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Dan’s 9th Graders are involved with the National History Day project Guidance  with the library’s skills lessons and resource support that we linked here.

Christy’s 9th graders are reading a combination of works (novels, poetry, short stories) for their Author Study. Our library is supporting them with professionally written resources and tips for locating works like short stories.  Our list of favorite YA authors and lists of award-winning books is on our “What to Read Next” pages.        Christy’s assignment.

Help Arlington County and APS  Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy  in this film contest—>   Upload two to three minute video response to one of the following prompts:

• “Be the Change: My Role as a Leader in My Community”
• “How Do We Continue Dr. King’s Work?”

Read more on the theme below:

Catherine’s 12th graders are developing their “concept project” supported by lessons that follow:

• Formulating a “researchable question” and generating subject terms and keyword terms to apply in…
• Advanced Searching (simplified version)
• Advanced Searching for high schoolers
• Advanced Searching in Science Databases (good prep for college level work)
• They are locating and applying high level databases such as J-STOR which is an archive of mostly scholarly journals including peer-reviewed seminal research and other historically important articles– TIPS for J-STOR use), Proquest E-Book Central (in MackinVia for anthologies and full length books) and Proquest Student and Gale One File ( both for current peer-reviewed journal articles.)
• As in a University library, apply “Subject Guides” (listed at these HBW web pages under “Research“) that recommend the most relevant databases for various fields of study, depending upon the researcher’s topic and specific questions.
• The project reinforces the many steps of the research process –skills and concepts such as “Why use Databases” ‘and “Why Start with a Reference Article?”
• Students will appreciate that one-on-one work with librarians (who select and purchase the resources and daily work with researchers) can speed forward project focus and resource gathering.

The Center for Youth and Family Advocacy‘s event called  “Teen TimeOut” on Sat, Dec. 14, 11-3pm at Central Library. Nora has more info.

See all programs for teens designed and delivered by Arlington Public Library. Lots happening in December!

Digital Citizenship and mental health are developed with positive behaviors around our devices. Check out great resources like these:  ScreenTime: How Much is Too Much?   News Habits / Attitudes of Gen Z and Millenials     How is your phone changing you?    High School Students go through a Digital De-Tox   TedTalk Reflection on Cost Kids Pay to “Free” Social Media    Is the Internet Making you Meaner?   Contemplate how you build your Digital Reputation  Over-sharing and your Digital Footprint   Six Things to Know about AI   Lateral Reading to help with Fact Checking

Here’s how to check your library account for books you owe. Thanks for sharing them!

E-content (some of it) is continuing to change locations this year!  See how H-B’s newest e-books and audio-books will appear in the SORA app which is on the list of APS Library Databases.

Skills Focus:

Our Research Guides linked here support specific research projects assigned at HBW. Use them to develop skills targeted for Middle Schoolers and High Schoolers. Explore the menu there to find the databases recommended for art, fashion, history, science and more!

Report to Maggie your research topic/question to get additional support and recommended resources. Meet with Maggie afterward for support. Using your APS Google login… High Schoolers use this form for Science Fair and Science Expo projects, NHD, PSP, Capstone, Sociology and projects of all kinds.

Community Building:

Suggest a book that you want us to purchase for our collection: link.

Can you guess where each call number is shelved?  Hint:  look at the top and the bottom of each spine label that appears in the picture below!

Learn more about call numbers and their related locations in the library

It won’t take long for you to see where books are shelved in our library.  Does this map help?

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