This unit involves students in researching information about history's heroes and heroines. Emphasized are library, mathematics, artistic, communication, and decision-making skills. To introduce the unit, students participate in a brainstorming session to develop a list of heroes and heroines and a set of criteria to determine why people are…

Presents seven library media activities to be used with specific curriculum areas: "Into the Past with Historical Fiction" and "Critical Reading to Figure It Out" (Reading and Language Arts); "Electricity Experiments,""Classifying Insects," and "Fish" (Science); and "Citizenship and the…

Provides six fully developed library media activities designed to be used with specific curriculum units in art, reading/language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade levels, resources needed, instructional roles, activity and procedures for completion, evaluation, and follow-up are…

Describes two reference books suitable for middle/junior high school library media centers that present information about African-American women and suggests activities for Afro-American History Month. Library media skills objectives, social studies and art objectives, grade levels, resources, instructional roles, activities and procedures,…

Provides six fully developed library media activities that are designed to be used with specific curriculum units in art, reading/language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade levels, instructional roles, activities and procedures for completion, evaluation, and follow-up are described…

Provides seven fully developed library media activities that are designed to be used with specific curriculum units in art, reading and language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade levels, resources, instructional roles, evaluation, and follow-up are described for each activity. (KRN)

Provides nine fully developed library media activities designed to be used with specific curriculum units in health, music, reading and language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade levels, instructional roles, activity and procedures for completion, evaluation, and follow-up are…

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,…

Describes a research project in the social studies curriculum at St. Paul Academy and Summit School (Minnesota) during which students visit a university library. Objectives for student research are: to select a topic, design a thesis statement, locate pertinent primary and secondary resources, and write a well-documented, analytical research…

Describes six lessons developed by a library media specialist and two fifth-grade teachers that integrate information skills and content with thinking skills to provide a meaningful research context for students. For each lesson, the specific information and thinking skills targeted, learning activities, resources used, and evaluation methods are…

Presents six curriculum guides for elementary and secondary education. Subjects include interdisciplinary instruction, music, reading/language arts, science, and social studies. Each guide provides library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade levels, resources, instructional roles, activity and procedures for completion, a…

Seven articles provide a curriculum guide for mathematics; reading/language arts; science; and social studies. Each article includes library media skills objectives; curriculum objectives; grade levels; resources; instructional roles; activity and procedures for completion; evaluation; and follow-up. (AEF)

Provides six fully developed library media activities that are designed to be used with specific curriculum units in physical education, reading/language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade levels, instructional roles, activity and procedures for completion, evaluation, and follow-up are…

Provides seven fully developed library media activities that are designed to be used with specific curriculum units in art, health, reading/language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade levels, instructional roles, activity and procedures for completion, evaluation, and follow-up are…

Provides eight fully developed library media activities designed for use with specific curriculum units in music, reading and language arts (three activities), science, and social studies (three activities). Library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade levels, resources, instructional roles, evaluation, and follow-up are described…