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BadgerLink Toolkit for Educators & Librarians
Handouts
Promoting BadgerLink Services: A Manual for Library Staff (Adobe PDF)
This manual provides ideas for staff to use in promoting BadgerLink through library activities, communication with library users, and the library website.
Continue Summer Reading and Learning with BadgerLink! (Microsoft Word format)
This tip sheet for parents and students describes the content and audience for each of the Pre-Kindergarten to 12th grade search tools (eg, Searchasaurus, Kids Search and the Student Resource Center) included with BadgerLink.
Sample Letter to Parents (Start of School Year) (Microsoft Word format)
Librarians and media specialists can customize this letter to introduce parents to BadgerLink. It describes the content and support for BadgerLink at a general level.
Promoting Statewide Online Services Using Links and Logo Buttons (Microsoft Word format)
This tip sheet shows librarians and media specialists how they can add links to four valuable statewide online services, including BadgerLink, to their library's website.
Learning Tools and Lesson Plans
Teachers and parents can link into lesson plans, search tips and scavenger hunts found on the websites of the providers of BadgerLink sources. Each provider takes a different approach: some offer brief tip sheets, others share detailed lesson plans highlighting their content. Click the links below to access these valuable resources.
EBSCO Thematic Units and Lesson Plans
ECB VideoLink Teacher Guides
Teacher guides that accompany video series available on BadgerLink and broadcast by ECB on Wisconsin’s public television stations
Searchasaurus Scavenger Hunt (EBSCO)
THOMAS (Library of Congress) Legislative Resources For Teachers
Classroom activities, lesson plans, sources from the Library of Congress making Federal legislative information freely available
Wisconsin Historical Society Classroom Tools
Lesson plans created by teachers and Wisconsin Historical Society staff to incorporate online materials and/or themes and eras in Wisconsin history
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