Joan--Identifying+the+Type+of+Information+Found+in+Specific+Sources

Before beginning a lesson on identifying the type of information found in specific sources with 5th grade students, I would place the identifying information skill in the context of the Big 6 process.

1. Task Definition--I would explain to them that the teacher has assigned us the task of understanding the causes of the Civil War. There are specific bits of information we need to know.
 * what was the Civil War?
 * what were key events leading up to the Civil War?
 * what were the causes of the Civil War?

I would have a graphic organizer already created with this information identified.

2. Information Seeking Strategies--I would explain that there are many information resources that we could use such as nonfiction books, primary sources, encyclopedia, video clips from Discovery Streaming, online databases, websites, but today we are going to use online websites.

3. Location and Access--

4. Use of Information--I would explain that now that we know what our task is, have identified the information we need, have identified and located the source we will use, we can now start finding and extracting the information we need.

5. Synthesis--I would explain that they will be taking the notes they gathered today back to the classroom so that they can use the information to help you better understand the social studies unit.

6. Evaluation--I would have them review their notes to see if they have enough information to answer the questions we identified at the beginning of class. These are identified on the graphic organizer.Type in the content of your page here.