Information Skills — Grade 3

Beginning Biography Research

Encyclopedia research skills will be taught using biographies of famous people. This is one lesson in a collaborative unit taught by both the classroom teacher and library media coordinator

Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Information Skills and English Language Arts)

By Joan Milliken.

Postcards of the Past

Students will participate in Heritage Day activities that will enhance students' awareness of their heritage. They will take digital pictures of activities to include on a web page, and research and report on information gathered. Students will create a web page to present their information.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)

By Karol Leaptrott, Rebecca Watt, and Regina Welsted.

Lesson plans on the web

More Amazing Americans: A WebQuest

Students use the web to explore the lives of some celebrated Americans. Working in small groups, they complete a WebQuest, identifying facts and locating different types of information in order to determine the criteria used for selecting these “Amazing Americans.” (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Computer Technology Skills, Information Skills, Social Studies, and English Language Arts)

Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Research Building Blocks: "Cite Those Sources!"

Students learn the importance of citing their sources to give credit to the authors of their information as well as learn about plagiarism. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Information Skills)

Provider: IRA/NCTE