Middle and High School Libraries

The Primary Sources Starter Pack for Teachers chwms.libguides.com is a compilation in somewhat the same manner as a role-playing game starter pack: it is curated sites that will get you started locating primary source material. When you’re ready.. you can head out for more. Because every subject has a history, this site takes teachers on a journey through some of the best primary source sites for those subjects. Another goal of this guide is to introduce teachers to important "thinking routines" and strategies that could easily make up the entirety of a teaching style from introduction of a topic to assessment...keeping student engagement in the forefront.

http://chwms.libguides.com/

This is a virtual collection of Math Resource websites with links that could be utilized by public or home-schooled students in need of homework help, additional resources, or curriculum support. The resources also encompass websites with deep thinking tasks, exploration, and scientific and graphing calculator capabilities. This is also a great resource for teachers and librarians searching for materials supported by common core standards, supplemental materials, and math tools.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Tul90PXmzZHs02A9GKiZgGVG8M4dDAil/view?usp=sharing

Copyright & Creative Commons is a guide explaining the six different types of creative commons licenses and how to give them proper attribution. It also explains the difference between creative commons and public domain

Contributed by Windy Blanchette

Citation:Blanchette, W. (2021). Copyright & creative commons. https://sites.google.com/sjsu.edu/copyright--creative-commons/home

Virtual Middle School Library Resources is an invaluable website that holds an incredible amount of online resources for middle school librarians, teachers, and parents. School librarian resources can be found at the bottom of the Directory. This is a site you will want to bookmark and refer to again and again!

A helpful website for teachers/curriculum planners for K-12 with units for English, History, or Humanities classes that are organized by genre, text lexile range, etc. The lessons feature texts with annotation, guiding and discussion questions, and suggested assessments, and most of the texts have a one or more "paired" suggestions in other genres. For teachers who are building online curriculum from scratch, this website is a great supplemental tool and can also be used as a model for prompting students to interact with digital reading assignments.

Taking a look at the novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, I have created a set of resources that can be used to enhance the themes and topics presented in the novel. There are a total of 8 texts that have been selected to support, extend, and enhance the anchor text and relate to the essential question and issue of diversity. A variety of formats are available for teacher use. The different formats include the following: (e.g. informational text, poetry, prose such as short stories, essays, research articles or reports, long form news articles, audio such as songs, speeches, podcast episodes, interviews, static visual images such as photographs, charts, graphs, cartoons, infographics, and moving visual images such as movie clips, TED talks). The texts range in grade level complexity to meet the needs of all students.

Shakespeare plays are commonly read in high school; they are included in students’ English class curriculums from grade 9 to 12. The works from Shakespeare continue to influence students, and the themes explored in his literature such as love, loss, and jealousy remain relevant today. Below are some resources that teachers and students can use to better understand Shakespeare for their high school English classes.

Shakespeare Resources: https://www.onlinecollege.org/2009/12/16/100-incredibly-useful-links-for-teaching-and-studying-shakespeare/

SparkNotes: https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/life-and-times/

Printable Shakespeare Activities: https://www.sadlier.com/school/ela-blog/3-translating-shakespeare-activities-for-high-school-students

Citations:

96 incredibly useful links for teaching and studying Shakespeare. OnlineCollege.org. (2017, April 10). https://www.onlinecollege.org/2009/12/16/100-incredibly-useful-links-for-teaching-and-studying-shakespeare/

Rehbein, T. (2022, April 14). 4 Shakespeare activities for high school students. Sadlier School. https://www.sadlier.com/school/ela-blog/3-translating-shakespeare-activities-for-high-school-students

SparkNotes. (n.d.). William Shakespeare’s Life & Times. Sparknotes. https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/life-and-times/

Teaching and learning about the Holocaust inspires students, and it cultivates students' ability to develop critical thinking, societal awareness, and personal growth. It also exposes students to important themes such as discrimination, racism, and propaganda. The Holocaust is commonly taught in middle and high schools, as part of their civics and human rights education. Below are some resources that teachers can utilize to create lessons and activities about this topic.

Teaching Materials/Lesson Plans: https://www.ushmm.org/teach/teaching-materials/holocaust

Books about the Holocaust: https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/history/the-best-books-about-the-holocaust

Holocaust Remembrance Toolkit: https://hmh.org/media/filer_public/4d/20/4d200fc9-2bf7-488d-a1bb-d7292502ff86/hmh-p-02902_hol_remembrance_toolkit_digital.pdf

Citations:

Holocaust Remembrance Toolkit. Holocaust Museum Houston. (n.d.). https://hmh.org/education/holocaust-remembrance-toolkit/

Tchiprout, A. (2022, July 14). Twelve essential books about the Holocaust. Pan Macmillan. https://www.panmacmillan.com/blogs/history/the-best-books-about-the-holocaust

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (n.d.). Teaching Materials on the Holocaust. United States holocaust memorial museum. https://www.ushmm.org/teach/teaching-materials/holocaust

Librarians develop lesson plans for topics such as citing sources and information literacy. It is essential that students cite the sources they are using for their assignments, to prevent plagiarism and to give credit. Below are some resources to teach students on how to cite sources.

Citing Sources Lesson Plan: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/sites/default/files/documents/Citing%20Sources.pdf

Citation Activities: https://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/prove-citation-scavenger-hunt

Citations:

Hoyer, J. (2018, September 19). Teaching with primary sources: Citing our sources. Brooklyn Public Library. https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2018/09/19/teaching-primary-sources

Striegel, P. (n.d.). Prove it!: A citation scavenger hunt. Read Write Think. https://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/prove-citation-scavenger-hunt

Contributed by Shabeena Mathiruban

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This is a virtual guide detailing how to get students involved with creating visually engaging and interesting displays and recommendations both in your library and online. There are pictures of students getting engaged with these types of activities in the library, along with suggestions on how to use this in your own library. The purpose of this guide is to instruct librarians on how we can best utilize student participation, both in person and digitally. There are a variety of ideas to get any librarian started.

https://sites.google.com/sjsu.edu/creatingdisplays/home

For school librarians or YA public librarians looking to organize an e-book club for high school students, this infographic shares a plan for getting started, including links to articles that share practical insights and creative suggestions from other librarians.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K3dQgam0ZwOAakqN-xZF6-2-lDhylTz7/view?usp=sharing

This is a great resource for librarians who want to update and diversify their current collection. This site provides a variety of resources, grants, and book selections that can help a librarian get started with incorporating diverse books into their collection. One of the best parts is that this site provides opportunities for libraries to be sponsored and get free books.

https://diversebooks.org/

https://www.niesl.org/

This is our library's YouTube channel aimed toward our population of middle and high school students. Here, students can explore our green screen show that discusses hot new books, peruse book trailers of various genres, enjoy the digital physical creations of secondary students, and a lot more.

https://www.youtube.com/c/mrevans

Manga can be confusing for teachers and librarians who don't have much experience with it. This site is a collection of resources to help you navigate the world of manga! Your students will be asking about it!

This site was created with various resources to help new or old librarians with inventory management such as book repairs, book protection, and weeding. Much of this information was collected while learning how to navigate the library as a District Librarian and, realizing how difficult it was to find this information, it was felt it would be a great thing to share.

Contributed by Tayci Stallings