Database of the Month: Britannica School

Britannica School (Encyclopedia Britannica) offers students a safe place to conduct research using thousands of searchable encyclopedia and journal articles, images, videos, audios, primary sources with curriculum relevance, detailed maps, editor-recommended websites, learning games, a world atlas, and a wealth of how-to research tools.

The database supports differentiated learning with three user-friendly interfaces - elementary, middle, or high school -  and makes it easy to select the portal which best suits each student's reading, grade and age level.

Britannica School is offered to Massachusetts Library System member libraries through state and federal funding and may be accessed on my specialist website or from the library catalog by clicking on the links tab. Students do NOT need a username or password to access!

Learning About Biographies

Third graders continue to learn about library organization. This week we learned about how the biography section is arranged. We also talked about elements of the biography genre and read a book about Benjamin Franklin. Each student had to recall information from the text by recording two facts about this extremely colorful character in history! This activity also helped to build excitement about the upcoming visit by Ben Franklin at the end of the week!

Facts About Benjamin Franklin Written By Third Graders