Pre-Institute Planning Form

LibraryQuest Topic:  ____________________________       Unit:  __________________________

I plan to use the LibraryQuest as:  (Check One)

  • An Introduction to a Unit
  • In Place of a Unit
  • An Assessment of a Unit
  • As an ongoing series of web-based lessons

LibraryQuest Approaches: (Check One)

  • Students working as an expert in the field.
    (Students as historians, geographers, economists, political scientists, etc.)
  • Students performing a GRASPS to demonstrate understanding.
    (Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Performance Tasks, Standards of Success – See Example)
  • Students evaluate a Social Studies hypothesis or answering a puzzling question.
    (Students as “History Detectives”)
  • Other (Please explain.)  ___________________________________________

Consider these questions when planning for LibraryQuest implementation:

  1. What primary source activities should I do with students prior to LibraryQuest?
  2. 2. How much time is feasible to devote to entire LibraryQuest? (Consider computer lab usage and availability, what can be done in the classroom, what can be done for homework?)
  3. What are the potential obstacles to implementing the LibraryQuest?
  4. What are potential solutions to these obstacles?