Grade Level Chart of 21st Century Literacies Lessons

Lesson Grade Level Chart

Which lessons are appropriate for your students?

All schools are probably teaching many of the information literacy skills found in this body of lessons. Usually, individual teachers will tackle the process of plugging the gaps in their curriculum when an issue or opportunity arises. A sixth grade teacher may see the need to review note taking, while a high school teacher needs to re-introduce Boolean operators and review Citing Sources. Eventually, schools and districts will attempt to make sure the skills covered in these lessons are integrated into the K-12 curriculum.

As a teacher, you can begin by looking at the chart below to see which lessons are appropriate for the age and abilities of the students you teach.

Grade Level	K-2	3-5	6-8	9-12
Information Literacy Lesson
Developing Different Types of Questions	*	*	*	*
Brainstorming Research Questions	*	*	*	*
Categorizing Research Questions	*	*	*	*
Selecting the Right Source		*	*	*
Identifying Keywords, Synonyms, Key Phrases	*	*
Creating an Effective Search Statement			*	*
Boolean Operators		*	*	*
General Web Search Tools: An Introduction			*	*
Evaluating General Web Search Tools			*	*
Online Search Techniques			*	*
Understanding URLs		*	*	*
Choosing the Best Hits/Results		*	*	*
Searching Specialized Databases		*	*	*
Determining Relevancy		*	*	*
Determining Authority and Accuracy		*	*	*
Determining Point of View		*	*	*
Determining Currency		*	*	*
Flow of Information		*	*	*
Scanning		*	*	*
Skimming		*	*	*
Highlighting		*	*	*
Note Taking		*	*	*
Note Taking on Sources Other than Text		*	*	*
Using Graphic Organizers	*	*	*	*
Reflecting on and Refining of Information Gathered	*	*	*	*
Determining the Form of Representation	*	*	*	*
Creating a Clear, Accurate, Engaging Presentation		*	*	*
Making an Effective Presentation	*	*	*	*
Tips for Successful Presentations	*	*	*	*
Understanding Copyright, Plagiarism, and Property
Citing Sources - Prepearing a Bibliography		*	*	*
Media and Visual Literacy Lessons
Evaluating Websites				*
Framing and Point of View			*	*
Function of Images in Text				*
Images as Persuasion			*	*
Locating Images		*	*	*
Scanning for Visual Details		*	*
Structural Comparisons			*	*

Grade Level	K-2	3-5	6-8	9-12

This page was last updated July 9, 2002
These lessons were created to support the AT&T/UCLA Initiative for the 21st Century Literacies.
The Grade Level Chart is maintained by Mary Lasica, AT&T