The Key to Keywords (Grades 3 – 5)

A lesson that allows students to learn how to effectively use keywords

Strategic Searching (Grades 6 – 8)

A lesson on the importance of using more than one search strategy

Lesson: Choosing a Search Site (Grades 3 – 5)

Students compare sites and learn how to choose the ones that suit their needs

Lesson: Right Sites (Grades 3 – 5)

Lesson that requires students to look at ‘quality’ and ‘appeal’ to rate informational websites

Lesson Plan: How to Teach Paraphrasing, Quotation and Summary (Grades 7 – 12)

A how-to on helping students develop their skills in paraphrasing in order to avoid plagiarism

A-B-C Searching (Grades K – 2)

A lesson on how you can use the alphabet to find things online

Lesson Plan: A PBL Unit – Critiquing the Value of Daylight Savings Time (Grades 6 – 8)

A lesson plan in which students gather information on daylight savings time and decide whether it is worthwhile

Lesson Plan: Bias in News Sources (Grades 9 – 12)

A lesson plan in which students evaluate a variety of news sources with regards to the degree of bias and then demonstrate their understanding of the concept by creating an intentionally biased news report

Lesson: Deconstructing Web Pages (Grades 7-11)

Media Awareness = MediaSmarts. Recommended titles: Deconstructing Web Pages, Knowing What’s What and What’s Not, Wikipedia Reliability Worksheet, Reliable Sources, Taming the Wild Wiki

Crawling the Web (Grades 6-8)

A lesson that helps students learn to use different types of search sites