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Tag: #FactsMatter

September 30, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

Speaking Up for Courageous Women Who Spoke Up and Changed the World, a guest post by Nancy Churnin

I am offering these two books as souvenirs of courageous women to whom we owe much. I hope these books encourage further reading and reflection on both. It is long past time to thank them and to consider how the world can change when people dare to stand up for what they believe and speak truth to power.

July 5, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Facts Can be Fun: Middle Grade and Teen Nonfiction Series

Teen librarian Karen Jensen shares some of her favorite nonfiction series to help middle grade and teen readers learn more about the world they live in.

May 24, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

USING FICTION TO PROMOTE DISCUSSIONS OF INFORMATION LITERACY, a guest post by Sarah Darer Littman

Once we’ve encouraged kids to think about the questions, our job as educators isn’t to tell them the answers, but rather to empower them to search out the solutions themselves.

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News Literacy: Not Just Another Education Buzzword, a guest post by Jamie Gregory

April 27, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

Young people need to learn how to navigate the rapidly-evolving information landscape. Here are some ideas to implement, because #FactsMatter.

The Kids Might Be Alright: Bringing Media Literacy to the Classroom, a guest post by Olivia Tompkins

April 20, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

A librarian-educator shares about piloting an information literacy curriculum for her school.

#FactsMatter: Great Graphic Nonfiction for Students Who Love Information and Real World Stories, by Librarian Alison

April 5, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Guest blogger and librarian Alison shares a list of graphic nonfiction titles of interest for those readers who want to learn more about a wide variety of topics

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Information Literacy Skills in the Digital Citizenship Classroom: Teaching Lateral Reading, a guest post by Jennifer Hanson

March 10, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

Teaching remotely, both in an asynchronous and synchronous environment, pushed me to reevaluate how I was teaching information literacy skills with my students.

THIS IS NO GAME: WHEN FACTS MATTER, SPORTS NON-FICTION IS A GOOD PLACE TO TURN, a guest post by Andrew Maraniss

March 4, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

What better genre than sports to shine a light on the everyday elements of American life that have perpetuated injustice? These are the stories where the truth shines the brightest.

Bringing a New Wartime Diary to Light, a guest post by Ann Bausum

February 8, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

A look into the creation of Ensnared in the Wolf’s Lair: Inside the 1944 Plot to Kill Hitler and the Ghost Children of His Revenge, plus a giveaway!

Don’t Believe Everything You See: A Discussion of Deepfake by Sarah Littman with Lisa Krok

January 27, 2021 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Librarian Lisa Krok discusses what she learned about deepfake videos from Deepfake, a YA fiction title by Sarah Littman

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