• Examples: magazines, Internet, videotapes, how-to books and videos

New York Times Lesson Plans
Various lesson plans using the New York Times newspaper

The Educator's Reference Desk
Database with various lesson plans
 

Classzone Finding Information  Help locating information

Classzone Examining the Media  Help identifying media

Suggestions for English Language Learners:                   

ESL Ideas      (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional)
(I, T) Students visit the library and the Internet to locate sources for words, facts, places and new information.
(I, T) Students locate a publication and copy on a note card the correct bibliographical information or URL for that source.  Students may also access this information through the library’s catalogue software.
(B, I, T)  Students participate in a teacher-created library “scavenger hunt” requiring simple answers from a variety of sources within the library. See Dewey Decimal System for additional help
 

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