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Fall 2009
Georgia SIRS Database Updates
Published jointly by Georgia Library Learning Online (GALILEO) and ProQuest, our Georgia newsletter provides hands-on student activities for SIRS linked to Georgia state learning standards, news and reviews of the latest additions to your research database solutions, and much more. (Sign up here,
or read back issues.)
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Learning Activities: Georgia Standards
Town Hall meetings conducted by members of Congress during their August recess have demonstrated the passion of each side in the battle for health care reform.
Students: Using SIRS Interactive Citizenship, answer these questions—How and why did the federal government get involved in health care? What role does the government play presently and how effective is it? What are the arguments against additional government involvement through health care reform?
SIRS Discoverer offers a germ-free set of essential questions to help help researchers of all ages better understand the flu, flu epidemics, and the importance of vaccination.
Finally, 21st-century skills and literacies focus on the importance of integrating real-world issues into the curriculum as a strategy to teach critical thinking and communication skills. The SIRS Leading Issue, "Underage Drinking" provides a real-world controversy for students to research either Pro or Con during Alcohol and Drug Abuse Awareness Month.
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SIRS & proquestk12.com Updates
Topical Pro/Con Coverage of 300 Leading Issues
Should embryonic stem cell research be allowed? Should schools and lawmakers do more to protect kids from cyberbullies? Should the North American Free Trade Agreement be abolished?
The newly enhanced SIRS Issues Researcher features editorially created and compiled content including Essential Questions with answers, viewpoint articles, and special features such as Global Impact and Statistics for 300 Pro/Con Leading Issues. Plus, Timelines and Research Guides are a click away.
Direct, concise information selected from more than 1,800 global full-text and multimedia sources help students connect and synthesize information on the most current topics and issues being studied and debated in your school.
Obtain the latest posters, flyers, and handouts for SIRS Issues Researcher, and be sure to show your students and staff our Fall 2009 update video podcast and additional short SIRS videos to get everyone up to speed during back to school time.
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New Features & Content @ SIRS Knowledge Source
Student outcomes, as defined by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, require students to "access information efficiently (time) and effectively (sources)" and "evaluate information critically and competently."
To address these outcomes, all SIRS Knowledge Source solutions now include fresh research and learning tools such as Thumbnail Preview of Images in Results, Note Organizer, Embedded Citations, and Language Translation capabilities.
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New Features & Content @ SIRS Discoverer
Christina Chappell, our ProQuest product developer, constantly reviews customer feedback and makes changes to K-6 online resources:
SIRS Discoverer < Details & Video
- New Non-Fiction Content: Colonial America and the Revolutionary War & Biography for Beginners—Biographies
- Mitchell Lane's Blue Banner Biographies: Live
- Celebrate 'One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind' & More...
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SIRS Current Events, Political Cartoons, Graphs + More
What makes our SIRS solutions so special? It's the human element. Every day, our SIRS Discoverer editors post hand-picked articles and resources. Tap into a short list of the most topical articles added
to SIRS in recent weeks. Did you know that SIRS Discoverer offers
charts and graphs plus
map activities,
geared for young researchers? SIRS Discoverer even offers
political cartoons.
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