May+10,+2011

Information Literacy - Encyclopedia (Lesson 2) Tuesday - May 10, 2011 Class Period Outline

1. Students learn about the **print encyclopedia**.
 * Demonstrate with "Florida" article.
 * Encyc. is organized in alphabetical order by article title.
 * Locate articles using Index and Guide Words.
 * Pay attention to the copyright date. Helps determine how up-to-date the information in the encyclopedia is.
 * Focus on article elements - Text, pictures with captions, maps, graphs, etc.

2. Students receive the "Print Encyclopedia" worksheet. Students practice working with print encyclopedias by completing the worksheet with the World Book Encyclopedia (2003) set.

Homework:
 * Encyc. Quiz - Friday, May 13th
 * Missing Work must be handed in.