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The Civil Rights Movement in Context: Investigate the precursors to the Civil Rights Movement, its leadership, its opposition, and its legacy, including lesser-studied events of the movement and primary sources.; Take this course: Begins February 2.

information commons: A place, either virtual or physical, that promotes the sharing and unrestricted access to information.
critical literacy: The ability to read texts in an active, reflective manner in order to better understand power, inequality, and injustice in human relationships.

Reading images: an introduction to visual literacy: Images are all around us, and the ability to interpret them meaningfully is a vital skill for students to learn.; By Melissa Thibault and David Walbert.

Rethinking Reports: Creative research-based assignments provide alternatives to the President Report, Animal Report, and Famous Person Report that ask students to think about old topics in new ways, work collaboratively, and develop products that support a variety of learning styles.; Format: series (multiple pages)

It's an ad!: How do marketers target kids — and how can we teach kids to know the difference between advertising and fact? These websites provide strategies to build critical thinking skills for media literate kids.; By Melissa Thibault.

Media Literacy: How do you know if something is true? How can you figure out if someone is trying to influence or sell to you? Put yourself in their shoes and consider the source! Check out this selection of websites from our Best of the Web.; Format: bibliography/help

Finding hidden messages in advertising: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 1.3; In this lesson for grade six, students will look for hidden messages in magazine advertisements and will create their own ads with hidden messages.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Dance Arts Education and English Language Arts); By Jennifer Brookshire and Julie McCann.

Information literacy: not just for students: Good Internet research skills are important for teachers, too. This article provides an introduction to "information literacy" concepts and a list of references for teachers and media specialists.; Format: article; By Diane Kester.

Mapping HIV infection in Africa: Using statistical information and maps, students will note the correlation between socio-economic factors and the impact of HIV/AIDS in the countries of Africa.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Greg Mitchell.

Photo comparison: Focus on geography: A worksheet for students to use when comparing photographs, focusing on information about the population of the region in which they were taken.; Format: worksheet; By Eric Eaton.

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 English Language Arts and Information Skills)

Arts of persuasion: Strategies for teaching middle school students to think critically, analyze persuasive arguments, and use speaking and writing to persuade others.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Recognizing reference sources: Students will become familiar with five different reference sources in the Media Center: Atlas, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Card Catalog (Look Up Station), and the internet. Students will be able to decide which is the BEST source to use to answer specific questions.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Information Skills); By Marybeth Hauss.

Believe it or not! Reporting on amazing animals: In Rethinking Reports, page 2.3; A visual and oral presentation of an "animal report" can engage students' interest and develop their artistic and visual literacy skills.; By Melissa Thibault.

Resources for teaching with photographs: Websites, activities, books, and image collections for classroom use.; Format: article; By Melissa Thibault.

Reading picture books: Two strategies for helping children understand a story through illustrations.; By Melissa Thibault.

Photo analysis: Focus on climate: A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs for information about the climate of the region in which they were taken.; Format: worksheet; By Eric Eaton.

Photo analysis: Focus on population: A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs, focusing on information about the population of the region in which they were taken.; Format: worksheet; By Eric Eaton.

Five tips to improve students' information evaluation: Teach your students how to separate the good online information from the bad with these five strategies.; Format: article; By Bill Ferris.

Resource recon: Teams of students will search for the answers to questions using various information resources. The questions will be in categories such as: biography, current events, historical events, geography, language. Besides competing for the fastest answer, the students will learn (1) how to use the resource effectively, and (2) which resource is best for finding different types of information.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Keith Dudley.

Graphically organize a biography: This lesson is a good ending to a unit on biographies. The students will work together in small groups to create a poster that displays the information from a biography in a graphic organizer.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Information Skills and Social Studies); By Ellen Benton.

Resources for looking at art: A guide to some of the best websites, activities, and print resources for building visual literacy through the study of art.; Format: article; By Melissa Thibault.

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