Showcasing the ways in which librarians and teachers can work together to meet Common Core Standards using existing materials and teaching strategies, this webinar/discussion centered on using existing and new materials to develop and enhance the teaching and learning experience while meeting the new standards. Our special guests from Paul D. Schreiber High School, Ms. Seligman (Library Media Specialist) and Ms. Cohan (English Teacher) discussed how they have successfully developed, implemented and revised numerous projects over the past few years to reach the evolving needs of current students. They suggested ways to collaborate with disciplines from around the school.

1. Meeting Common Core Standards Using
Library Research and Collaboration
Guest Speakers – Paul D. Schreiber High School
Mary Seligman, Librarian
Michal Cohan, English Teacher
Hosts – Cengage Learning
Dinah Ramirez, Product Training Specialist
Gayle Grimes, National Curriculum Specialist, School Group

2. Librarians at the center of Common
Core State Standards
Gayle Grimes
National Curriculum Specialist
Cengage Learning, School Group

3. Librarians and Common Core Standards
 Strategic Opportunity
 The Collection
 Voice
 Instructional Shift
 21st Century Learning
 Curator
 Expert

4. Paul D. Schreiber
High School
Port Washington, New York
Mary Seligman
Librarian
Michal Cohan
English Teacher

5. Meeting Common Core Standards
Using Library Research
Intersection of Common Core and
Information Literacy Standards :
• Locate information in a variety of
formats from multiple sources
• Assess usefulness and critically
evaluate
• Integrate information into text and/or
presentation to share with others
• Avoid plagiarism

6. Practical Applications
English Project #1
Title of Project: Daily Life in the Renaissance
Grade Level: 9
This project was done before reading Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It
was explained to students that writers do not write in a vacuum. To better
understand Shakespeare’s work, we need to know about his world.
Topics:
Daily Routine Class Structure Food Marriage Rituals
Clothing Social Customs Games Law and Politics
Task:
 Research one topic.
 Write a 2-3 page paper.
 Make a 5 minute presentation to the class using any creative way you
choose.

9. What standards does this project meet?
1. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.2 : Integrate multiple sources presented in
diverse media or formats
2. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.5 : strategic use of digital media in
presentations to add interest and inform.
3. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.9-10.8 : Gather relevant information from multiple
authoritative print and digital sources; assess usefulness; integrate
information into text; avoid plagiarism.
4. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2 : Write informative/explanatory texts to
examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and
accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of
content.
5. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.4 : Present information, findings, and
supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically such that listeners can
follow the line of reasoning and the
organization, development, substance, and style are appropriate to
purpose, audience, and task.
6. AASL 21st Century Standards : Crosswalk with Common Core

10. Title of Project: Evil Despots
Grade Level: 10
In this project, students were reading Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
Topics:
With the help of the Social Studies department chair, we created a list
of history’s most evil leaders. Some of those included were:
Alexander the Great Quin Shi Huang-Di Charlemagne
Ghengis Khan Mehmed II Mussolini Nero
*Because he is studied extensively, we did not include Hitler.
Task:
 Students were to select one leader and research their lives and deeds.
 The paper was focused on a critical analysis of the leader, drawing
connections to a specific character in the play.
English Project #2

13. What standards does this project meet?
1. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.1 : Cite strong and thorough textual evidence
to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences
drawn from the text.
2. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.2 : Determine a central idea of a text and
analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it
emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an
objective summary of the text.
3. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.6 : Compare the point of view of two or more
authors for how they treat the same or similar topics, including which
details they include and emphasize in their respective accounts.
4. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.7 : Integrate quantitative or technical analysis
(e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital
text.
5. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2b : Develop the topic with well-chosen,
relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details,
quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the
audience’s knowledge of the topic.
6. AASL 21st Century Standards : Crosswalk with Common Core

14. Title of Project: Lord of the Flies and Civil Unrest
Grade Level: 10
• As a follow-up to reading Lord of the Flies, students would connect
this fiction book to real world events.
• Each student would research one of the four possible conflicts as a
foundation of their essay.
Topics:
Syria Libya Egypt Darfur
Task:
 In a well developed essay, students were to connect a controlling idea
from Lord of the Flies to civil unrest in today’s world.
English Project #3

17. What standards does this project meet?
1. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH9-10.1 : Citing specific primary and secondary sources,
inc. date and origin of info
2. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.2 : Central ideas; how these develop over time
3. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.3 : Analysis; cause of earlier events or simply
preceding?
4. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.8 : Gather relevant information from multiple
authoritative print and digital sources; assess usefulness; integrate
information into text; avoid plagiarism.
5. CCSS.ELA.Literacy.RH.9-10.9 : Draw evidence from informational texts to
support analysis, reflection, and research.
6. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2b : Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant,
and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or
other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of
the topic.
7. AASL 21st Century Standards : Crosswalk with Common Core

18. Social Studies Project #1
Title of Project: 19th Century Revolutions
Grade Level: 10
Students had studied the French Revolution of the early 1800s. This
was the catalyst for other revolutionary events around the world.
Topics :
Austria Russia Greece
Haiti France South America
Task :
 Students were to research a mid-nineteenth century revolution and
connect its origins to the ideas that were the foundation of the earlier
French Revolution.
 Write a 2 page newspaper article.
 Make a presentation to the class outlining their conclusions.

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21. What standards does this project meet?
1. CCSS.ELA-Literacy. RH9-10.1 : citing specific primary and secondary
sources, including date and origin of info.
2. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.2 : Central ideas; how these develop over
time.
3. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.9-10.3 : Analysis; cause of earlier events or simply
preceding?
4. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.8 : Gather info from authoritative print
and digital sources; assess usefulness; integrate into text; avoid
plagiarism.
5. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.9 : Draw evidence from informational
test to support analysis, reflection, and research.
6. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.9 : Compare/contrast treatments of topic
in primary & secondary sources.
7. AASL 21st Century Standards : Crosswalk with Common Core

22. Title of Project : U.S. History from 1700s to Current Times
Grade Level: 11 AP
Students were to create a thesis statement on a topic in U.S. History in
which they were interested.
Topics:
Possible areas of inquiry included:
• The role of propaganda in the American Revolution
• Political philosophies
• Social reform movements
• The legacy of the Great Society
• Affirmative action
• Supply side economics
Task:
 After substantial research, students were to write an 8-10 page paper
defending or disproving their thesis.
Social Studies Project #2

24. Gale E-Book

25. What standards does this project meet?
1. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.1 : Cite specific textual evidence to support
analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained
from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.
2. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.3 : Evaluate various explanations for actions
or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual
evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain.
3. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.6 : Evaluate authors’ differing points of view
on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors’ claims,
reasoning, and evidence.
4. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.7 : Integrate and evaluate multiple sources
of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually,
quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or
solve a problem.
5. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.8 : Evaluate an author’s premises, claims,
and evidence by corroborating or challenging them with other
information.
6. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.9 : Integrate information from diverse
sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of
an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.
7. AASL 21st Century Standards : Crosswalk with Common Core

26. Philosophy of Working Together
• The teacher and librarian each bring their skills and
resources to the party.
• Work within your comfort zones and be supportive of each
other. It makes the students happier when they see a
positive relationship happening.
• Projects are designed around available resources. Confirm
that materials meet the needs for student success.
• Offer students choices within parameters – help them ‘own’
the project.
• Begin with more basic projects, then build on that
foundation. As complexity increases, remind students of
what they already know.
• Be willing to take a risk and try something new. Have fun!

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