Information Skills — Grade 6

Why I Am Me Timeline

Student develops a timeline that correlates personal life events with world events. Research and bibliographic skills are incorporated.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Guidance)

By Rita Briggs.

Winter Olympics: Inquiry into Statistics

Following the excitement of Olympic events, students are involved in an I-search http://www.avon.k12.in.us/hickory/pages/hickoryhome2.htm (click on Media Center then I-Search) activity that helps them develop question and search techniques. Their research provides them with data to enter into spreadsheets and display in graph format.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–12 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Computer Technology Skills)

By Carol Horne, Nancy Cowal, and Victoria Lunetta.

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Reviving Bodie

Students will work in groups to write guides for a ghost town's new potential citizens, explaining the things they need to know about the town's climate, landscape, location, natural resources, and history. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Information Skills and Social Studies)

Provider: National Geographic