, collaboration in content areas, and design thinking projects. To enhance students' ethical decision making and…

The arts have their place in every facet of a school, and the library is no exception. Thinking beyond traditional definitions, arts education could include teaching creative problem solving as well as continuous questioning of issues and ideas. The media center is the perfect venue to showcase students' efforts in the arts. This article gives…

Art, like beauty, as the adage goes, is in the eye of the beholder. Art also is a living, breathing thing that evolves over time, so what is considered "art" is ever changing--how many of the great artists whose works today sell for fortunes were failures during their lifetime? The 20th century unknowingly gave birth to new variations of art that…

Presents an activity designed to give students the opportunity to experiment with low-resolution computer graphics to create pictures based on native American art. Library, art, computer math, and social studies skills objectives are listed as well as performance objectives and required materials. Two references on computer graphics and 23 on…

Presents a media production unit for grade 3 which combines library media, art, language arts, and science skills to produce a slide-tape program of original poetry. Unit goal, subject area objectives, performance objectives, materials, procedures/activities, and evaluation are described. Five resources are listed, and a sample script is included.…

Presents six fully developed library media activities to be used in connection with specific curriculum units in art, health, reading/language arts, social studies, and science. Library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade level, resources, instructional roles, activities, and procedures for completion, evaluation, and follow up…

Provides six fully developed library media activities designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units in art, physical education, reading/language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, resources, instructional roles, activity and procedures for completion, evaluation, and…

Provides six fully developed library media activities to be used in conjunction with specific curriculum units in art, music and physical education, reading/language arts, science, and social studies. Grade levels, objectives, curriculum objectives, resources, instructional roles, activities and procedures for completion, evaluation, and followup…

Provides six fully developed library media activities to be used in conjunction with specific curriculum units in art, health, physical education, reading/language arts, science and mathematics, and social studies. Grade levels, objectives, curriculum objectives, resources, instructional roles, activities and procedures for completion, evaluation,…

Provides fully developed library media activities designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units in art, reading and language arts, music, science, and social studies. For each activity, the objectives of the exercise, resources, instructional roles of librarians and teachers, procedures involved, evaluation, and follow-up…

Provides fully developed library media activities that are designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units. Topics covered include art (U.S. folk art); reading/language arts (dramatizing story events); science (simple machines); and social studies (state and federal legislatures, and explorers). (LRW)

Presents two examples from 1990 curriculum guide written for Pullen School. Designed for middle school students, "The Japanese Gardener as Visual Artist" emphasizes nature in aesthetic depictions including architecture, horticulture, and visual arts. Appropriate for primary grades, "Reading/Language Arts: Using Books from the…