The 5L Instructional Design For Exploring Legacies Through Biography

Abstract

People who have impacted generations have left legacies we can explore today through biographies. The 5L instructional design introduced in this article includes five components: Listen, Learn, Locate, Link, and Legacy. In the “Listen” section, teachers use storytelling and read‐alouds to introduce individuals who shaped history. During the “Learn” component, each student selects a historical figure and, using print and online sources, examines his or her life. In the “Locate” portion of the design, students use graphic organizers to locate and record important events in the person's life alongside related world events or cultural opportunities of the period. In the “Link” component, students connect with someone else to share their work and receive feedback and questions. The final section, “Legacy,” encourages students to consider the financial, intellectual, social, or other kind of legacy left by the historical figure as well as the legacies they themselves want to leave the world.

Library instruction and information literacy 2013

“…Topics include the organizational structure of libraries, database searching and other aspects of the research process. Boulware, B.J., Monroe, E.E. and Wilcox, B.R.…”

“…The role of the school librarian and media specialist in the implementation of the Common Core State Standards remains a significant theme in the literature on school libraries (Canino-Fluit, 2013;Ray, 2013). Other articles in this area consider or investigate different methods of teaching the research process (Boulware et al, 2013;Nesset, 2013); information literacy skills and perceptions of teachers (Andreassen and Braten, 2013;Athanases et al 2013;Smith, 2013); and key factors, such as cultural capital, that influence the development of students' digital competencies (Hatlevik and Christophersen, 2013).…”

“…While noting that students had a positive response to all the visualization exercises, the authors also pinpoint several broadly applicable themes in student search behavior, including students' emphasis on evaluating initial search results, rather than developing keywords. Wilcox, A. (2013), "Information literacy education for university undergraduates: a case study in a library initiative in University College, Cork, Ireland", Nordic Journal of Information Literacy in Higher Education,Vol.…”