LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 5

The learner will COMMUNICATE reading, listening, and viewing experiences.

Objective 5.03

Collaborate with others, both in person and through technologies, to identify information problems and to design, develop and evaluate information products and solutions.

Resources aligned to this objective

"Kid-Created" Biographies
In this lesson plan, the students will create biographies on the people they know best-- their teachers! The students will use various skills to collect information, organize details, publish the biographies and present the information.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Computer Technology Skills)
By Gregg Farr, Lynn Beatty, and Tricia Freeze.
Newspaper Serial Publications
Students will respond in various ways (oral, written, artistic, dramatic) to a fictional story published in weekly installations in the newspaper.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills)
By Lee Ann Gelinne.

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