GALILEO:A SURE FIT FOR CCGPS

Agenda How GALILEO supports the Common

Core GPS On-level informational text Primary sources Multimedia Citing Curriculum Tools Training and more from GALILEO

Activities/Projects

Informational TextELACCXRI: Reading Informational Standards GALILEO offers resources with magazine, newspaper, and

encyclopedia articles as well as book chapters Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition

Britannica Elementary Compton’s by Britannica Encyclopædia Britannica High School

SIRS Discoverer and SIRS Issues Researcher EBSCO resources

Kids Search Middle Search Plus MAS Ultra Student Research Center History Reference Center Book Collection: Nonfiction

See more in your Databases A-Z list

Literary TextELACCXRL: Reading Literary Standards

NoveList and NoveList K-8 Book and author recommendations Curriculum-based book lists (by grade and

topic) Picture Book Extenders

Literary Reference Center Literary Criticism Plot Summaries Full-text classics – poems, stories, some

books

Primary SourcesLXRH: Literacy Standards for Reading in History and Social Studies GALILEO offers resources with primary sources

Annals of American History History Reference Center American Memory (from Library of Congress) Digital Library of Georgia See more at

High School > Browse by Type > Primary Source Documents

Teen > By Type > Primary Source Documents

Linking to GALILEO DatabasesExpress Links!! Express Links

Link directly to one GALILEO resource from your classroom or media center site

Students at home are only asked for the GALILEO password

Find all of your Express Links at Databases A-Z > Express Links

On-Level TextMany GALILEO resources include Lexile

scores

Lexile Handout

Multimedia GALILEO offers resources with images, videos,

and/or audio Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition

Britannica Elementary Compton’s by Britannica Encyclopædia Britannica High School

SIRS Discoverer and SIRS Issues Researcher Images @ EBSCO Digital Library of Georgia See more in

High School > Browse by Type > Images , Maps, and Flags

Teen > By Type > Pictures, Maps, and Flags

Citing SourcesSeveral GALILEO resources have pre-

formatted citations for articles

Citing Sources

Several GALILEO resources offer article-level linking

Curriculum Tools EBSCO SIRS Britannica

EBSCO Curriculum Standards Appears in Kids Search,

Student Research Center, and History Reference Center

Look in Reference Shelf or Teacher Resources

SIRS Resources Correlated to Standards SIRS Discoverer (elementary or middle) or

SIRS Issues Researcher (high school) Look in Educators’ Resources or click the

Common Core Correlations link

Encyclopædia Britannica Look in Teachers’ Resources in any grade

level of Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition

Click the orange buttons for Curriculum Standards

Widgets and Buttons for Your Media Center Website Vendor logos to create buttons

Go to GALILEO Help > search for buttons http://help.galileo.usg.edu/faqs/how_can_i_create_buttons_to_link_to_databases_on_my_library_site/

Search box widgets Go to GALILEO Help > search for widgets in

FAQs Britannica

http://help.galileo.usg.edu/faqs/how_do_i_create_a_search_box_for_britannica_for_my_library_site/

EBSCO http://help.galileo.usg.edu/faqs/how_do_i_use_the_ebscohost_search_box_widget/

GALILEO Training and Tips GLMA blog – GALILEO staff post monthly GALILEO email list – low traffic; announcements GALILEO Training – watch for new K-12 sessions

to be scheduled later in summer/early fall GALILEO Training Archives Presentations and Materials Resources for Educators

Where I’m From in GALILEO – create local history poem

Create Your Own Story – create a digital story

Activities or Projects

What has worked in your media center?

What project/activity ideas have inspired you?

Questions?

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