Dec 13 2005
Beyond the Bird Unit
“Beyond the Bird Unit” by Jennifer Robins Teacher Librarian December 2005
This article looks at David Loertscher’s 2004 book, Ban Those Bird Units and goes beyond, including several examples of inquiry based projects that encourage student-led research rather than forcing them to fit into a one-size fits all research project where they just regurgitate facts rather than creating their own knowledge based on information gathered from a variety of sources.
I particularly liked this project: Students will write a newspaper or magazine article about one of the key events in the civil rights movement, written from the perspective of the participant.
Information Literacy skills/standards addressed: IL 1.4 and 3.1, 3.2, 3.4
I will share this article with Chad as part of our Study Group so that we have some “inspiration” as we develop our research project for the spring. Right now, I’m thinking that if we can tie it into Cultural Diversity Day we could look at the immigrant experience of a variety of countries and create a really neat project for display at the park.
I think I need Loertscher’s book!
