[LM_NET] 8th Grade Visit to High School

[Anita Beaman <abeaman74@YAHOO.COM>]

This year, for the first time, 8th graders from our community will be visiting the 
high school library for a field trip in May.  Our goal is to introduce them to the 
staff and the facility, which is much larger & has a larger collection than they 
are used to, and to introduce them to the type/level of research they will be 
expected to do in high school.  We're also trying to clue in 8th grade teachers & 
library staff (some of whom will accompany the kids) about what we expect at the 
high school level, since we don't feel the kids are prepared for high school 
research.  (The teachers/library staff know this and are participating with the 
hope of making some changes.)
  Have any of you participated in this sort of field trip expereience before?  As 
the high school librarian, I'm working with the chair of our English department to 
  plan the day.  We'll have each group for a couple of hours.  Any suggestions 
about what we should make sure to cover, activities we might use, etc.?
   
  Thanks!
  Anita 


Anita Beaman, Librarian
Washington Community High School
Washington, IL 
abeaman74@yahoo.com
                
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