Standard Course of Study :: Information Skills

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Asian, African, or Australian Inventors & Inventions: The lesson integrates both Social Studies and Language Arts in a research and a creative writing component. The student will further understand inventors or inventions from Asia, Africa, and Australia, the focused continents in the 7th grade Social Studies curriculum, as well as have the opportunity to develop his/her writing, reading, and oral communication skills. The project also incorporates mathematics with an emphasis on percentages and graphing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Mathematics); By Jeff Rachlin and Melissa Reid.

Birds of a feather, an interdisciplinary unit: Language Arts wing: This lesson, which features Mark Twain's “Jim Baker's Blue-jay Yarn,” is part of an interdisciplinary unit on birds that contains math/science and language arts components. In the language arts wing, students will explore dialects and personification through this very entertaining tall tale full of the antics of talking blue-jays.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and English Language Development); By Janet Fore.

We Read Every Day!: Students will, through observation outside of the classroom, gather and bring to class five items that exhibit different sources of information comprised of more complex vocabulary.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Information Skills and English Language Arts); By Janet Burnham.

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.

Zoo integrated unit: The unit uses the North Carolina Zoological Park as a teaching tool rather than as a nice place to visit. It can be used by a single teacher or multiple teachers of different subjects, and it is aimed at 7th and 8th graders.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Computer Technology Skills, Mathematics, and Science); By Craig Smith.