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Cooperative Collection Development -- CCD: Lesson Suggestions

• The School Library System (SLS) Cooperative Collection Development Plan is developed as part of the resource sharing component of the plan of service.

Lesson Suggestions Using the Crime and Rehabilitation Collection

Lesson #1

Possible Curriculum Connections: English, US Government, Criminology

Aim: Should the death penalty exist in the US states?

Information Fluency Continuum Standards:

Standard 1: Inquiry and Design Thinking

NYS Next Generation Standards:

Writing Standard 7 - Gather relevant information from multiple sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas; avoid plagiarism, overreliance on one source, and follow a standard format for citation.

Objectives: Students will be able to locate resources for their research project about the death penalty, using resources presented by Mrs. Davis (librarian).

Development:

Students will use the Crime and Rehabilitation CCD Collection to research the death penalty in the United States.  The final product could be a class debate over whether or not the death penalty should be legal in the US.  The final product could be a Prezi, a Buncee, or a PowerPoint presentation arguing that the death penalty should be legal/illegal in the US.

Lesson #2

Possible Curriculum Connections: US History, US Government, Criminology

Aim: How do US Supreme Court justices make decisions?

Information Fluency Continuum Standards:

Standard 3: Demonstrating Social Responsibility

NYS Next Generation Standards:

Writing Standard 7 - Gather relevant information from multiple sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas; avoid plagiarism, overreliance on one source, and follow a standard format for citation.

Objectives: Students will be able to locate resources for their mock trials of US Supreme Court cases, using resources presented by Mrs. Davis (librarian).

Development:

Students will use the Crime and Rehabilitation CCD Collection to research the various US Supreme Court cases.  The final product could be a mock trial in the HSLEAPS courtroom.

Lesson #3

Possible Curriculum Connections: College and Career Readiness, Career Research Class, College Advisory, Introduction to Law Enforcement, Introduction to Public Safety, Social Media Marketing, Careers in Public Safety, Careers in Social Media

Aim: How can I learn more about the career that interests me?

Information Fluency Continuum Standards:

Standard 2: Pursuing Personal and Aesthetic Growth

NYS Next Generation Standards:

Writing Standard 7 - Gather relevant information from multiple sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas; avoid plagiarism, overreliance on one source, and follow a standard format for citation.

Objectives: Students will be able to locate resources about careers that interest them, using resources presented by Mrs. Davis (librarian).

Development:

Students will use the Crime and Rehabilitation CCD Collection to research careers in criminal justice, among other careers.  The final product could be an oral presentation, a brochure created in LucidPress (similar to Microsoft Publisher) (https://app.lucidpress.com/), or FlipGrid about the student’s career of choice.

Lesson #4

Possible Curriculum Connections: US History, US Government, Criminology, Math

Aim: How should US society balance the Second Amendment right to own guns with safety concerns?

Information Fluency Continuum Standards:

Standard 3: Demonstrating Social Responsibility

NYS Next Generation Standards:

Writing Standard 7 - Gather relevant information from multiple sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas; avoid plagiarism, overreliance on one source, and follow a standard format for citation.

Objectives: Students will be able to locate resources about the number of gun related deaths in the US, using resources presented by Mrs. Davis (librarian), in order to suggest effective gun control laws.

Development:

Students will use the Crime and Rehabilitation CCD Collection to research the number of gun related deaths in the US and circumstances leading to those deaths in order to create effective gun control laws.  The final product could be a chart (created in on graph papers, in MS Excel, or in Buncee) and effective gun control laws that would be explained in an oral presentation.

Lesson #5

Possible Curriculum Connections: English, Criminology, Psychology

Aim: How do people become serial killers?

Information Fluency Continuum Standards:

Standard 1: Inquiry and Design Thinking

NYS Next Generation Standards:

Writing Standard 7 - Gather relevant information from multiple sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas; avoid plagiarism, overreliance on one source, and follow a standard format for citation.

Objectives: Students will be able to locate resources for their research project about serial killers, using resources presented by Mrs. Davis (librarian).

Development:

Students will use the Crime and Rehabilitation CCD Collection to research how specific serial killers embarked on this crime.  The final product could be a Google site, an e-book created in Book Creator, or a storyboard created in Storyboard That (https://www.storyboardthat.com/).

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