GAPS Libraries Resource Update

Strong research does not begin with searching. It begins with questioning.

One of the most common challenges librarians and educators see is that students jump straight to Google or an AI tool without clarity about what they are actually trying to learn. When questions are vague, search results are unfocused. When questions are unclear, sources feel overwhelming. When questions are poorly framed, AI tools amplify the problem by returning broad responses that sound confident but lack relevance. This week focuses on one of the most powerful research skills we can teach students: how to ask better research questions.

Gender equality is the principle that everyone—regardless of gender—is entitled to equal treatment under the law, equal rights, and equal opportunities to contribute to and benefit from their societies. The Women’s March in 2017 was one of the largest single-day protests in history: over seven million demonstrators took part in over seven hundred marches worldwide. This article from CFR Education discusses how gender-based discrimination harms countries around the world and how governments and international bodies are combating it.

Join us as we read our way across the USA! Log your minutes throughout March to help us reach our districtwide goal of 100,000 minutes read during the month of March; all readers will be automatically enrolled in the Read Across America challenge as soon as they log minutes in March. Read Across America minutes automatically count toward our year-long district goal of One Million Minutes by the end of the school year!

Special shout-outs to Memorial Middle School, North Albany Elementary and South Shore Elementary for their high numbers of student participation -- the majority of students in those schools are logging reading minutes! All students and staff K-12 can participate.

Curated in partnership between Common Sense Media and YouTube, these videos for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders have been carefully reviewed to support teachers in finding high-quality, standards-aligned content to use in their classrooms. Each math video and advisory video has been selected across key criteria including content, purpose, age appropriateness, and engagement. The math videos are organized by topic and respective grades 6–8, and all of the SEL videos are suitable for grades 6 through 8.

It’s never too early to be a good citizen. In this unit from iCivics, students will be introduced to citizenship and leadership. Students will work together to create a classroom book on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. Students will have the opportunity to practice citizenship by voting, recounting, and coming together for the common good.

Earth Day, born in 1970 from public outrage over pollution, marked a turning point in U.S. environmental policy. In the mid 20th century, smog choked cities, factories spewed industrial waste and a river in Ohio caught fire. By the late 1960s, a series of environmental crises pushed environmental damage into the national spotlight. This Retro Report video and lesson traces how those events led to the creation of the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970.

Join Facing History & Ourselves to discover classroom-ready civics resources to support teaching the America 250th anniversary in this fast-paced virtual Resource Slam. This webinar will feature resources from leading organizations—including the Center for Civic Education, Facing History & Ourselves, KQED, National Writing Project, and PBS LearningMedia. This session offers practical ideas that educators can use in their classrooms right away.

• Informe Académico - Una coleccion de revistas hispanicas con textos completos.
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