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Newspaper page containing an illustration of a giant eyeball emerging from a planet.

The Intelligent Vegetable Martians are Coming! Analyzing Historical Newspapers to Practice Information Literacy Skills

April 15, 2025

A key aspect of information literacy is evaluating the relationship between claims and evidence: Do claims follow clearly and logically from evidence? Can the evidence also support alternate claims? Guide students to apply information literacy skills to a 1912 article “Mars Peopled by One Giant Thinking Vegetable.”

Posted in: Literacy, Science Technology and Math, Teaching Strategies

A drawing of a torch-bearing female labeled "Votes for Women", symbolizing the awakening of the nation's women to the desire for suffrage, striding across the western states, where women already had the right to vote, toward the east where women are reaching out to her.

Teaching Resources for Women’s History Month

March 18, 2025

Posted by: Colleen Smith

Blog posts, classroom materials, and resources from the Library offer ideas that can support teaching and learning about Women's History Month in different subjects (Science/STEM, Social Studies, English Language Arts) and across grade levels.

Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Women's History

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