Utah’s Online Library

What Taught How Taught How Evaluated

(What do you want ( How will students learn it?) (How will I know if they have learned and what if
students to learn? they haven’t)
Time needed for the lesson - 30 min.
- Students will share a screenshot of
Students will learn ASSL Standard- Inquiry something that they found using
that there are Utah’s Online Library. In addition
great resources Grade Level - Middle School some basic instructions on how
instead of just they got to the website.
going to Google.
Begin by asking students where they go when they are given
I can use Utah’s something to research. Most will answer Google or Wiki.
Online Library to
conduct research. Are there problems you could see from looking there?
Share the following webpages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_Wikipedia_is_not_so_
great

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedia_controversies

There are some controversies as anyone with an account can edit.

Google often will return thousands of results. How do we find the
best ones?

At school Utah’s Online Library can be accessed without having to

login. At home you will need the following login information:

Go to: https://onlinelibrary.uen.org
Login Name: online
Password: database
This information will change each school year, so make sure to check
in with your librarian or a teacher to find out the new password.

Let’s say you need to do research on someone. You can click:

 EBSCO: Middle Schools
Then

Biography Reference Center

A comprehensive collection of biographies on notable personalities.

It will list several biographies to look at. You can also see the lexile
number the lower the number the easier it is to read.

Another possibility is:

Gale In Context
Middle School
When I search Frederick Douglass not only do I get biographies, but
also:
● Reference(31)
● Biographies(16)
● Images(24)
● Videos(1)
● Audio(14)
● Magazines(107)
● News(38)
● Primary Sources(22)
● Creative Works(1)

How neat to find Primary Sources for your topic in addition to just
information about the topic.

Spend some time on the website. Pick a topic you are learning about
or are interested in. Then take a screenshot and attach it to the
assignment in Google Classroom along with basic instructions on
how you got to it.

Chromebook keyboard shortcuts

Take a screenshot: Press Ctrl + Show Windows.
 Take a partial screenshot: Press Shift + Ctrl + Show windows , then
click and drag.

After Teaching
Reflect on Objective Reflect on Assessment Reflect on Effectiveness of Instruction
Students now
have a place to go Were all students able to share a screen shot? What questions did students have?
to do research. What kind of topics did they look at?
There are tons of
resources and I
think they are
often overlooked.