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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Reports (Lesson 6 - Use of Information

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use the computer catalog to find and select a nonfiction book to gather bibliographic information on an animal they have previously selected. They write the information on a note card.
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Activity
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: Medea (Euripides)

For Students 9th - 10th
MIT offers an online version of the classical play "Medea" by the Greek playwright Euripides.
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Website
Other

Ibm: Hints and Tips for Tape Drives and Libraries

For Students 9th - 10th
IBM offers hints and tips for tape drives and libraries. Choose a hyperlink from the table of contents that best describes your problem.
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Activity
Other

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Theater and Drama

For Students 9th - 10th
Very large and comprehensive site that contains online texts of numerous works of drama and theater. Also includes an author index by last name, with links to electronic versions of their dramas. Great site!
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Website
Brown University

The John Carter Brown Library

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of Brown University, this library is full of rich materials dating prior to 1825 and covering both the North and South Americas. Find exhibits, fellowships, books, and much more available to those conducting research.
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Website
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything you wanted to know and more about Harry S. Truman, from biographical information to love letters.
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Website
Other

American Medical Association

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is the homepage of the association responsible for licensing all medical education programs in the US, and setting the standards for medical education, practice, and research. Contains professional and educational resources.
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Website
Other

The Academy of Natural Sciences

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes the museum. It shows the viewer what is currently on exhibit, interesting facts, and many links to other exhibits.
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Handout
Other

64 Parishes: Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

For Students 9th - 10th
64 Parishes is a project of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Explore Louisiana's past, reflect on our present, and imagine the future. 64 Parishes represents the evolution of tradition, creating content that reflects the...
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Article
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Lessons From Ny Life's Revitalizing High School Libraries Initiative

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn how pilot libraries in the Revitalizing High School Libraries Initiative, seeking to support adolescent literacy, doubled their circulation, increased visits from students and teachers, and expanded the role of library media...
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Other

Cern Document Server Library Catalogue

For Students 9th - 10th
Search the library catalogue for any term or subject. Provides multiple display search options and access to articles and preprints, books and conferences, periodicals, viedeotapes and more.
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Website
Other

Hasselt University Library: Open Science Directory

For Students 9th - 10th
A global search tool with access to over 13,000 scientific journals including open access journals and journals in special programs for developing countries.
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Where to Find Information

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on where to find information needed for writing papers: the library or the internet. It offers tips for using search engines and key words.
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Handout
Other

Swan Catalog: Searching All Libraries

For Students 9th - 10th
This System-Wide Automated Network serves 77 libraries in the Chicago suburbs. It's instructive in how a computer catalog of library materials works.
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eBook
Google

Las Cumbres Colegio: Pam Munoz Ryan: The Friend Who Changed My Life

For Students 4th - 8th
This adapted passage, written by Pam Munoz Ryan, shares the story of two girls. At the beginning of the story, two girls are enemies, but by the end, their relationship is transformed into a life-changing friendship.
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Website
Other

The Moscow Kremlin Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The Moscow Kremlin Museum features famous Russian exhibitions, museum collections, library and history. Website also contains virtual exhibitions (i.e., the crowns of Russian tsars), virtual tours and maps of the Kremlin.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: A New Kind of Library

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support elementary students' reading comprehension, information is shared about the history of the New York Public Library and how the purpose of libraries have transformed over the years....
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Play the Dewey Decimal System Game

For Teachers 1st - 5th
This lesson introduces the 10 main categories used in the Dewey Decimal Classification System for non-fiction bookshelf arrangement. A slideshow will be presented to students to help them learn details about the Dewey Decimal...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Manuel Rojas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Library of Congress, includes a brief synopsis of Rojas during his war years. The information, while short, is factual and worth checking out on the subject.
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Unit Plan
Kids' Wings

Texas Bluebonnet Books: "Tomas and the Library Lady"

For Students 2nd - 8th
Here you will find web links that will provide information to enhance the book "Tomas and the Library Lady."
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Using the Dictionary

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart was created to teach dictionary skills to second and third grade students. It has a lot of practice opportunities built in and an Activote quiz. It was designed to use over several days.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Arranging Library Books

For Teachers 1st - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Flipchart designed to teach and allow practice for locating fiction and easy books in the library.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Can You Read a Spine Label?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a library skills lesson on how to read a call number on the spine label for fiction and everybody books (5th graders also studied biography spine labels). Followed by small group evaluation,...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Glad or Sad Library Media Center

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Created by Kathy Walker Library Media Specialist, McCrorey-Liston Elementary School, Fairfield County Schools, Winnsboro, SC Adapted from 57 Games to Play in the Library or Classroom by Carol K. Lee and...