SIRS:Standards Search Basics

Find SIRS content aligned to:–Common Core Standards (NEW!)–U.S. National & State standards–Canadian standards –IB Standards

Standards Search Capabilities

• Helps educators save time during the lesson planning process– Provides students with targeted, on-task

information of the highest quality

Standards Search Benefits

• Ensures library resources are aligned directly to learning benchmarks– Provides schools a vast pool of relevant

content to augment existing curriculum

Standards Search Benefits

Standards Search Basics

Access ALL Standards Correlations- including Common Core – via Top Link of SKS, SIRS Issues Researcher and SIRS Discoverer

Also accessible via Educators’ resources

Standards Search Basics

Select:1. Common Core, State, Province, or

Organization2. Subject

3. Click GO

Standards Search Basics

• Review the standards related to the subject

• Use the navigational triangles to drill deeper into a content standard– Click each triangle to

move deeper to uncover standard benchmarks

Standards Search Selection

Standards Search Basics

• At the benchmark level click a See resources link to begin matching SIRS content

Standards Search Selection

Standards Search Basics

• SIRS queries the benchmark against the topic tree— SKS/Issues

Researcher or Discoverer

• Results display all topics related to the benchmark

• Select a topic to access related resources

Topic Alignment

Standards Search Basics

• Topics lead to related documents, primary sources, graphics, and SIRS WebSelect or WebFind destinations

• Dynamic searches ensure educators can find updated content as new resources are added to SIRS

DocumentResults

Sample SIRS Resources

WebsitesDocuments

Images…more…

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