library orientation for middle school students

Presents activities and resources designed to help middle-school students begin independent research, with seventy ready-to-use prompts related to topics taught at the middle-school level.

A ring-bound, tabbed system which guides working librarians, teachers and trainers through the process of teaching others how to access and use electronic information resources, discussing how to introduce new users to Internet culture, how to design effective written guides, and how to coordinate a successful workshop.

Presents an integrated approach to the teaching of library and information skills to middle school students, identifying over forty-five sample learning situations, and including lesson plans, instructional units, and activity sheets.

Lessons for teaching library media skills incorporating junior high and middle school subjects.

Presents a collection of Collaborative Integrated Skills lessons, grouped by broad curricular area and theme, including basic skill lessons, social studies, language arts, science, math, and assessment; and includes assessment check sheets and rubrics.

Contains lesson plans for teaching library skills to grades sixth through twelfth with worksheets and activities.

Provides step-by-step guidance for library media instructors teaching research to middle school students; explains the research process and how to prepare lesson plans, and covers all steps from choosing topics to moving beyond writing.

Provides media specialists with a variety of lessons plans and ideas for use in instructing students in grades six through twelve on the use of electronic technology, covering topics that include the electronic card catalog, online services, and desktop publishing.