Information Literacy for General Education Breadth Courses  Tags: general_education breadth information_literacy  

A good example of a research paper that focuses on the introductory goal of breadth general education classes and specific scaffolding throughout the assignment.

First have students find a review of an exhibit, performance or other creative work. Have them summarize the key points of the review. Then have them write a review of a creative work.

Students find and write an annotation of an article on related to a topic determined by the class. They evaluate the article based on criteria developed by consensus in class.

A good example of how to use research and scholarly sources to summarize information and create a "real world" product.

Using the personal folder feature in ArtStor, have students create an online "exhibit." Have another student review that exhibit. Can be combined with the Finding and Writing Reviews example above.

Created for HIST 1060 by Debra Baldwin, Department of History (scroll down to Paper #1 for the assignment description).

Class size: @50-100 students

Students find a news story related to Islam and, applying their new knowledge

Created for ANTH 2010 by David Lancy

Students take a recent issue in the news and analyze the central issue, cutting away the rhetoric and getting at the heart of the issue, based on their new knowledge from class and their own research

Students find an editorial about an issue related to class and dissect it, looking for claims and identifying issues that might be clarified by research in the scholarly literature.

Created by Vicki Rosen and Flora Shrode for USU 1350

Students summarize an article related to some aspect of science and then explain why the topic is important enough to be relevant to the general public.

Created by Vicki Rosen and Flora Shrode for USU 1350

Students work in groups to locate and evaluate three different kinds of writing in science, all on a related topic: a popular news article, a science magazine, and a scholarly article

Have students find one scholarly article related to something from your lecture. Encourage students to find something that challenges, or offers an alternative explanation.