Instructional Materials

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Handouts

• Reading for Information: The Trash-N-Treasure Method of Teaching Note-Taking (Grades 3 - 12)

• Inquiry Learning Handout 2014 Webinar by Mike and Bob

• Evaluating_Big6_Units Guide by Barbara Jansen

• Information, Communications, and Technology (ICT) Skills Curriculum Based on the Big6 Skills Approach to Information Problem-Solving by Mike Eisenberg, Doug Johnson, and Bob Berkowitz

• Big6 and Super3 Overview Handouts – What is the Big6? Includes one handout for Big6 skills and sub-skills, and a separate handout for Super3.

Presentations

• Introducing the Big6 - A short introduction to the Big6

• Power Point For Notetaking - Notetaking in the digital age - using PowerPoint for Big6 4.2 and 5.1

• Big6 Overview - Setting the scene and the case for essential information & technology skills instruction.

• Big6 Zen Overview - A creative overview presentation of the Big6

• Themes of the Big6 - An explanation of how and why the Big6 works - in college and university settings.

• The Super3 - Getting students to think of completing tasks as a process is important. It helps them get organized, complete the job, and maintain high standards of quality. The Big6 Information Problem-Solving Process is great - let’s simplify it for young children.

• Super3 Dinos - Planasaurus, Doasaurus, and Reviewasaurus are here to teach the Super3! See how Green Bay educators help the youngest students remember the Super3 in a fun way — with Dinosaurs!

Videos

• Big6 by the Month - Preview Webinar - 2011 - A preview of the Big6 by the Month program - comprehensive information and technology literacy for K-12 students. Big6 by the Month = information and technology literacy that is defined, predictable, measured, and reported. 

Planners - Organizers

• Research Project Organizer (7-12)

• Flat Stanley Super3 Worksheet (Super3–Plan, Do, Review)

• Writing_Process_Organizer (Grades 3-6)

• Big6 Speech Packet

Alex-Big6 Report Writing Resources

• Fiction Book Report Writer

• Non-Fiction Book Report Writer

• Biography Book Report Writer

• Science Lab Report Writer

Checklists

• Super3 Writing Checklist (PK-2)

• Writing Assignment Checklist (3-6)

• Writing Assignment Checklist (7-12)

• Science Fair Checklist (3-12)

• Checklist for Completing an Assignment (3-12)

• Evaluate Your Research Skills Checklist (7-12)

• Evaluate Your Sources: Print and Website (7-12)

Posters

• Super3/Big6 posters

Sponsored by ABC-CLIO, Mike EIsenberg did 4 videos on information literacy - what, how, why…

1. What is Information Literacy?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9UXEDNP1lc

2. How To Implement an Information Literacy Program - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcROQru5ijA

3. Accountability and Assessment of Information Literacy   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH296RiR5I4

4. The Role of the Teacher-Librarian in Information Literacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE2MpvByblc

Assignments, reports, projects, tests, and products related to the Big6 and Super3. 

• Maine First Graders Research and Write Books (Grade 1), Big6 eNewsletter 10.3, 4

• Big6 and the CIA: Intelligence is Information

• Integration of Information Literacy into Elementary History Teaching: A Framework of Big6 Model

• Big6 Problem-Solving with Multimedia Web Design Teams

• Rubric for Assessment: Integrated Problem Solving Model

Big6 and Super3 lessons, activities, tools, and handouts

• Integrated Curriculum Unit & Lesson Plans for Big6 Information Literacy and Grade 6 Iranian Science Curriculum

• How to Get An "A"

• Plan, Do, Review…What’s Bugging You? (Grades PreK-2): An Information Literacy Lesson Plan for Young Children

• Super3 Meets Flat Stanley!

• Sing a Song of Research: Turning the Big6 into a Tune

• Big6 Writing Process Organizer

• The Big6 in England: Introducing the Big6 in a Small London Secondary School

• U.S. History, Civil War: A Study in Change

• “The Super3 Research Song” by The Dandylions

• Introduction to the Big6: Puzzle Game

• Visual Literacy: The Memorial Project

• Presentation Skills: Working With Secondary Students

• Research Projects

• Banana Splits

• Evaluation: The Final Step

• Organizing Information (Pictures) Lesson

• Location and Access: Threading the Needle

• Super3 Dinosaur Lesson

• KWHL Chart

Presentations: PowerPoint and other formats for introducing and teaching the Big6 and Super3 to various audiences.

• Project Information Literacy-Lessons (Texas Library Assn)

• Comprehensive Info Literacy Big6 by the Month (Texas Library Assn)