This 2-part handbook for school librarians and media specialists addresses both the library skills curriculum for the school district (K-12) and administrative procedures for school libraries. The first section lists general student goals for library instruction, ideas for skills and activities to be taught at all grade levels, and the thinking…

Library and media personnel from the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency contributed to this handbook, which provides teaching, administrative, organizational, and management materials applicable to a K-12 school environment. These materials are divided into such categories as literature, storytime, promotions, equipment operation and usage,…

Suggests library-based activities that focus on the relationship between art and literature. Suggests van Eyck's painting, "The Arnolfini Marriage," to elicit from students the history, conditions, themes, and symbols portrayed. Lists a Web-site for more resources and suggested related literature available at several student levels. (ET)

This manual outlines goals, and provides reading material, problem situations and suggested class activities for use in teacher education workshops concerned with overcoming sex role stereotyping in education. Materials for the first workshop session cover the general topic of sex-role stereotyping and its definition in terms of the traits,…

Describes fully developed library media activities that are designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units. Highlights include music (the music of Africa), language arts (American Black poets), science (the work of George Washington Carver), and social studies (Laura Ingalls Wilder and the movement West). (LRW)

Provides fully developed library media activities, most of which are designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units, on the following topics: (1) "Health: Sleep and Sleeping Habits"; (2) "Industrial Arts: E-Z 4 U!"; (3) "Social Studies: Our Town Database"; and (4) "Social Studies: American Inventors and Inventions." (SD)

Describes a social studies unit for elementary students that is based on historical fiction and integrates the use of skills in library media, language arts, reading, and critical thinking. The roles of the teacher and of the library media specialist are discussed. (LRW)