Hit: Cool search topics for teens

[Jacqueline Henry <JHenry@GANANDA.ORG>]

I apologize - I have accidently deleted the replies that I got on this =
topic.  Many suggested that I use topics of current interest - rock stars =
etc.  Combining the suggestions that I received, and also a topic that one =
of our 9th graders is planning to research,  I have come up with as search =
that will work very well to demonstrate search skills. There is a theory =
that Kurt Cobain's suicide was actually a carefully planned murder with =
Courtney Love being the chief suspect.  It will be perfect for me to use =
to demonstrate our research databases and our library catalog.  There are =
so many key words to explore:  Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, Nirvana, Rock, =
Rock Music, Murder, suicide etc.  I also can use it as a perfect way to =
encourage the students to start with the research databases.  I did a =
search on Courtney Love on google and 9 out of the 10 pages that came up =
were blocked by our content filter.  A perfect reason for the students to =
use the research databases, since they are not blocked!   The one website =
that was not blocked was not an acceptable research site because there was =
no information on the author or organization behind the web page.  So - =
there is an opportunity to show students how they must evaluate sites =
before using them in their research.

I think this will be a perfect topic to use with 9th graders to keep their =
attention.  I will have them create a "word bank" first and we will try =
combining those keywords and using them separately and coming to conclusion=
s about how using AND, OR and NOT work.

Thanks for your help. and again - my apologies for losing the detailed =
results.  They definitely helped me plan this lesson.

Jacquie

"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those that wander are lost"
 J.R.R. Tolkien
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Jacquie Henry, MLS
Ruben A. Cirillo High School
Gananda Central School District
3195 Wiedrick Road
Walworth, NY  14568
jhenry@gananda.org

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