Library Lessons
CRLS Teachers are welcome to use any of handouts below, and encouraged to modify the lessons as needed. If interested in collaborating with the library teachers on a lesson or project, please email: kboninti@cpsd.us and ehouston@cpsd.us.
Define the Topic: What do I want to learn? What do I already know?
Define the Topic: What do I want to learn? What do I already know?
- KWL
- LucidChart
- Conduct Background Research: Who, What, Where, When, Why, How
Develop Research Questions: What question do I want to answer?
Develop Research Questions: What question do I want to answer?
- Open and Closed Questions (Teacher Presentation)
- Craft a Research Question (Student Handout)
Locate Sources: How can I find relevant information on my topic?
Locate Sources: How can I find relevant information on my topic?
- Define Types of Sources
- Basic Keyword Searching (Teacher Example)
- Basic Keyword Searching (Student Handout)
- Using Keywords to Locate and Cite Sources from the Databases and Google (Teacher Presentation)
- Using Keywords to Locate and Cite Sources from the Databases and Google (Student Handout)
- Advanced Keyword Searching (Teacher Presentation)
- Advanced Keyword Searching: Boolean Logic (Student Handout)
- How to Avoid Plagiarism (Teacher Presentation)
- How to Find Primary Sources (Student Handout)
Evaluate Sources: How can I determine the quality of the information that I find?
Evaluate Sources: How can I determine the quality of the information that I find?
- C.R.A.P Test Overview (Student Handout)
- C.R.A.P. Test Graphic Organizer (Student Handout)
- How Well Do You Know the C.R.A.P Test? (Blank Doc - Student Handout)
- How Well Do Your Know the C.R.A.P. Test? (Completed - Teacher Presentation)
- Levels of Scholarship (Teacher Presentation)
- Fake News Checklist (Student Handout)
- Fake News Lesson (Teacher Presentation)
Assessment Rubrics
- Evaluating Sources Student Reflection Rubric: Grades 9-10 (Student Handout)
- Evaluating Sources Teacher Graded Rubric: Grades 9-10 (Student Handout)
Cite and Annotate Sources: How can I record and analyze the sources that I find?
Cite and Annotate Sources: How can I record and analyze the sources that I find?
Citing Sources
- NoodleTools Help Desk: Tutorials on how to use Noodle Tools, created by NoodleTools
- How to create a New Noodle Tools Account (For Students and Teachers)
- How to Create a New Project in NoodleTools and Share it with a Student or Teacher
- How to Cite a Source from a Website in NoodleTools
- How to Export a Citation from a Gale Database in NoodleTools
- How to Copy and Paste a Citation from a Database into NoodleTools
- How to Create A Class Inbox in NoodleTools
- How to Provide Feedback to Students Through Noodle Tools
Organize Information
Organize Information
- Note-taking Template 1 (Full Version - Google Sites) (Student Handout)
- Note-taking Template 2 (Streamlined Version - Google Sites) (Student Handout)
- Note-taking Template 3 (Streamlined Version - Google Docs) (Student Handout)
- Hard Evidence (Student handout)
Synthesize Information: How can I use the ideas of others to support my position?
Synthesize Information: How can I use the ideas of others to support my position?
- Is This Plagiarism? (Includes a lesson on how to effectively paraphrase, use quotations, and in-text citations) (Teacher Presentation)
- Is This Plagiarism? (Lesson Activator)
- Is This Plagiarism? (Student Handout)
Present and Share
Present and Share