Discusses the importance of students learning and practicing effective questions in a manner that leads to organizing how information is to be searched, retrieved and sorted. Outlines ways school library media specialists should engage students in question-generating and in learning to research answers to questions. (AEF)

Describes a curriculum-integrated library program that involved elementary students from different grades using multimedia to develop thematic projects. Offers suggestions for planning and supervising activities and describes sample projects for selected grades. (AEF)

Provides fully developed library media activities designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units, including music, reading and language arts, science, and social studies. For each activity, the objectives of the exercise, resources, instructional roles of librarians and teachers, procedures involved, and evaluation and follow-up…

Provides fully developed library media activities designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units, including music, reading and language arts, science, and social studies. For each activity, the objectives of the exercise, resources required, instructional roles of librarians and teachers, procedures involved, evaluation, and…

Provides fully developed library media activities designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units, including physical education, reading and language arts, and science. For each activity, the objectives of the exercise, resources, instructional roles of librarians and teachers, procedures involved, evaluation, and follow-up…

Provides fully developed library media activities designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units, including art, reading and language arts, science, and social studies. For each activity, the objectives of the exercise, resources needed, instructional roles of librarians and teachers, procedures involved, evaluation, and…

Provides fully developed library media activities designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units, including foreign languages, health, science, and social studies. For each activity, the objectives of the exercise, resources, instructional roles of librarians and teachers, procedures involved, and evaluation and follow-up…

Provides fully developed library media activities designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units, including music, reading and language arts, science, and social studies. For each activity the objectives of the exercise, resources, instructional roles of librarians and teachers, procedures involved, evaluation, and follow-up…

Discussion of the value of an integrated approach to library and information skills instruction and the necessity for cooperation between teachers and library media specialists highlights a unit developed for tenth graders on global studies that incorporates information skills. Subject area objectives, materials, activities, and evaluation…

Provides seven fully developed library media activities that are designed to be used with specific curriculum units in mathematics, reading/language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade levels, instructional roles, activity and procedures for completion, evaluation, and follow-up are…

Provides seven fully developed library media activities that are designed to be used with specific curriculum units in physical education, reading and language arts, science, and social studies. Library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade level, instructional roles, activities for completion, evaluation, and follow up are…

Discusses changes in the role of the elementary school library media specialist. Highlights include cooperation with classroom teachers and administrators; the role of the school principal; actions to initiate change; structuring research for students' success; and sample library instructional activities. (LRW)

Presents a lesson plan in which students use an encyclopedia to research a famous person. Identifies library media skills objectives, curriculum (subject area objectives), grade levels (4 and 5), resources, instructional roles, activity and procedures for completion, evaluation guidelines, and follow-up activities. Includes a sample worksheet.…

Describes a lesson on wildflowers for elementary school students that includes library media skills and science curriculum objectives. Cooperation between the library media specialist and the science teacher is discussed; resources are listed for elementary, secondary, and adult levels; and sample activities are suggested. (LRW)

Describes ways to instill in elementary school students a sense of ownership of the library media center and self-confidence in its use. Topics include signage; student "licenses" for completion of training on library equipment; individual rewards; "footprints" or similar pathfinders on the floor; maps; and browsing and…