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Collaborative Library Research Projects Inquiry that Stimulates the Senses
John D. Volkman
Book Code: LU8623
ISBN: 1-59158-623-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-623-4
208 pages, photos
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 5/30/2008
List Price: $39.00 (UK Sterling Price: £21.95)
Availability: Not yet published. (Estimated publication date, 5/30/2008)
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 8 1/2 x 11
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Description: One of the most important roles of today's Library Media Specialist is collaborating with teachers to design instruction. Out of his many years of experience in collaborating with teachers in a large public high school, the author offers this book to describe this collaboration process and presents lessons in various disciplines that can be used to spark student inquiry. These reproducible lessons are immediately usable and will serve as prototypes for developing other lessons.

Research tells us that students learn in a variety of ways (visual, auditory, kinesthetic, etc.); one of the purposes of the book is to use the learning station approach to provide opportunities for students to learn via listening, viewing, reading, and touching. Students also learn best when they can interact with the material and each other, and are stimulated by the activities. Therefore, the units contain a variety of learning methods such as listening to music and oral history, using computers for research and interaction, watching videos, reading books, and discussing articles with classmates. There are also a variety of suggested end products using different media. Grades 7-12.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Collaborating With Teachers to Promote Student Research
  • World War II Station Unit
  • Holocaust Stations
  • To Kill a Mockingbird Stations
  • Animal Farm Stations
  • Shakespeare Stations
  • How to Develop and Implement Collaborative Research Units
  • Drugs, Alcohol, and Smoking Research
  • Evil Characters in History Research Paper
  • Edgar Allan Poe Poster and Report
  • Children of The River Poster and Report
  • Decades: Of Mice and Men, The Human Comedy, and We Didn't Start the Fire
  • Constellations and the Zodiac Poster and Report
  • Rocks and Minerals Poster and Report
  • Biography of Hispanic-American Persons Brochure
  • Greek Heritage Essay/Poster and Newspaper
  • Shoebox Float Project: The Nations of the World Report
LC Card Number: 2008000640
LCC Class: Z711
Dewey Class: 025
PDF Catalogs:
LU School Library Spring 2008.pdf
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