This website publishes a great example of information literacy standards. Guidelines developed by Mankato schools help to insure that all Mankato graduates will have a variety of experiences using information and technology.

A collection of references to The Big6 in articles and books.

More than just extracting needed information, note-taking consists of three steps: Identification of keyword and related words in the researchable questions, skimming and scanning and extracting needed information.

Focus research on questions which call for more than information-gathering

Develop a toolkit of problem-solving strategies to employ when encountering an unfamiliar problem

Three ways to help little kids “take notes.”

Extracting information through Note-Taking and role-play.

All subject areas have the potential for integrating information literacy skills.

This assessment tool shows how to measure student progress in each Big6 Skill area. To use this rubric, mark the level of achievement in each column for each Big6 Skill 1 – 6. You may modify this sample rubric to fit your own assignments.

Write an original folk tale incorporating the appropriate critical elements of a tall tale, myth, or fable.