The Week of April 14-20 has been designated as National Library Week. This event has been sponsored by the American Library Association since 1958 and encourages the public to use all libraries at their disposal; public, school, and even bookmobiles. The theme for this year is “Communities Matter @ Your Library.” This month's event provides a great opportunity for teachers to engage their students in library centered activities. The American Library Association website has posted available for down load as well as suggested activities for students. Many libraries will be sponsoring book sales, readings and author visitations as part of the celebration. Education World online magazine has lesson plans available for classroom teachers to use. http://www.educationworld.com/a_special/national_library_week.shtml.
Caroline Kennedy is the honorary chair and official spokesperson for this year’s events sponsored by ALA. For more information and ideas you might wish to check out their web site at http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/natlibraryweek.
Also check out this site- http://atyourlibrary.org/national-library-week
There are lots of things for students to do at the library. They can do their homework, use a computer or even learn a new skill. It is also place to meet new friends. If your students do not have library cards at the local public library, encourage them to get one.
These events create many teachable moments for students and library based activities can be easily integrated into your regular curriculum. For those of you who teach in high schools, you want to have your students look at challenged and banned books and discuss why they are challenged and how do those challenges interfere with Constitutional rights.
c. 2013 J. Margolis
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