8th Grade English - Abolitionists

• Africans in America
• Black History Biographies
• African American Almanac Biographies
• Black History Database
• Afro American History
• John Brown Homepage
• Gerrit Smith Virtual Museum
• Delawarean - Thomas Garrett
• The Sojourner Truth Institute
• Dred Scott Decision
• William Lloyd Garrison
• Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
• John Brown Russworm
• Denmark Vesey Primary Document

• William Still
• The Women of the Hall - Lucretia Mott
• Abolitionists: Parker, Truth, Garrison, Stowe
• The Glass Ceiling: Women - Lucretia Coffin Mott
• The Glass Ceiling Biographies - Sojourner Truth
• History Channel: Underground Railroad
• Gerrit Smith: Anti-Slavery Activity
• The Underground Railroad Site
• Confessions of Nat Turner
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Dred Scott Chronology
• Frederick Douglass
• Frederick Douglass
• John Brown Timeline

• Nat Turner
• Harper's Ferry NHP Virtual Visitor Center
• Levi Coffin House - the "Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad"
• Sojourner Truth
• Levi Coffin
• Elijah Lovejoy
• William Lloyd Garrison
• The Women of the Hall - Sarah Grimke
• The Glass Ceiling Biographies - Harriet Tubman
• Paul Cuffe
• David Walker
• African-American Almanac: Charlotte Forten
• David Walker II
• Denmark Vesey

Outcome #1

Students will demonstrate the ability to locate and use information resources, equipment and othetechnologies effectively and efficiently.Outcome 1 focuses on the location and use of print, electronic and multimedia resources. To use information effectively and efficiently, students must formulate compelling questions, develop information-seeking strategies, read, comprehend and synthesize information in order to communicate new meaning and deeper knowledge.

• Describe the physical arrangement of the media center.
• Define the need for personal or curricular information.
• Form questions based on identified information needs.
• Use a wide range of information sources.
• Apply information-seeking strategies.
• Acquire information from varied sources through reading, listening and viewing.

Outcome #2

Students will demonstrate the ability to review, evaluate and select media.Outcome 2 focuses on the effective review, evaluation and selection of information resources for an identified informationneed. Through examination of established criteria, the most appropriate resources can be obtained.

• Develop criteria for the evaluation of information sources.
• Determine accuracy, relevance and comprehensiveness.
• Distinguish among fact, point of view and opinion.
• Identify inaccurate and misleading information.
• Select information appropriate to the identified problem.
• Assess the quality of the process and products of personal information seeking.
• Devise strategies for revising, improving and updating self-generated knowledge.

Outcome #3

Students will demonstrate the ability to learn and apply reading, research and critical thinking skills to organize, and synthesize information in order to communicate new understanding. Outcome 3 focuses on the effective use of reading, research and critical thinking skills in order to organize information tosolve problems. Library media specialists and classroom teachers collaborate in the design of authentic research tasks.

• Integrate new information into one's own knowledge.
• Apply information in critical thinking and problem solving.
• Apply an information problem solving process model to structure effective research

Outcome #5

Students will demonstrate the ability to retrieve and manage information. Outcome 5 focuses on the use of technology in the school library media center and other libraries. Information may be accessed readily through electronic sources. Appropriate skills are vital if the information accessed is to serve the intended purpose.

• Use appropriate strategies to retrieve information from a variety of electronic sources.
• Devise strategies for recording information.
• Select appropriate technology tools and applications to retrieve and manage information.
• Organize information for practical application.