Lesson: So Many Choices!
This lesson introduces students to the first steps in finding information on the Internet.
Grade range: 1-3
Teacher Material: https://textbook.mediasmarts.ca/blocks-teachertext/chapter/animal-facts-and-fakes-2/
Student Material: https://textbook.mediasmarts.ca/buildingblocks/chapter/animal-facts-and-fakes/
Time Frame
| One class period (45-60 minutes) | Two or three class periods (90-120 minutes) | Extended Unit |
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| Activities |
Animal Facts and Fakes Safe Clicking Who Knows What About Animals? Search Engines Learning About Animals
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Animal Facts and Fakes Safe Clicking Who Know What About Animals? Search Engines Learning About Animals Learning About Bats
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Animal Facts and Fakes
Safe Clicking Who Know What About Animals?Search Engines Learning About Animals Learning About Bats Wacky Media Songs: Feed the Machine! |
Note: If you are delivering this lesson for Grade 1, deliver the one-class version.
Preparation:
- Make sure that you are able to access the links and that students are able to access the interactive activities.
- If you want to use the printed handouts, prepare to distribute the handouts Learning about Animals and Learning about Bats.
- A fully printable version of this lesson is available at https://mediasmarts.ca/teacher-resources/so-many-choices.
Learning Outcomes
Big ideas/key concepts: Students will understand that…
Digital media are networked
- Networked digital tools such as search engines help us find good information online
- Because anyone can share content online, we have to verify information we find there
Digital media have unexpected audiences
- It’s easy to find content that is inappropriate or unreliable online
Key questions:
- How can we find good information online?
- How can we tell whether online information is reliable or not?
- How can we keep from finding things we don’t want to see?
Essential knowledge: Students will know…
- Finding and verifying: Simple techniques for finding and verifying information
- Key vocabulary: Expert, keyword, link, search engine, source
Performance tasks: Students will be able to…
- Access: Find and sort information from a curated list of sources
- Use: Use search engines effectively
- Understand: Identify concerns with finding and verifying information online
Curriculum Connections
Strand A: Literacy Connections and Applications
A2. Digital Media Literacy
A2.3 Research and Information Literacy
gather, evaluate, and use information, considering various perspectives, to construct knowledge and demonstrate learning
A2.4 Forms, Conventions and Techniques
demonstrate an understanding of the forms, conventions, and techniques of digital and media texts, and apply this understanding when analyzing texts
Strand C: Composition (Understanding and Responding to Texts)
C1 Knowledge About Texts
C1.1 Using Foundational Knowledge and Skills to Comprehend Texts
Grade 1: read and comprehend short, simple texts, using knowledge of words, grammar, cohesive ties, sentence structures, and background knowledge
Grade 2: read and comprehend short texts, using knowledge of words, grammar, cohesive ties, sentence structures, and background knowledge
Grade 3: read and comprehend various texts, using knowledge of words, grammar, cohesive ties, sentence structures, and background knowledge
C1.3 Text Patterns and Features
Grade 1: identify some text patterns, such as sequencing and chronological order, and text features, including illustrations, symbols, and titles, associated with various text forms, and explain how they help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the meaning
Grade 2: identify some text patterns, such as chronological order and journal entry, and text features, including table of contents, charts, and icons, associated with various text forms, and explain how they help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the meaning
Grade 3: identify some text patterns, such as order of importance and cause and effect, and text features, such as headings and an index, associated with various text forms, and explain how they help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the meaning
Strand D: Composition (Expressing Ideas and Creating Texts)
D1.3 Research
Grade 1: gather information and content relevant to a topic, using a single source
Grades 2-3: gather information and content relevant to a topic, using three or more sources
D1.4 Organizing Content
Grades 1-2: sort and sequence ideas and information, taking into account the text form and genre to be used
Grade 3: sort and sequence ideas and information, using appropriate strategies and tools, taking into account the text form and genre
D1.5 Reflecting on Learning
Grades 1-2: identify the strategies that helped them develop ideas for texts
Grade 3: identify the strategies that helped them develop ideas for texts and organize content
Someone who knows a lot about something.
Keywords are the words you put in a search engine to find what you're looking for.
A text or image that brings you somewhere else on the internet when you click or tap it.
An app or website that lets you find websites by entering search terms.
Where a fact or story first came from.