Curriculum » NC Standard Course of Study & aligned resources
Information Skills — Grades 9–12
Goal 2, Objective 2.02
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Underground Railroad quilts: Fact or folklore?
- In this lesson, students explore the controversy surrounding a book entitled Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad, which was published as a non-fiction account of fugitive slaves sending coded messages through quilt patterns. Students evaluate numerous sources and assess the validity of each in an attempt to determine if the quilt codes are fact or folklore.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11–12 Information Skills and Social Studies)
- By Abby Stotsenberg.
- Making a video critique of an information source
- After finishing their social issues research paper for their English class (or any other type of research paper), students will write and present orally a critique of one information source used in their research papers. Students will work in pairs to videotape each other, and they must also design appropriate backdrops for their oral presentations. Students will watch and evaluate all critiques.
This interdisciplinary assignment combines information skills and language arts skills, and requires collaboration between the media specialist and the English teacher. - Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
- By Bonnie Snyder.
