WRAP UP

1.  Since I had taken the Challenge previously,obviously Mango and Chilton Library were new sites to explore.  After using them for the assignment I decided they would probably get more use in a Public library.  Even though it's good to be aware of them espcially for high school boys interested in cars.  Could be used as a tool just to introduce students to research.


2.  This was a great refreasher course and couldn't have come at a better time since the Juniors are just starting their research papers. The handouts will really come in handy.  Proquest, Sirs and World Book are used heavily for these and I am always discovering new features with insights from my fellow attendees taking the Challenge.

AncestryLibrary, Heritage Quest & Sanborn Maps

1. Clicked on Immigration & Travel. Put in Titanic and found 3 other ships also with the White Star line. The Majestic, Olympic & Republic. All had pictures with brief histories of each ship.

2. Under Search clicked on Newspapers & Publications. This brought up Obituary listings from the Hindenburg.

3. Searched under Books. Came up with many on Brown County.


Common Core:

Writing Standards 6-12
Text Types and Purposes: Grades 11-12 #2 b
Develop the topic thoroughly by selecting the most significant and relevant facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations or other information and examples appropriate to the audience's knowledge of the topic.

Using either AncestryLibrary or Heritage Quest pick one ancestor at least 20 years back and research one specific event that took place in that period.

Sanborn Maps would be very valuable as a tool in studying South Dakota history.

WORLDCAT & CAMIO

1.  Did an Advanced Search. At first put in Martin Luther and got mostly books on Martin Luther King Jr. I had already set the limits of only Books, Juvenile and Non-Fiction. Then I put in Martin Luther Religion and got 34 items. Chose Martin Luther: the great reformer at the St. Paul Public Library.  Really liked all the abilities
to limit.

2.  Again did an Advanced Search. Put in Graphic Novels Classics and limited it to Young Adult. 61 items came up. I chose The Three Musketeers published by Acclaim Books.

3.  Advanced Search. Limiter was Musical Scores. Put in My Fair Lady Vocal Score. 113 items came came up. I chose one with the Accession # 2052359.


COMMON CORE:

Writing Standard 6-12
Research to Build and Present Knowledge 9-10 #7

Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question( including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.


Great resource to teach research skills.  Would give 10th graders 5 questions such as we use in our assignments for this Challenge and have them use World Cat. Would have to give step by step ways they found the information.


CAMIO:

1.  Put in years on left side then Dress and got no results. Put in
British Fashion and one women's dress showed up. Put in British Clothing and 1 man's outfit showed up

COMMON CORE:

Speaking and Listening Standards 6-12
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas 9-10 #5
Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.

Use in 10th grade for speeches as visual aids. Also excellent for book reports.

EbscoHost

EbscoHost

I played around with looking up different countries Ireland, Spain,
Italy etc. and liked what I found so much came up with my Common Core lesson.

Put in Fairy Tales and found them right away. Andrew Lang is the author and there were four books. Violet, Blue, Yellow and Red.
Really liked the Most Relevant Pages Feature.

COMMON CORE:

Writing Standards Grade 8: Text Types and Purposes

# Write narratives to develope real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

a. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an
event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.


Have 8th graders choose a country and plan a trip and itinerary.
Timeframe would be a week. In written form present places of interest, modes of travel, culture and food.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

1. Clicked on Nation & World and came up with 131 articles most of them in Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Holidays. Examples were Ching Ming Festival in China held April 5 or 6. Serve cold food such as Rice and Noodles. Also have kite flying contests. Another one was Wielkanoc Easter celebrated in Poland. Mentioned Easter bread (Babka) and Lenten soup (Postna zupa) and even gave the recipes. Also found the Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World which might be helpful.  Like the Search Within Publication feature. Seems to me this is an additional source to World Book.


2. I did an Advanced Search and sorted by Publication date after 2011. Did a good job searching the index.


Common Core:

I read Technology Education from the Encyclopedia of Education. It stressed teaching technology education to foster competence in problem solving and solution design.
Also read Classroom Questions from the same source which talked about Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation which are all important to Common Core.

Reading Standards for Informational Text.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Grades 9-10

#8  Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning.

Using Gale choose two different articles and using the criteria write a paper critiquing the articles.

Proquest

1. Best results when I clicked on Document and then clicked on Review and under Subject clicked on Non-Fiction. Ended up with 88 articles.

2. Put in Hurricane Sandy Impact on Libraries and got 384 articles.
Narrowed it down to just Trade Journals and got 88.  Most recent Library Journal, Jan. 1, 2013. Talked about the clean up of the New York University library.

COMMON CORE:

Writing Standard: Research to Build and Present Knowledge:
11-12 # 7

Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

Perfect for the Juniors who do research papers. I usually do an overview of several research sites.  Would give them each a recent topic and have them find 5 sources on Proquest and Cite them using the Cite feature. Excellent tool for becoming familiar with listing sources.

SIRS DISCOVERER & SIRS RESEARCHER

SIRS DISCOVERER:

1. Took hint and went to Advanced Search where I checked only the Easy reading level. Also Lexile ratings are given which is very useful in this case. Came up with 4 newspaper articles, 29 magazines and 7 reference articles.

2.  Put in volcanoes. When list came up clicked on Graphics.
Gave both images and maps.

SIRS RESEARCHER:

1. Definitly better then Google. Articles are educationally approved and correlate with Common Core.

2.  Drought Relief, Water Restrictions, Water Conservation and Water Consumption are just a variety of the subjects you can put in for information.

Common Core:

Writing Standard: Production and Distribution of Writing. #7
 Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, forcused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.

Using the Pro and Con feature 9th graders will work in teams to prepare arguments for or against chosen topic. Will then present
arguments using a written outline form.