ABC Clio

Getting Started

And a Few Good Ideas

• Combine authoritative reference, complete lessons,

and contextual insights from leading historians

• Curriculum driven - carefully planned and developed

by expert editors and history scholars to align to state

and national curriculum standards and commonly used

textbooks

• Easy-to-use design – students quickly find what they

need

A COMPREHENSIVE LEARNING & RESEARCH SOLUTION FOR HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES

RANGE OF CONTENT

Articles Documents Analyze Lessons Events Government Key Questions Eras Individuals Court Need to Know Wars Groups Cultural Dilemma Issues Places Speeches Perspectives Countries Objects/Artifacts Narratives Investigate States Ideas/Movements Quotes Doing More Topics

Media Plus… Images Facts & Figures Activities Maps Glossary Terms Test Questions Audio Timelines Correlations Video Feature Stories Flags Discussion Questions

ALL DATABASES NOW SHARE A COMMON INTERFACE

Learn one, know how to use them all

THE HOME PAGE

Advanced Search (Reference Library)

Explore a Topic (Classroom)

Analyze(Dilemmas)

Feature Stories

Simple Search

Research ListsSwitch databases

MULTIPLE WAYS TO EXPLORE THE CONTENT

• Home page

• Simple search

• Advanced Search

• Filtered searching

• Explore a Topic/Era

• Analyze a historical dilemma

• Research lists

• Feature stories

• Cross-database searching

SAMPLE ENTRY – Biography

Search term highlighted

Related entry links

Print or email results

EXPLORE AN ERA - Activity

EXPLORE AN ERA - Discussion

ANALYZE – KEY QUESTION

Primary sources can be used to begin the discussion – what’s

happening in this picture?

Start with a Key Question to help define the debate

Let’s Jing!

What is a JING!?-Check it out…. http://www.jingproject.com/

Getting Started with ABC Clio

Jing

RESEARCH LISTSSave resources for easy retrieval

* Unlimited number of saved lists* Staff created* Accessible by staff and students* Easily created & updated * Stored forever

RESEARCH LISTS

Add notes about the list

Store all primary and secondary

sources in one easy list

Creating a Research List

JING!

Cool….

But Now What?

This is for YOU!

Use the resources for instruction. Teach content reading strategies with the articles. Use the visuals, primary resources, news clips, and

other links to enhance your presentations, and classroom instruction.

Other programs that will help you….

Slide Share Wikis

Blogs

Teach them the skills

Guided Synthesis and Analysis Create web quest with teacher selected resources Use facts and figures to have students create data

base and spread sheets Use articles and images for classroom discussions Use lesson plans developed in the analyze section.

Programs to help you…

Voice Thread Spread Sheets

Database Google Docs

Blogs

Let’em Look For It!

This is a GREAT student resource Have student browse topics to create

their own inquiry projects. Use the database as a controlled search

engine Teach students how to cite authors’

work properly

Give them information on…MLA Citations- Citationmachine.net

Show me the…projects!

Elaboration After learning about a topic have

students use resources to create projects Have students enhance their projects

with the images and multimedia.

Glogster

Example- Time Lines