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Title of Project: Developing Expertise in a Health Issue or Disease
School District: Dolgeville Central School District
School: Dolgeville High School
Standard: Health, Physical Education, and Home Economics
Class: Health 11 and 12
Teacher: Bonnie Young
Library Media Specialist: Bonnie Young
Project Length: Four class periods
I. Issues for the Teacher
A. What NYS Standard are you working towards in this project?
Standard Health, Physical Education, and Home Economics #2: Students will acquire the knowledge and ability necessary to create and maintain a safe and healthy environment.
Key Idea Health Education students will demonstrate personally and socially responsible behaviors.
B. What skill (C-DOS/Information Literacy, etc.) do you want your students to develop as they work on this project?
Career Development and Occupational Studies Standard 2: Integrated Learning: Students will understand and demonstrate how academic content is applied in real world and workplace settings.
C. Describe in some detail what you want your students to do and/or produce in this project that will demonstrate that they are moving toward the standard and developing their skill.
  • Library orientation - while group overview and demonstration of online resources.
  • Show and tell of print materials.
  • Dissemination of library-produced bibliographies, print and online.
  • Hands-on experience.
  • Checklist for content.
II. Issues for the Library Media Specialist
A. What instructional strategies will you use to move students toward the standard(s) and skill(s) above?
  • Library orientation -- while group overview and demonstration of online resources.
  • Show and tell of print materials.
  • Dissemination of library-produced bibliographies, print and online.
  • Hands-on experience.
  • Checklist for content.
B. What material/technical support will you provide for the project?
  • Bibliography of print/non-print resources.
  • Computer access to multiple online and CD-ROM databases before, during and after school.
  • Print-outs to take home.
III. Issues for the Teacher and Library Media Specialist
A. What is the question driving the project?
What critical information is available about this disease or health issue?
B. The Challenge for Students (What product do you want students to create that will provide evidence they're learning the standard and skill?)
Write a five-page research paper with bibliography during class time on the following aspects of the assigned topic: definition, history of discovery or origin, symptoms, treatment, prognosis of elimination, supporting organizations, geographical spread or awareness. Also, place in class folder three articles and summaries weekly (minimum of 450 words per article).
C. Product Criteria (What criteria for a product of "good" quality?)

  • Material should be contemporary literature -- newspapers, periodicals and Internet.
  • Variety of sources types: Internet, newspapers, magazines, brochures, interview(s).
  • Correctly documented bibliography.
  • In-depth writing indicating mastery of topic.
  • Observable computer-use skill.
D. Standards Criteria (What evidence is needed to determine that the desired standard is being achieved?)

Knowledge:

  • Related vocabulary terms and concepts discussed in coherent writing.
    - Use of databases and print indexes.
  • Organization:
    - Met weekly assignment deadlines.
    - Rough draft/ final draft written during class time.
  • Secured passes to school library on regular basis -- documented.
  • Student participation in classroom discussion concerning assigned topic.
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