Information Literacy: Teaching Resources

Strategies for incorporating digital literacy standards into your lesson plans

"This guide provides a collection of resources to help you understand data literacy, to identify the connection between data literacy and social justice, to explore data relevant to factors affecting human rights and social justice, and to give you some creative tools to help you get started on your own research and advocacy projects."

By Trevor MacKenzie and Rebecca Bathurst-Hunt
When I first adopted an inquiry approach in my classroom, I discovered that when students explore a topic they are truly passionate about, amazing things happen: engagement increases, attendance and work ethic improve, twenty-first-century skills are acquired, classroom energy and collaboration are fostered, and my assessment of student understanding becomes more clear and accurate.

North Carolina State University

Video. How to read a scientific paper. Purdue University.

Each module provides a theoretical grounding in information literacy while also giving practical guidelines for research tasks. Though they need not be completed sequentially or in toto, students will benefit from reading the chapters and answering the critical thinking questions either before or concurrent to their research. Materials from this site may be freely distributed as long as attribution is given to www.lis101.com.

The News Literacy Project is a national education nonprofit offering nonpartisan, independent programs that teach students how to know what to believe in the digital age.

Resources for the study of copyright and the laws surrounding the ethical use and creation of information.

Lesson plans created by teachers for teachers, these ready-to-use materials provide easy ways to incorporate the LoC's unparalleled primary sources into instruction.

Sites for Copyright and Fair Use Information

"This guide created by Ohio State University defines information literacy, outlines core information literacy concepts, identifies common information literacy-related challenges that students may face, and provides teaching strategies and activities aimed at helping you to incorporate information literacy into your courses. "

Real versus fake news.
This lesson will give you a broad understanding of the term ‘fake news’ and the skills and techniques to distinguish between what’s false or fake and what’s real.

Evaluating Sources in a ‘Post-Truth’ World: Ideas for Teaching and Learning About Fake News