Media Center Discovery
Media Center Discovery is a handy guide for you to use with your elementary and middle school students. They will learn to use the media center and develop the skills needed to access and use print, nonprint, and electronic library materials. The book contains an array of fun-filled and informative activities that support language arts and social studies courses in grades 5-8. Your students will learn by doing the book’s activities, which are designed to foster critical thinking skills,...
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Hamm, an experienced classroom teacher and library media specialist, provides 180 reproducible worksheets, activities, and games that support language arts and social studies courses in grades 5-8. Activities are designed to foster critical thinking skills, literacy skills, and research ethics, and can be used in any sequence. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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IntroductionxviiALA StandardsxviiiLesson SummaryxxiiiTransparencies0.1Getting the Most Out of Your Libraryxxviii0.2Library Media Center Organizational Systemsxxix0.3Sample Reference Materialsxxx0.4QuestionsxxxiAbout the AuthorxxxiiUnit 1Getting to Know Your Library Media CenterLesson 1-AMapping the Library Media Center3Lesson 1-BUsing the Print and Electronic Card Catalogs22Unit 2Using Reference ResourcesLesson 2-ALearning and Using the Parts of a Reference Book45Lesson 2-BHow to Use a Table of Contents54Lesson 2-CHow to Use an Index65Lesson 2-DHow to Use a Glossary70Lesson 2-EHow to Use a Bibliography78Unit 3Using Reference Resources: General InformationLesson 3-AAlmanac87Lesson 3-BDictionary97Lesson 3-CThesaurus107Lesson 3-DEncyclopedia115Lesson 3-ERecord Books123Unit 4Using Reference Resources: GeographyLesson 4-AAtlas131Lesson 4-BMaps143Lesson 4-CGazetteer: A Geographical Dictionary156Unit 5Using Reference Resources: Biography and QuotationsLesson 5-ABiography165Lesson 5-BBartlett's Familiar Quotations181Unit 6Using Reference Resources: Current InformationLesson 6-A Introduction to Periodicals189Lesson 6-BNewspapers193Lesson 6-CMagazines211Lesson 6-DReader's Guide to Periodical Literature219Lesson 6-EVertical Files223Lesson 6-FOutside the Library Media Center227Unit 7Dewey Decimal Classification SystemLesson 7-ADewey Decimal Classification System233Unit 8FictionLesson 8-ABooks from Cover to Cover245Lesson 8-BStudent's Literature Genres261Lesson 8-CFolklore, Myths, and Legends264Lesson 8-DFables, Tall Tales, and Folk Tales267Lesson 8-EPoetry270Lesson 8-FAward Winners274Lesson 8-GBook Reports279Lesson 8-HCopyright284Unit 9Electronic MaterialsLesson 9-AVideotapes, CDs, DVDs, and Audiotapes291Lesson 9-BMicrofiche297Unit 10Computers and the InternetLesson 10-ASearch Engines303Lesson 10-BUsing the Internet310Lesson 10-CElectronic Reference Software312Lesson 10-DWord Processing314Lesson 10-EProduction Software318Unit 11Using What You Have Learned: Writing and PublishingLesson 11-AOrganizational Systems327Lesson 11-BSelf-Organization331Lesson 11-CTopic Generation334Lesson 11-DNote Taking340Lesson 11-EPrewriting345Lesson 11-FBasic Outlining348Lesson 11-GTimeline351Lesson 11-HDraft Writing355Lesson 11-IPublishing359
