Information Competency Skill:
Student knows how to judge the quality of information.

Suggested assignment to develop this skill.

Objective:
Using the online or card catalog, the student will be able to locate information from the oldest to the newest resource.

Activity:

1. Student chooses one of these categories:
Aircraft
Communication
Transportation
Politics
Health (medicine)
Agriculture


2. Using the online or card catalog, the student locates the oldest book and the newest book.

3. Student finds the two books and compares the information.

4. Student shares information orally with class using pictures, graphs, or charts showing differences.